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Melissa E. Sydney

Associate

Office Phone: 617.345.3232
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Trusts & Estates

Bar Admissions:

Florida
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island

Experience:

Prior to joining Burns & Levinson, Ms. Sydney was an Associate at the law firm Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP. Her areas of practice include estate planning and estate administration with an emphasis on tax-efficient estate planning for high net-worth individuals, multigenerational wealth transfers, business succession, charitable planning, gift and income tax planning, nuptial agreements and general probate and estate administration.

Memberships:

Boston, Massachusetts, New York and American Bar Associations
Boston Estate Planning Council
Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association
Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association
Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island

Additional Information:

Ms. Sydney is a Board Member of the Combined Jewish Philanthropy, Young Lawyers Division and Chair of the Young Couples Group at Temple Emanuel in Newton.
Ms. Sydney is fluent in French, proficient in Hebrew and American Sign Language.

Education:

L.L.M. in Taxation, Boston University Law School, 2007
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2006
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2001

Speaking Engagements:

C.P.E. Associates, Inc., 11.29.2011
Role: Speaker
Topic: Federal Transfer Tax Update

C.P.E. Associates, Inc., 11.30.2010
Role: Speaker
Topic: Federal Transfer Tax Update

New England Women in Energy and the Environment, 11.17.2010
Role: Speaker
Topic: Estate Planning Basics

Massachusetts Association of Public Accountants, 3.23.2010
Role: Speaker
Topic: Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007

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