Practice:

• Private Client
• Probate & Trust Litigation
• Trusts & Estates

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Tax Court

Experience:

Mr. Forgione advises clients at all asset and income levels with their estate planning and probate needs, including estate and trust administration, elder law, Medicaid planning, and estate and fiduciary income taxation. He has extensive experience representing individuals and estates in audit matters before the Internal Revenue Service and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue Administration. Mr. Forgione also works with small and medium size businesses in all areas, including the agricultural community, with their corporate and succession planning needs.

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council, past President
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Additional Information:

• Mr. Forgione is an active member of his community, including Director and Vice President of the UNICO Merrimack Valley Foundation; Director of UNICO Merrimack Valley and Trustee of the Hogan Regional Center.

Education:

• LL.M., Taxation, Boston University School of Law, 1988
• J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1984
• B.S., Northeastern University, 1979

Awards:

• Mr. Forgione was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2012 and 2011). Super Lawyers and Rising Stars employ an annual jurisdictional selection process. Only five percent of lawyers in the state were selected to the Super Lawyers list and 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The listing appears annually in the November issue of Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers.
• Mr. Forgione has received an exemplary rating (BV) from Martindale-Hubbell, an internationally respected guide and rating service for the legal profession.

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