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Peter F. Zupcofska
Partner
Office Phone: 617.345.3755
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
Experience:
Mr. Zupcofska's areas of focus include will contests, contested accountings, reformation of trusts, pre-marital agreements, divorce, adoption, guardianship, conservatorship and paternity proceedings. Mr. Zupcofska also currently serves as an Executive Committee member of Burns & Levinson.
Prior to re-joining Burns & Levinson LLP, Mr. Zupcofska was a partner in the Estate Planning Group at the law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP. He was formerly Assistant Register at Norfolk County Probate and Family Court. He has served as guardian ad litem in a number of probate and family law cases, special administrator, as commissioner in insolvency, discovery master, commissioner for purposes of partitioning real property and as counsel for children.
Mr. Zupcofska has been sought out to provide commentary on pending family law and probate matters, having been quoted in TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and has been interviewed on NPR radio. He is also the subject of a Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) magazine profile, in the July 2007 issue.
Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Boston Bar Foundation, Board of Directors & Board of Trustees
- Mr. Zupcofska was elected to the Boston Bar Association Council from 2005 through 2009 and also elected as Treasurer.
- Family Advocate for the ABA Section of Family Law
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal
- Chair of the Curriculum Advisory Committee for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) in the area of family law.
Additional Information:
- Mr. Zupcofska has previously served as co-chair for the Boston Bar Association Family Law Committee, as the former president of the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court and was the first editor-in-chief for the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Section Review.
Education:
- J.D., Boston College Law School, 1976
- B.A., Boston College, 1973
Awards:
- Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. The selection of attorneys is based on a poll and internal research done by Law & Politics Magazine and reviewed by an independent blue ribbon panel of their peers. Listed attorneys and finalists consist of the top 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts. The listing appeared in the November issue of Boston Magazine and in New England Super Lawyers Magazine.
Quotes:
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5/14/2009, The Bilerico Project - Before you go over the Falls
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this Q&A session. -
4/1/2009, Boston Spirit - License to Wed
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by Chuck Colbert. -
8/22/2008, edgeboston.com - After gay marriage comes...gay divorce
Peter Zupcofska was featured in this article by Scott Stiffler. -
8/10/2008, Sacramento Bee - Gay divorce has raised many tricky questions
Peter Zupcofska was featured in this article by Rob Hotakainen. Lisa Cukier was mentioned in this article. -
9/1/2007, Boston Spirit - The Trouble With Trouples
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by Jeannie Greeley. -
9/1/2007, Boston Spirit - Boston's Master of Gay Divorce Gets Personal
Peter Zupcofska was profiled in this article by Ari Kristan. -
7/31/2007, WGBH/PBS - Interview with Emily Rooney
Lisa Cukier and Peter Zupcofska discuss the legalities surrounding same sex divorces with Emily Rooney. Emily Rooney Interview -
7/1/2007, GQ Magazine - When Adam and Steve Split Up...
Peter Zupcofska was featured in this article for his expertise in handling divorce for gay couples. -
2/5/2007, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - The unthinkable: SJC retreating from same-sex marriage?
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by David Yas.
Recent Articles and Publications:
Get To Know Us...
Boston Spirit Magazine, Seasonal People Issue, May/June 2010
The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Forms
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2009
Co-editors: Phyllis E. Federico, Peter F. Zupcofska, et al. Other Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Brian Bixby, Lisa Cukier & Jeffrey Soilson.
When Couples Are Same Sex, Drafting Considerations Differ
Family Advocate (Publication of the American Bar Association), Winter 2010
Get To Know Us...
Boston Spirit Magazine, Seasonal People issue, May/June 2009
The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2008
Co-editors: Phyllis E. Federico, Peter F. Zupcofska, et al.
Other Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Brian Bixby, Barbra Black, Lisa Cukier, Dianne Frade, Marshal Grant, Robert O'Regan, Jeffrey Soilson, Susan Stenger & Nancy Van Tine
Don't Want to Marry? Protect Your Financial Interests
Boston Spirit Magazine, December 2006
Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2006
Peter Zupcofska co-edited this book with The Honorable Nancy M. Gould, and also served as a contributing author. Lisa Cukier and Brian Bixby co-authored Chapters 11 and 12 on Bringing and Defending Will Contests.
Representing Non Traditional Families
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), First Edition, 2002, Second Edition, 2006
Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual and Forms
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2003
Co-editor, Co-authored the chapter on Pre-Marital Agreements.
Premarital Agreements Post DeMatteo: Look Before You Leap
Boston Bar Journal, September/October, 2002
Speaking Engagements:
MCLE Program, 6.10.2010
Role: Chair
Topic: Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court
The Anatomy of Enforceable Ante-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements, 5.3.2010
Location: Massachusetts Bar Association
Role: Faculty Member
MCLE 13th Annual Family Law Conference 2010, 3.19.2010
Location: MCLE Conference Center, Boston MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Caselaw and Legislative Update 2010
The Unique Complexities of Gay Marriage and Divorce, 3.16.2010
Location: Boston College Law School
Role: Speaker
MCLE Program, 6.18.2009
Role: Faculty Member
Topic: Family Law Trial Advocacy Workshop
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program, 3.24.2009
Role: Chair
Topic: Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Courts
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program, 1.22.2009
Role: Chair
Topic: Family Law Agreements
Famliy Law, 11.25.2008
Location: Boston College Law School
Role: Speaker
The Ripple Effects of Goodridge, 6.11.2008
Location: Social Law Library, John Adams Courthouse, 4th Floor, One Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108
Role: Presenter
Topic: Legal implications and practical consequences of the case
Hosted by the Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Massachusetts Lesbian & Gay Bar Association
Boston Probate Forum, 4.2.2008
Role: Speaker
Topic: premarital agreements
Flaschner Judicial Institute Panel for Judges, 10.24.2007
Location: Social Law Library, Boston, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: The Ripple Effects of Goodridge
In cooperation with the Massachusetts Bar Association Post-Goodridge Task Force
MCLE Bankruptcy Law Conference 2007, 10.18.2007
Role: Faculty Member
Topic: Coping with Divorce in Bankruptcy Cases: The Impact of BAPCPA and Anna Nicole Smith
MCLE Program, 8.9.2007
Role: Chair
Topic: Before the "I Do's": Pre-Marital Agreements
MCLE: The Family Law Conference 2007, 4.13.2007
Role: Keynote Speaker
MCLE Program, 3.28.2007
Role: Presenter
Topic: Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate Court
Boston Bar Association seminar, 3.1.2007
Role: Panelist
Topic: The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Divorce
Fiduciary Litigation, 11.16.2006
Lisa Cukier and Peter Zupcofska spoke at an MCLE seminar regarding Fiduciary Litigation on November 16, 2006.
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements, 9.28.2006
Lisa Cukier chaired and spoke at a Massachusetts Bar Association seminar, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements on September 28, 2006. Peter Zupcofska was a panelist at this seminar.
Before the "I Do's": Pre-Marital Agreements, 8.10.2006
Peter Zupcofska was a faculty member at the MCLE seminar "Before the "I Do's": Pre-Marital Agreements" on August 10, 2006.
