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Peter F. Zupcofska

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3755
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
New York
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 and the specialized needs of the gay and lesbian community in all areas relevant to private client issues.

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 noted in a Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) magazine article in the July 2007 issue and the subject of a DETAILS magazine profile in the October 2011 issue. Mr. Zupcofska is a contributing author to the MCLE publication A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts.

Memberships:

American Bar Association
New York City Bar Association
Massachusetts 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.
Board of Editors, Family Advocate for the ABA Section of Family Law (2008-2011)
Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal (2004-2007)
Past 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:

Mr. Zupcofska was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (2011-2013) in the field(s) of Family Law. Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor.
Mr. Zupcofska was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004). 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.

Quotes:

5/3/2013, The Wall Street Journal - For Gays, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do—or Measure
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by Carl Bialik.
11/15/2012, New York Magazine - The New Etiquette of Same-Sex Weddings
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by Mickey Rapkin.
9/14/2011, Details - Where there's Gay Marriage Comes...The Rise of Gay Divorce
Peter Zupcofska was featured in this article by Mickey Rapkin.
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 - Boston's Master of Gay Divorce Gets Personal
Peter Zupcofska was profiled in this article by Ari Kristan.
9/1/2007, Boston Spirit - The Trouble With Trouples
Peter Zupcofska was quoted in this article by Jeannie Greeley.
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.

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Recent Articles and Publications:

The Legal Etiquette of Same-Sex Marriage
Boston Spirit Magazine, March/April 2013

State of our unions
The Boston Globe, June 10, 2012

Get To Know Us
Boston Spirit Magazine, May/June 2012

The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2012
Co-editor: Peter F. Zupcofska, et al. Other Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Ronald Barriere, Brian Bixby, Elizabeth Crowley, Lisa Cukier, Robin Lynch Nardone, Robert O'Regan, Susan Stenger, Nancy Van Tine and Peter Zupcofska.

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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

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