Practice:

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

Bar Admissions:

Connecticut
Massachusetts

Experience:

Steven Goodwin has been a Partner at Burns & Levinson since 1980 and established the firm's Trusts and Estates Group in 1985. Mr. Goodwin represents clients in estate and asset protection planning, settlement of estates, and the administration of trusts. He represents banks, trust companies and other professional fiduciaries in the administration of complex estates and trusts.

Mr. Goodwin has particular expertise in the estate planning problems faced by entrepreneurs whose wealth is principally in nonliquid assets. He is also experienced in the disposition of family businesses where competing interests must be weighed, judged and dealt with efficiently and properly. He advises clients on the intricacies of purchase and sale agreements, funded irrevocable life insurance trusts, charitable remainder and similar split interest vehicles. He represents clients before federal and state tax examiners and has an excellent reputation in the settlement of difficult or complex audits.

Memberships:

• Boston Bar Association

Additional Information:

• Mr. Goodwin serves as a director of Nashawtuc Charities, Inc. of Concord, and the National Brain Injury Research, Training and Treatment Foundation of Charlottesville, VA.

Education:

• J.D., Boston College School of Law
• B.S., Siena College

Awards:

• Mr. Goodwin was selected for inclusion in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® (2006). 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.