Education

New York University School of Law, J.D.
Boston University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation
Princeton University, A.B., cum laude

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts

Languages

Portuguese

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Meredeth Beers

Partner
Boston
t: 617-854-1404

Meredeth A. Beers is a partner in the Private Wealth Services Section. Ms. Beers concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, trust and foundation administration, and taxation.

Ms. Beers is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs in the greater Boston area. She contributed to the 1996 Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education publication, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts and to the updated publication in 2000. The materials she prepared for a seminar on planned giving were included in Best of MCLE for 1993. Ms. Beers has been quoted in Fortune magazine.

Ms. Beers has studied at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Memberships

  • Boston Probate & Estate Planning
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for Massachusetts

Speaking Engagements

  • Understanding the Transfer Tax System, MCLE Seminar, January 1999
  • Trust and Estate Distributions, MCLE Seminar, August 1996
  • Trust and Estate Distributions, MCLE Seminar, June 1995

Published Articles & Books

  • "QPRT's: A Valuable Estate Planning Tool Despite Recent IRS Release," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, November 1996
  • "IRS Proposes Changes to Existing QPRT Regulations," Trusts & Estates, June 1996
  • "IRS Seeks to Eliminate QPRT Buyback Option," Financial Planning, June 1996