Boston Massachusetts Estate Planning Lawyer
Ken Shulman's practice includes estate planning and related issues for elders and for families who have disabled children. He is a former board member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Ken frequently speaks to consumer groups, professionals in the field, and others interested in issues related to aging, disability, advocacy, financial planning, and the preservation of government entitlements. He previously served as a board member for several human service agencies, including the Greater Boston ARC. He has also served as a consultant to the Massachusetts Office of Handicapped Affairs, the Massachusetts Disability Law Center, and the Massachusetts Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee. Currently he is cochairman of the Elder and Disability Planning Committee of the Boston Bar Association.
Ken is a frequent participant in lawyer training sessions sponsored by the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education organization and a frequent contributor to their publications, having cochaired conferences on estate planning and preserving eligibility for government benefits for elderly and disabled clients. He was the author of and featured speaker on Medicare and Medicaid Liens in Personal Injury Cases at the MCLE Elder & Disability Law Conference (November 2000) and the author of the chapter entitled "Planning for the Disabled Child" in Estate Planning for the Aging or Incapacitated Client in Massachusetts, MCLE (revised 2004). He is a regular speaker on various legal issues affecting the elderly at seminars sponsored by the Suffolk University Law School, Center for Advanced Legal Studies and recently coauthored Special Needs Trust Administration Manual, A Guide for Trustees, People With Disabilities Press Series, iUniverse (2005).
Ken is a 1971 graduate of Northwestern University (with distinction) and a 1974 graduate of the Boston University School of Law.
As a Boston estate planner, Ken W. Shulman, Attorney at Law provides estate planning services to elders and to families with elderly parents or disabled children in the metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts area. The focus of his practice is to help these families gain or retain eligibility for public programs like Medicaid and SSI to pay for nursing home care, medical care and rehabilitative services, thereby preserving precious resources.
Practice Areas
- Disabilities and Special Needs Planning
- Trust Services and Fiduciary Compliance
- Trusts and Estates
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