I am a partner in the estate planning law firm of Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., focusing in the areas of estate, tax, Medicaid and special needs planning. I received my law degree in 1996 from Suffolk University Law School and my undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991. I am licensed to practice in Massachusetts as well as before the United States District Court. I am proud to practice with my father, Bob Surprenant, and my sister, Michelle Beneski, in an area of law which is truly helpful to families.
No biography would really be complete without mention of some very formative years in my life after college. In the first year, I volunteered in the Holy Cross Associate program in Colorado Springs, CO, working a Counselor Technician in a locked, treatment unit for psychologically-disordered and chemically-dependent teens. In the next year, I worked as a live-in Co-Director of a small homeless shelter called “Andre House,” in Oakland, CA. The pillars of the Holy Cross Associate program were “Service, Community, Simplicity and Spirituality.” I have tried to incorporate service into every position that I have held since that time.
Professionally, I currently serve on the Board of Directors and Programs Committee of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Forum of Estate Planning Attorneys, as well as their Treasurer. I am Vice-Chair of the Southcoast Senior Resource Association and serve on the President’s Advisory Board for Bishop Stang High School, where I attended in the eighties. I am a member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners, as well as Wealth Counsel, a national association of estate planning attorneys. I am past Treasurer for the Student Urban Remedies Foundation and a past President of the Bristol County Bar Association.
While I love my job, the center of my life is my incredible wife, Dr. Kate Surprenant, and our three beautiful children (girl, girl, boy).
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