Meredeth A. Beers

Partner
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Overview

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.

Industry sources regard Ms. Beers as:

A smart and talented lawyer. … She is super knowledgeable about tax planning and she remembers the smallest details. She always has some bit of legislation or trust regulation at the tip of her fingers.

– Chambers High Net Worth 2021 guide

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.

Credentials

Education
  • New York University School of Law, J.D.
  • Princeton University, A.B., cum laude
  • Boston University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Massachusetts
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Memberships
  • Boston Probate & Estate Planning
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
Honors & Awards
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Trusts and Estates, 2014-2025
  • Chambers High Net Worth guide, Private Wealth Law: Massachusetts, 2017-2024
Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese

Publications

Speaking Engagements

Case Study: Family-Owned Real Estate Business with Succession Planning Issues

Harvard Business School Real Property Lecture / February 19, 2021

Part 3: Potential Issues Associated with Pursuing a Potential Senior-Level Political Appointment

Holland & Knight 3-Part Series: Private Wealth and Politics 2020 / August 31, 2020

Case Study: Family-Owned Real Estate Business with Succession Planning Issues

Harvard Business School Real Property Lecture / October 31, 2019

Holland & Knight 2016 Wealth Conference in Boston

New Basis Consistency Reporting Requirements and How They Create a Minefield / April 27, 2016

Understanding the Transfer Tax System

MCLE Seminar / January 1999

Trust and Estate Distributions

MCLE Seminar / August 1996
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