Mary H. Schmidt

Name: Verrill
Price range: $$$

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Boston, MA

Mary has a wealth of experience in trusts and estates, domestic relations and probate litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Her sophisticated practice focuses on guiding clients through complex gift, estate and income tax planning, trust and estate planning, prenuptial and post nuptial agreement preparation, negotiation and litigation, and estate administration.

Mary serves as an expert witness in the Massachusetts probate and superior courts. She has also been frequently appointed by the Probate & Family Court to serve as a fiduciary and guardian ad litem in various probate and family law matters. Mary served on the committee that drafted the new Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code. Prior to joining Verrill, Mary was a founding partner of Schmidt & Federico, P.C

Mary has lectured extensively on domestic relations, tax and trust and estate subjects, including issues related to same sex couples. She has authored chapters for a number of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education publications, including: “Massachusetts Probate Manual,” “Massachusetts Divorce Law and Practice,” “A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts,” and “Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts.” In addition, she is a co-editor of the 2012-2022 Massachusetts Probate Law Sourcebooks.

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Education

Cornell University (B.A.)
University of Chicago School of Law (J.D.)
Boston University School of Law (LL.M.)

Public Service

Director, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (2011-present)
Named to the Massachusetts Clients’ Security Board of the Supreme Judicial Court (Former Chairperson) (1997–2003)
Member, Board of Directors, Boston Center for Adult Education (1996-2001)
Trustee, Social Law Library (1990-1996)
Director, Boston YWCA (1986-1996)

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts

Court and Other Admissions

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court

Memberships

Member of the Boston, Massachusetts Bar Associations
Member of the Dukes County and American Bar Associations
Member (Former President), Mass. Family & Probate Inns of Court
Member (Former President), Boston Estate Planning Council
Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
Member and Former Moderator of the Boston Probate Forum

Honors

Recognized in Chambers High Net Worth under Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
Listed to Boston Magazine’s Super Lawyers and one of the top 50 women lawyers in New England and also included in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, where she was named lawyer of the year in the trust and estate litigation practice area
Woodward & White, in the the specialty of trusts and estates lifetime member
Madison’s Who’s Who, Life Time Member
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent^® Rating
National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, Accredited Estate Planner
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Scholar-Mentor Award (2010)
Estate Planner of the Year, Boston Estate Planning Council (1995)
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® under Elder Law, Family Law, Litigation- Trusts and Estates in Boston, Massachusetts (2026)
Selected by peers for inclusion Massachusetts Super Lawyers, under Estate and Probate