September 15, 2022 - Press Releases

        Verrill Welcomes Attorney William Friedler to Firm’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group

        BOSTON, Massachusetts (September 15, 2022) – Verrill is pleased to welcome William Friedler to the firm’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group as Counsel, resident in the firm’s Boston office.

        Friedler focuses his practice in the areas of high-net-worth estate planning, probate administration, planning for adults or children with special needs and disabilities, elder law, and Medicaid planning. Within the context of estate planning, Friedler represents his clients for their corporate and real estate needs and is knowledgeable about business succession planning. Friedler often serves as a Trustee or Personal Representative of clients’ trusts and estates.

        Prior to joining Verrill, Friedler founded and managed the Friedler Law Group for 25 years, a boutique trust and estates law firm with offices in Boston and Newton, MA. Friedler has served as Chairperson of the Massachusetts Bar Association Taxation Section Council and as President and Member of the Executive Committee of Temple Beth Avodah located in Newton, Massachusetts. He is currently serving as a member of the Brookline Community Foundation Professional Advisors Committee. Friedler is a contributing author to “Practical Estate Planning in Massachusetts” an MCLE publication (2022). He has authored numerous articles and is a frequent lecturer on topics pertaining to estate planning and trust administration both for the Bar and for private industry.

        Friedler received his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University, his J.D. law degree from Suffolk University Law School and his LLM master’s in taxation law degree from Boston University School of Law.

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