This page
offers a short biography for each of the lawyers who offer legal
services in the areas of Elder Law and Estate
Planning at the law office in Harvard.
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Nancy
Catalini Chew is a graduate of Boston College Law School and was
admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 1996. She earned her
Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography, summa cum laude, from the
University of New Hampshire, and she is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Nancy specializes exclusively in estate planning and elder law, and she has been in private practice since 1999. As an estate planner, Nancy provides particular expertise to clients with minor or disabled children, with taxable estates, and with ownership interests in business entities. In the field of elder law, Nancy possesses current and accurate knowledge of a complex area subject to an ever-changing regulatory climate. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys -- including its Massachusetts Chapter -- as well as the Massachusetts Bar Association and the North Middlesex Bar Association. |
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is frequently asked to speak at local Councils on Aging and
residential facilities for the elderly, and she has been featured on
various local access cable television programs, all in an effort to
educate the public with accurate information.
Nancy has served on the Board of Trustees for an area hospital and is also a member of its Ethics Committee. She is a board member for the child care center her children have attended, and she has served on various standing committees at her home church. Nancy was raised in Ashby, Massachusetts, and she returned to Ashby five years ago to make her home with her husband and their children. |
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Kate
Downes has been practicing law for almost twenty years and is a
member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Oregon State Bar, and the
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Massachusetts and national
chapters). She is "Of Counsel" to this firm as well as
a sole practitioner, dividing her time between Harvard and her
Shelburne Falls office.
Kate serves as Chair and President of the Board of Directors of the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation, New York, New York, a charitable foundation which focuses on creating elder-friendly neighborhoods and actively engaging older people in their community. The foundation targets its grant-making primarily to nonprofit organizations in Westchester County, New York, with special attention to the City of Yonkers. Kate also serves as a Board Member at Andrus on Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, a non-profit organization operating an independent-living, assisted-living, and skilled-nursing facility. Kate lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. |
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S. Alan
Williamson graduated
from
Boston
University
and the New England College of Law and was admitted to the
Massachusetts Bar over thirty-five years ago.
He was also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys.
Alan retired in 2005 and now lives in Harvard with his wife. |
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