Probate Law
Section Leadership
Michael R. Christy
Christy, a Worcester resident, is an associate at Mirick,
O'Connell, DeMallie and Lougee LLP in Worcester, where he focuses
on complex business and fiduciary litigation matters, including
probate and trust litigation and corporate and partnership
disputes. Christy served as vice chair of the MBA's Probate Law
Section during the 2010-11 association year. He has chaired MBA
continuing legal education programs and contributed articles to the
Deposition Handbook and the Boston Bar
Journal.
Jennifer Laucirica
Laucirica, a Scituate resident, is a senior attorney at Goodwin
Procter LLP in Boston, where she manages the estate administration
group of the trusts and estate planning practice with a focus on
estate taxation, estate administration, and probate and trust law.
Previously Laucirica managed Cushing & Dolan's
estate administration practice, was an associate with State Street
Global Advisors specializing in estate taxation and estate
administration and served as a probate paralegal for the Office of
the Attorney General. She is a member of Probate and Family Court
Chief Justice Paula M. Carey's Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code
Article III Implementation Committee and participated in House
testimony toward the passage of the MUPC. Laucirica is a member of
the Boston Bar Association and the Boston Probate and Estate
Planning Forum. She frequently writes and lectures on the topics
related to estate planning, probate litigation and probate law
including publications for MCLE and MBA Section Review.
Laucirica was named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in
2010.