Taxation Law
Section Leadership
Lisa M. Rico
Rico is a partner in the Estate Planning Group at Gilmore, Rees
& Carlson PC, focusing on estate planning, probate and tax law.
She also represents non-profit organizations - such as charitable
trusts - and provides tax advice to partnerships and other
pass-through entities. Rico often lectures and has authored
numerous materials on estate planning issues, including
family-limited partnerships, estate liquidity and the generation
skipping transfer tax. The Ashland resident has previously served
on several prominent American Bar Association committees and
task forces dedicated to estate planning and administration, income
and transfer tax planning and business planning. She is
currently serving as vice chair of the Business Planning Group of
the ABA's Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section.
Richard M. Stone
Stone is a tax attorney in Boston, where he focuses on state,
federal and international tax matters, including planning, audits,
appeals and litigation. In addition to his private practice, the
Boston resident is of counsel to the McLane law Firm in Woburn.
Stone has also served as general counsel of two major multinational
U.S. companies including Western Development Corporation (later
known as The Mills Corporation) and APCOA, Inc. Stone was selected
to be a member of the American Bar Association Advisory Panel,
which informs the ABA's priorities and decisions. He contributes to
the legal community by lecturing and writing; his most recent
appearance was as a featured speaker at the MBA's 2010 Annual
Conference. Stone is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
Law School.