Massachusetts Bar Association member Kurt F. Somerville has been
named managing partner of the law firm Hemenway & Barnes LLP. A
graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston College Law School,
Somerville has advised high net worth clients on a variety of
issues and concerns related to preserving, enhancing and
transferring family wealth for the past year 30 years. Somerville
is also an important figure in the trust and estates arena, serving
as co-trustee of Jane's Trust, a leading charitable trust in New
England.
In addition to his legal work, Somerville has served as a faculty
member and written course materials for Massachusetts Continuing
Legal Education, the American Law Institute, the American Bar
Association, the National Business Institute and several other
legal organizations.
Somerville succeeds fellow MBA member Stephen Kidder as managing
partner, who held the position from 2006 to 2013.