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Michael P. Panebianco

Michael is of counsel to the firm, and is licensed to practice law in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida, and New York.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and estate and trust administration for high net worth individuals and families. He advises and represents individuals and families on their estate planning and estate and trust administration needs, and also represents individual and corporate fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and charitable organizations on trust, tax, and other legal matters.  His practice includes gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, business succession, and asset protection planning.

Michael is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).  His articles on estate planning have appeared in Business NH Magazine, NH Business Review, and the NH Bar News, and he has been a speaker at various NH Bar Association seminars, estate planning counsel meetings, and other professional association seminars.

Michael is involved in updating New Hampshire legislation with respect to trusts and estates, and participated in the drafting and enacting of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act and the Uniform Power of Attorney Act, among others, in New Hampshire.

For many years, Michael was an adjunct professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law where he taught Wills, Trusts, and Estates.

Michael has been a Director for the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils since 2017, is a past President of the New Hampshire Estate Planning Counsel, past Chair of the Trust & Estate Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association, has been a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation since 2016, a Corporator for Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH since 2016, and is on the Advisor Board for Best Buddies – New Hampshire.

Michael obtained his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law, and his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.

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