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Megan C. Knox

Megan is a member of the firm, and licensed to practice law in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  She concentrates her practice in the area of trusts and estates law for middle to high net worth individuals.  Her practice includes gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, business succession, asset protection planning and trust and estate administration.  Megan’s practice also includes drafting prenuptial agreements and serving as a trust expert in divorce litigation.

Megan is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). 

In 2015 and 2017, Megan was named as a Rising Star by New Hampshire Super Lawyers.  In 2018, Megan was named as a Rising Star by Massachusetts Super Lawyers and was selected by her peers for inclusion in Woodward and White’s The Best Lawyers in America in the field of trusts and estates.  

Megan’s articles about estate planning have appeared in The New Hampshire Bar Journal and the New Hampshire Bar News.  She has also presented at multiple seminars for various Bar and other professional organizations. 

Megan is a member of the New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bar Associations.  She currently serves as a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Committee. 

She also serves as a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee for the New Hampshire Bar Association. 

Megan served as co-Chair of the Trusts & Estates Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years.  She is also a member of the New Hampshire and Boston Estate Planning Councils.  In May of 2013, she joined the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council, and served as its President during the 2015-2016 fiscal year.    

Megan earned  her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Dance, magna cum laude, from Skidmore College and her Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.  Megan earned her LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, where she finished 5th in her class and received the Ernest M. Haddad Award, which is presented to the Graduate Tax Program student who best exhibits overall ability, taking into consideration academic achievement, character and potential to serve the public interest.  She was the first part-time student at Boston University School of Law to receive this award.  With a life-long passion for the arts, Megan also holds her A.R.A.D. as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance and has studied ballet at The Juilliard School in New York City.  

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