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| | Address | | 1000 Chapel View Boulevard, Suite 220 | | Cranston, Rhode Island 02920 | | (Providence Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| Paster & Harpootian, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
Wills, Financial Law, Estate Planning Law, Probate Law, Trust Law, Estate Law, Estate Administration, Trust Administration, Family Business Succession, Business Estate Planning, Family Wealth Transfer, Premarital Agreements, Estate and Gift Taxation, Generation-Skipping Tax, Fiduciary Income Tax, Charitable Trusts and Foundations and Family Limited Partnerships. | | Year Established: 1996 | | Firm Size: 4 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Benjamin G. Paster (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1976, Rhode Island. Education: London School of Economics, London, England; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Econ., magna cum laude, 1970); University of Cambridge (LL.M., 1972); Académie De Droit International De La Haye, The Hague, The Netherlands and Yale University (J.D., 1974). Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Thouron Scholar; Curatorium Scholar. Recipient: Trinity Hall Scholarship; Gregson-Benn Award; Dorothy Lohmann Community Services Award, Rhode Island Bar Association, 2001. Assistant Instructor, Constitutional Law, Yale University, 1973-1974. Adjunct Professor, Master of Taxation Program, Bryant College, 1980-1981. Past President, Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island. Visiting Member, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 1984. Director, Rhode Island Foundation. Trustee: The Miriam Hospital Foundation. Member: Rhode Island and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member, Probate and Trust Committee, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; American Society of Financial Service Professionals; National Association of Probate Judges. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Wills; Financial Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trusts Law; Estate Law; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Family Business Succession; Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation-Skipping Tax; Fiduciary Income Tax; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Family Limited Partnerships. Email: Benjamin G. Paster | | John M. Harpootian (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, May 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Rhode Island. Education: Boston University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1983; J.D., 1986). Third Year Editor, Boston University Probate Law Journal. Omicron Delta Epsilon. Author: "Net - Income Make-up Charitable Remainder Unitrusts: What They Are And How They Can Be Useful To Your Clients," Million Dollar Round Table Annual Proceedings, 1996; "Success With NIMCRUTS," Million Dollar Round Table Top of the Table Annual Proceedings, 1997; "Insuring the Estate Plan: The Forgotten Life Insurance Need," Million Dollar Round Table Annual Proceedings, 2000; "Forget About Estate Tax Repeal - Focus on Solving Wealth Transfer Challenges," Million Dollar Round Table Annual Proceedings, 2003 and The National Underwriter, June 30, 2003. Senior Advisory Board Member, Transition Office of Governor Elect Donald L. Carcieri, 2002. First Vice Chair, Rhode Island Republican Party, 2003-2007. Member: Rhode Island (Member, Probate and Trust Committee, 1986—) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; Association For Advanced Life Underwriting; American Society of Financial Service Professionals; Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island (Board Member); Professional Advisor's Council of the Rhode Island Foundation (2001-2003; Chair, 2003); National Council on Planned Giving, Trinity Repertory Company (Board Member and Vice Chair, 1991-2007); The Foundation for Trinity Repertory Company at The Rhode Island Foundation (Trustee). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Business Planning Committee). Practice Areas: Wills; Financial Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trusts Law; Estates Law; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Family Business Succession; Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation-Skipping Tax; Fiduciary Income Tax; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Family Limited Partnerships. Email: John M. Harpootian | | Jason Marshall (Member) born Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois; 1999, Rhode Island; 2001, Connecticut. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1988); Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Rhode Island and Connecticut Bar Associations. | | OF COUNSEL | | William Hajjar (Of Counsel) born 1941; admitted to bar, 1971, Massachusetts. (Not admitted in Rhode Island). Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A.); Suffolk University (J.D.). Senior Estate and Gift Tax Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1971-2006. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate and Gift Taxation. |
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