Estate Planning Among Millennials Is on the Rise—for Some Very Good Reasons
I’ve always been fascinated by how generations differ. I’m an “old school” or “early” Millennial: a traditionalist with a modern twist. We Millennials (born between 1981-1995) typically were raised by at [...]
Fully Operational After Basement Fire, Mountain Dearborn Temporarily Relocates to 120 Front Street
A basement fire and resultant power outage on November 26 at our 370 Main Street office building in Worcester necessitated our law firm to move to a temporary office at 120 Front [...]
COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave—What You Should Know
With Covid vaccines for teens and adults widely available throughout the nation, and with shots for elementary school children now approved and available as well, there’s reason to be a bit more [...]
Nina T. Dow Again Honored as Massachusetts Super Lawyer and Rising Star
For the third consecutive year, Attorney Nina T. Dow of Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting is among the Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, this time for 2021. Nina specializes in estate and [...]
Taking Care of Business: Why Succession Planning Matters for Small Businesses
Many owners of small businesses overlook the benefits of succession planning. Given all the day-to-day challenges of owning and running a business, finding the time to make a long-term plan can be [...]
Honoring Sam Desimone’s Groundbreaking Effort to Bring Pro Baseball to Worcester
Worcester has fallen in love with the WooSox and the team’s new home—Polar Park. It’s a family-friendly, affordable destination for an afternoon or evening baseball game that draws streams of red-and-white clad [...]
A “Busload” of School Supplies for Worcester Students
Back packs, folders, notebooks, calculators, pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, markers, crayons, lunch bags, scissors, paint, and glue—a large cache of school supplies for Worcester kids now overflows the donation box at Mountain [...]
A Tale of Two Cultures: How You Think About Estate Planning Depends on Where You Come From
As an estate planning lawyer raised in the United States by two parents who grew up in Lebanon, I am acutely aware of stark cultural differences between those countries when it comes [...]
Booking a Venue for Your Post-Pandemic Party? Read the Boilerplate!
As pandemic restrictions ease, in-person events and social gatherings are on the rebound. It’s a dramatic contrast with last summer, when venues were closing and customers were scrambling to postpone events or [...]
Five Tax Saving Tips for 2020 Returns
If you’ve waited until the last minute to file your 2020 federal and Massachusetts income taxes, you still have a few days to get your returns in order, unless you owed estimated [...]