Hampshire Elder Law Program (H.E.L.P.)

The Hampshire Elder Law Program (H.E.L.P.) provides representation for the civil legal needs of low income elders sixty years of age or older and whom in Hampshire County.  Hampshire Elder Law Program, which is funded by the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, appoints attorneys to represent clients pro bono.  The attorneys are paid through the program at a reduced rate.


Client eligibility requirements include:

·    has a civil legal need

·    does not have funds to hire an attorney (meets income and asset limits)

·    60 years of age or older

·    Hampshire County resident

·    no other services available

·    and, needs legal assistance


Civil legal services provided for:

·    Bankruptcy

·    Consumer protection

·    Divorce

·    Guardianship

·    Health Care Proxies

·    Powers of Attorney

·    Probate of Estate

·    Wills

·    Other Elder Matters


Click here for an H.E.L.P. brochure.  To request an attorney, Contact Us.

 

Hampshire County Bar Association - Lawyer Referral Service

2009-2010 SUSTAINING MEMBERS

Laura Arbeitman *
Jessica L. Berrien
Hon. Henry J. Boroff
Valerie J. Botter *
Miriam K. Bourke
Bowen & Siegel *
Buckley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP *
Hon. Richard J. Carey
Hon. Judd J. Carhart *
Alfred P. Chamberland *
Joanna L. Christensen *
Sean J. Cleary *
Francis E. Collins *
Jacklyn Connly *
P. Duke Corliss *
Beth A. Crawford *
Colleen Currie *
John P. DiBartolo, Jr. *
Charles J. DiMare *
Hon. Sean M. Dunphy, (Ret.) *
Esser & Kingston
Etheredge & Steuer *
Diane L. Fernald *
John J. Ferriter *
Hon. Linda S. Fidnick *
Fierst, Pucci & Kane, LLP *
Hon. W. Michael Goggins *
Green, Miles, Lipton & Fitz-Gibbons *
Joseph A. Hanofee *
John B. Howard
Mary Ellen Niles Howard *
Mark Immerman *
Jackson & Torrone, P.C.
Hon. Bertha D. Josephson
Hon. C. Jeffrey Kinder *
Ellen M. Lacroix *
Gregory Lenetis
Lesser, Newman & Nasser, LLP *
Hon. E. Chouteau Levine *
Lucentini & Lucentini
Richard H. Maynard *
John P. McKenna
Hon. Alvertus J. Morse Ret.) *
Alan S. Musgrave *
Hon. Kenneth P. Neiman *
William J. O'Neil *
Bruce Patryn
Hon. John M. Payne, Jr. *
Constance Platt *
Hon. Michael A. Ponsor *
David J. Rock
Hon. David S. Ross *
Hon. Mary-Lou Rup *
W. Michael Ryan *
Mary Rose Ryan O’Connell *
Steven Samolewicz *
Elizabeth D. Scheibel *
Hon. M. John Schubert *
Seewald, Jankowski & Spencer, P.C.
Malcolm BE Smith *
David E. Sullivan, Register of Probate *
Sean T. Sullivan *
Jennifer A. Thorn
Thomas P. Vincent *
Hon. Ariane D. Vuono *
Hon. Maureen E. Walsh *
Paul S. Weinberg *
Joan M. Williams
Hon. Geoffrey A. Wilson *
Zurn, Sharp and Heyman, LLP *
*Sustaining Member Over 2
Consecutive Years

LRS CONTRIBUTOR

Thomas P. Vincent *