Mary Clements Pajak

Mary Clements Pajak, Esq., has over 25 years of experience. She began her legal career clerking for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. She then practiced law for many years in the Private Client Department at Palmer & Dodge LLP (now Locke Lord Edwards LLP), concentrating in estate and trust planning and administration. From there she became Northeast Regional Manager of the Estate Settlement Department and served as Vice President at Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company (now BNY Mellon). Attorney Pajak then practiced law with Mofenson Law Offices in Newton, MA; later, she was a Founding Partner of McWalter Pajak LLP in Concord, MA. In 2004, Attorney Pajak moved her firm back to Newton establishing Clements Pajak LLC; and in 2019 joined her firm with Pierce Atwood LLP in Boston. Attorney Pajak’s practice is concentrated in estate and trust planning and administration, advising clients regarding their wealth transfer options and wishes, helping clients through probate and estate tax return preparation, advising clients with respect to related tax matters, and pre- and post- nuptial agreements. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts (ALB), cum laude from Boston College Law School with a Juris Doctorate (JD), and from Boston University Law School with a Masters of Law in Taxation (LL.M.). She was a Lecturer in Law at New England Law/Boston where she taught Wills, Estates and Trusts Law, and a Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School with respect to estate planning and administration. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts (1991), Maine (1991), the United States Tax Court (2004), and the United States Supreme Court (2012). She is a member of the Boston Estate Planning Council, the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Maine Bar Association. She has been honored to be named Super Lawyer for many years.

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Tax Law

Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning

• Trust Administration
• Probate & Trust Litigation

Maine

Since 1991

Massachusetts

Since 1991

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2012

U.S. Tax Court

Since 2004

Partner, Trusts and Estate Group

Pierce Atwood LLP

2019 - Current

Principal

Clements Pajak LLC

2004 - 2019

Associate

Mofenson & Nicoletti

1999 - 2003

Vice President, NE Regional Manager, Trusts and Estates

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust (now BNY Mellon)

1997 - 1999

Associate

Palmer and Dodge (now Locke Lord)

1992 - 1997

Law Clerk

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

1991 - 1992

Boston University School of Law

LL.M.

2012

Harvard University

A.L.B.

1988

Honors: cum laude; Dean's List

Boston College Law School

J.D.

1991

Honors: cum laude

Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts

Boston Magazine

2015

Awarded from 2013-2015

Massachusetts Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

2014

Awarded from 2005-2014

Certificate of Appreciation

The Second Step, Inc.

2005

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Maine Bar Association

Member

Current

Boston Estate Planning Council

Current

Boston Bar Association

Member

Current

Massachusetts Bar Association

Member

Current

Massachusetts State Bar  # 559733

Member

1991 - Current

Maine State Bar  # 007400

Member

1991 - Current

Counseling Fiduciaries to Avoid Beneficiary Complaints

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Fun with IRC 2013