Attorneys
Atty. Timothy D. Sullivan
Atty. Deborah A. Baglio

ATTORNEY TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN

Timothy D. Sullivan - Andover Law

Atty. Sullivan opened the office that is now AndoverLaw, P.C. in 1993. He brings to the practice of law a perspective based on an unusually broad framework of education and experience. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Music from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Massachusetts School of Law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Sullivan worked as a financial planner and owned a computer store which sold and installed accounting systems. While attending law school, he was a national account executive for a major corporation.

Atty. Sullivan concentrates is practice in the areas of estates, trusts, fiduciary litigation and elder law. His clientele include individuals, professional trustees, guardians, executors, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Admitted to all Massachusetts and New Hampshire Courts and the Federal Courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Independent Rating

Rated AV Preeminent - "The AV Preeminent Rating is the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource." "The highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards" - Lexis-Nexis Martindale Hubbell.

Professional Affiliations

2006-2009 committee member representing the Mass. Bar Association on the Ad Hoc Committee which drafted the Massachusetts Trust Code (the Massachusetts Trust Code is a pending bill and not yet Massachusetts Law)

2006-2009 served on the Probate Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association

2007-2008 served as Section Review Editor for the Probate Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association

2005-2006 President of the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council (current member)

American Inn of Probate and Family Court (member)

Real Estate Bar Association (member)

Essex County Bar Association (member)

Lawrence Bar Association (member)

Community Affiliations

Kiwanis Club of Greater Lawrence (member, past president, past Kiwanian of the Year)

Lanam Club (member)

Lawrence Elks Lodge (member)

Speaking Engagements

January 2010: Review of Trustee Duty and Fiduciary Liability presented to the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council

May 2009: Review of the Uniform Probate Code presented to the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council

April 2009: Probate and Guardianship Reform: Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association at Massachusetts School of Law

March 2009: The New Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code: An Overview: contributing author and chair of program presented by MCLE at Massachusetts School of Law

November 2008: Best Practices in Guardianship Cases: contributing author and presenter on Uniform Probate Code provisions related to guardianship at the Fourth Annual Guardianship Conference sponsored by the Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies.

ATTORNEY DEBORAH A. BAGLIO

Attorney Deborah Baglio - Andover Law

Attorney Deborah A. Baglio earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell in 1994 and her Juris Doctor, Cum Laude from Suffolk Law School in 1997. Since joining AndoverLaw, P.C. in 1997, Attorney Baglio concentrates her practice on problems concerning the elderly including: Medicaid planning and applications, estate planning, estate administration, guardianship of the elderly, will contests and account contests.

Professional Affiliations

Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council (Director and Immediate Past President)

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (member)

Justinian Law Society (member)

Massachusetts Guardianship Association (member)

Community Affiliations

Lowell General Hospital - (Member - Planned Giving Sub-Committee)

John E. Burke School Parent Teacher Council (committee member)

Speaking Engagements

Atty. Baglio is available to speak on elder law issues and is on the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education faculty for seminars involving Elders, Disabled and Mentally Ill Persons.

Atty. Baglio has published several articles in the elder law field and is on the MCLE faculty for seminars involving Elders, Disabled and Mentally Ill Persons.

Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Ms. Baglio worked at the Department of Revenue and at the office of Attorney Ann Baum.