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Atty. Timothy D. Sullivan
Atty. T. Michael Sullivan

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

Probate Council for the Massachusetts Bar Association (member)
Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council (Director and Past President)
American Inn of Probate and Family Court (Director)
Real Estate Bar Association (member)
Essex County Bar Association (member)
Lawrence Bar Association (member)
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)
2007-2008 served as Section Review Editor for the Probate Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association

Community Affiliations

Kiwanis Club of Greater Lawrence (member, past president, past Kiwanian of the Year)
Lawrence Elks Lodge (member, Outstanding Service Commendation 2009-2010)

Speaking Engagements

February 2012 - MUPC Basics: An Overview of the New Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, Presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association at Massachusetts School of Law
February 2012 - Fiduciary Representation and Litigation presented at the Fundamentals of Elder Law Practice Symposium sponsored by Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies and NAELA.
November 2011 — Overview of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code presented to the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council
May 2011: Trust Litigation, presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association
March 2011: Types of Trusts, presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association
October 2010: Federal Court Litigation, presented at the 13th Annual Northeast Elder Law Symposium sponsored by Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies and NAELA
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.

Articles and Publications

February 2012 — Overview of Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate and Family Court Published with materials from February 2012 Suffolk Advanced Legal Studies / NAELA Fundamentals of Elder Law Symposium.
February 2012 — Formalities of Execution, Incompetence and Undue Influence First published by the Massachusetts Bar Association in May 2011. Republished with materials from February 2012 Suffolk Advanced Legal Studies / NAELA Fundamentals of Elder Law Symposium.
November & December 2011- Overview of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code, published in two parts in the November 2011 and December 2011 editions of the Massachusetts Lawyers Journal.
Choices - course materials on Federal Court litigation for 13th Annual Northeast Elder Law Symposium, Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, October 2010
Guardianship Provisions in the (Massachusetts) Uniform Probate Code, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, Vol. 10. No. 3, (2008) (Republished by MCLE in March 2009).
Highlights of the Uniform Trust Code - Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, Vol. 9. No. 2, (2007)
An Elder Law Litigator's Perspective, Massachusetts Bar Association, Lawyer's Journal, March 2011.

ATTORNEY T. MICHAEL SULLIVAN

Atty. T. Michael Sullivan brings real world business experience and a strong work ethic to the Firm. Michael began his studies at The University of New Hampshire where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. He spent the next eight years managing restaurants in the Boston area becoming one of the youngest General Managers in the Commonwealth at the age of 26. Michael excelled in his legal studies. He made Dean's List his last four semesters and earned his Juris Doctor Degree from New England School of Law. While attending NESL, he maintained many of his restaurant management duties, worked as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Gibson at the Middlesex Probate and Family Court and interned at AndoverLaw, P.C.

Professional Affiliations

Essex County Bar Association
Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council
Boston Bar Association