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Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster promotes Falzone to director in the trusts and estates department

According to Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, Christopher Falzone has been promoted to director in the firm's trusts and estates department. Falzone will continue to focus his practice on estate planning for high net worth individuals, gift and estate tax reporting and probate litigation. Falzone also represents professional and family member executors and trustees in the administration of estates and trusts and he serves as executor and trustee for clients. Falzone received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 2002, his LL.M. in Taxation (with a concentration in Estate Planning) from Boston University Law School in 2008 and his B.S. from the University of New Hampshire. "Falzone has performed an integral role in serving many of the firm's estate planning and trust litigation clients since joining the firm in 2002," said Michael O'Connell, the firm's managing director. "We are very pleased that Chris will continue to serve our clients in his new role." Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster is a leading Boston full-service law firm with over 100 years of experience representing business, institutional, and individual clients. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster's core practices are real estate, environmental and land use, business, litigation, family law and trusts and estates. More information about Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster is available at Rackemann.com.
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