 Mark W. Worthington, Counsellor-At-Law
Mark W. Worthington is an attorney licensed to practice law by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Mark’s practice is limited to estate planning and elder law, as is the practice of the firm, which he co-founded in 2007.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, and came to Massachusetts in 1983 to work for Raytheon Company. He has published articles on laser physics and computer software and hardware design.
Mark received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Northeastern University School of Law 1991, and clerked for both federal district court and the Vermont Supreme Court while still in law school. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. The LL.M. is a post-doctoral degree in a specialized area of law. Only 6% of all lawyers go beyond the J.D. to earn an LL.M. in one of 50 different fields. Of those, only a fraction earn their LL.M. in taxation.
Mark holds the Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) designation from the National Elder Law Foundation.* Of the roughly 5,000 elder law attorneys nationwide, only 392 have attained the status of CELA since the designation was created in 1993; only 19 are in Massachusetts; only 2 in Worcester County.
Mark served on the Board of Directors of the 500-member Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys from 2000 to 2008, the bar organization for any attorney wishing to practice elder law in Massachusetts. He was honored to serve as President of the organization in 2007.
Mark serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Western New England College School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts. He teaches in the LL.M. Program for Estate Planning and Elder Law.
* Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the non-profit National Elder Law Foundation, the only national organization accredited by the American Bar Association to certify attorneys in elder law. Massachusetts does not recognize legal specialties for certification.
Teaching and Writing
- Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (multiple occasions)
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (multiple occasions)
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (multiple occasions)
- Suffolk University Law School – Elder Law Institute XII: Third-Party Supplemental Needs Trusts (March 2006 – Speaker and Conference Chair)
- Estate, Gifts, and Trusts Journal (BNA Tax Management)
- Trusts and Estates (Penton Media)
Personal
Mark and his 17 year old daughter live in Worcester, Massachusetts. |
