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Portsmouth Estate Planning Lawyer
Overview
Joy Riddell began her career as a tax attorney at a large Boston accounting firm before moving to New Hampshire to work at a prominent New Hampshire law firm in it tax department. Later she transitioned into estate planning and elder law, working for premier estate planning boutique firms. In the spring of 2018, she adopted the New Hampshire entrepreneurial spirit and opened her own firm, RIDDELL LAW, PLLC. This firm focuses exclusively on estate planning, elder law, trust and estate administration, guardianships, and special need trusts. Her tax background helps her identify issues when working with clients who have businesses or complicated family trusts to create integrative, comprehensive estate plans. Her years of experience allows her to anticipate issues that can arise down the road for clients, especially when blended families are involved. Her expertise helps her work with both young and elder clients to address their long term planning objectives. Joy believes strongly in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach, often working with client advisors to design and implement estate and long-term care plans to achieve her clients' goals.About Joy Riddell
Current Employment Position(s)
- Founder
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Non-Contested Guardianships
- Probate and Trusts
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New Hampshire
Other Affiliations
- Trust and Estate Law Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- NH Chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) (Past President – 2013)
- Provisors – Portsmouth Group, Boston Estate and Succession Planning Affinity Group, and Boston Women’s Affinity Group
Classes and Seminars
- Seminar Presenter and Author – in the area of estate planning and elder law for professional and non-professional groups.
Pro Bono Activities
- Current Board of Director–Krempels Center, of Portsmouth, NH and Pathways Thru Aging, of Seacoast, NH (Current Vice President)
- Past Member, Board of Directors – Seacoast Rotary Club of Portsmouth, NH (President 2018-2019)
- Past Member, Board of Directors – New Hampshire Rotary Club of Exeter, New Hampshire
- Past Member, Board of Directors – Women’s Business Center
- Past Member, Board of Directors – YMCA Camp Coniston
- Past Member, Board of Directors – Applewood Learning Center
- Past Member, Board of Directors – New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association (Founding Member)
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993
LL.M.
Major: Taxation - Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991
Juris Doctor
Honors: cum laude - University of New Hampshire, 1987
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Honors: magna cum laude
Major: Economics
Office Information
Address
One New Hampshire AvenueSuite 125 Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone
Fax
- 603-610-1581
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