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Practice Areas
- Estate
and Tax Planning
- Trust,
Estate, and Probate Administration
- Probate
Law and Will Contests
- Family
Business and Succession Planning
- Special
Trusts for the Disabled and for Personal Injury Settlements
- Trusts
for the Beneficiary with Special Considerations
- Charitable
Giving
- Estate
and Gift Tax Return Preparation
- Elder
Law
- Guardianships
Professional Experience
Bob Ryan has over fifteen years of
experience in tax planning and law. Bob works with individuals,
families and small business owners to determine their goals in order to
develop a comprehensive estate plan that will allow them to enjoy their
wealth during life, as well as plan for administration of the assets upon
death or incapacity. Bob also has assisted a number of families
administer an estate or trust after the death of a loved one and has assisted
in the resolution of interfamily disputes that occasionally arise during such
a stressful event.
Prior to joining Bove & Langa, P.C., Bob
worked in a financial planning firm as an in-house estate planning counsel
and spent several years in the Tax Departments of Ernst & Young, in Washington,
D.C. and KPMG Peat Marwick, in Boston.
Before entering the practice of law, Bob spent seven years with GTE
Government Systems as a Financial Analyst working on Department of Defense
Contracts.
Sample Matters
- Organization of family limited liability company (FLLC)
and subsequent sale using Self-Canceling Installment Notes (SCINS) to
receive discounted gifts of FLLC interests to minimize estate tax and
pass wealth to younger generation
- Implementation of estate planning trusts with special
provisions for disabled beneficiaries or beneficiaries receiving public
assistance
- Preparation of complex Estate Tax Return involving a
private foundation, charitable remainders uni-trusts
(CRUT's) and individual beneficiaries
- Successful representation of applicants at MassHealth Board of Hearings
Articles and Presentations
Memberships
- Boston
Estate Planning Council
- Boston Bar
Association Trusts & Estates Section
- Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum, Steering Committee 2008 to 2009
- Massachusetts
Bar Association, Probate Section Council 2000 to 2003, Legislative Liaison 2003
- Rhode
Island Bar Association
- National
Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys
Community Involvement
- American
Legion Boys
State Program: Counselor
and Law Course Instructor
- Shrewsbury
Little League: Coach
- Boy
Scouts of
America: Cub Scout Pack 114
Assistant Cubmaster
Education
- Boston
University School of
Law - LL.M., Graduate Tax
Program, May 1994
- Suffolk
University, - J.D. 1991
- Boston
College, Wallace E. Carroll School
of Management, - B.S.
1986
Admissions
- Massachusetts,
1991
- Rhode
Island, 1992
- U.S.
District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1992
- U.S.
District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1993
- United States
Tax Court, 2006
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