24/7 - FREE CONSULTATION: (617)-698-6000
What are you looking for?
Matthew Marcus

Matthew Marcus

Partner

Matthew J. Marcus is a partner with Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. in Milton, Massachusetts, and concentrates on estate planning and elder law.

In addition to being an experienced estate planning attorney in Boston, MA, he was a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for eight years (1999-2006) and served as the co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee. Mr. Marcus is the lead attorney with BOC Life Solutions, an estate and financial planning company owned by the Bank of Canton. He has served as a Hearing Officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, the State agency that licenses and disciplines attorneys.

Mr. Marcus was the co-chair of the 1999 New England Elder Law Symposium and has served on the faculty for MCLE programs, Suffolk University Law School’s Elder Law Institute, and the New England Elder Law Symposium. He has served as an expert witness in Superior Court in Massachusetts and has written articles on estate planning, guardianships, and planning for families with disabled children for Estate Planning magazine, ALI/ABA’s Practical Lawyer, MCLE, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, Life and Health Advisor magazine, and ABA newsletters.

Mr. Marcus is also the coordinator of a monthly meeting of a self-advocacy group for adults with developmental disabilities in Boston. He has served on the Board of Directors for United Cerebral Palsy of Metro Boston and was named the Citizen Advocate of the Year by the Massachusetts ARC.

He was selected as a “Super Lawyer” for every year since 2006, a list published annually in Boston Magazine. The “Super Lawyer” honor is bestowed upon the top 5% of lawyers in the state who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Mr. Marcus is a graduate of Boston University, Suffolk University Law School, and holds an L.L.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law.

Education

  • Boston University, B.A.
  • Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
  • Boston University School of Law, L.L.M. in Taxation (2009)

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Honors & Awards

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers”, every year since 2006.

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Member of board of directors of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for eight years (1999-2006)
  • Served as the co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee.
  • Mr. Marcus is the lead attorney with BOC Life Solutions, an estate and financial planning company owned by the Bank of Canton.
  • He has served as a Hearing Officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, the State agency that licenses and disciplines attorneys.

Sample Results

  • Co-chaired the New England Elder Law Symposium
  • Served on the faculty for MCLE programs, Suffolk University Law School’s Elder Law Institute, and the New England Elder Law Symposium.
  • He has served as an expert witness in Superior Court in Massachusetts
  • He has written articles on estate planning, guardianships, and planning for families with disabled children for Estate Planning magazine, ALI/ABA’s Practical Lawyer, MCLE, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, Life and Health Advisor magazine, and ABA newsletters.
  • Mr. Marcus is also the coordinator of a monthly meeting of a self-advocacy group for adults with developmental disabilities in Boston.
  • Brenda After 60: 3 Questions With: Milton Estate Planning & Elder Law Expert Matthew J. Marcus, Esq.
Check Out Our Feature In Super Lawyers 2021 Magazine
RECENT CASES
Unfair Business Practices
Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. has recently taken part in one of the largest cases in Massachusetts’ recent history. This was a Federal Court case in which the Plaintiffs alleged unfair and deceptive business practices. Darin Colucci was the lead negotiator for the Plaintiffs’ collective and was instrumental in securing a $67.5 million…
Read More
Premises Liability/Negligent Operation of Daycare Center
In March of 2014, a two-year-old boy wandered out of the front door of a daycare center being operated in an urban area. The daycare center itself was on the first floor of a four-story building. The little boy, captured on surveillance, exited the daycare center and attempted to exit…
Read More