SARAH M ALLEN, JD

Sarah M. Allen, J.D., is a partner at Pabian & Russell, LLC, concentrating her practice on estate, gift and charitable planning, as well as special needs planning. She has extensive experience handling trust and estate administration matters including will contests, probate/trust administrations, trust/trustee disputes, guardianships and conservatorships. Ms. Allen co-manages the firm’s estate planning and estate administration department. She earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She received a BS degree in broadcast journalism, summa cum laude, from the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and is pursuing an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law.

In 2009, 2011 and 2012, Ms. Allen was named to the “Massachusetts Rising Stars” list by New England Super Lawyers. She regularly serves as a lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE); was an adjunct professor for the Northeastern University Masters of Taxation Program; is the vice chair of the programs committee for the Boston Estate Planning Council (BEPC); and serves as a member of the leadership development committee for the same organization. Ms. Allen is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Trusts & Estates Consortium.