
Mary Clements Pajak
Pierce Atwood LLPMary Clements Pajak, Esq., has over 20 years of experience. She began her legal career clerking for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. She then practiced law for many years in the Private Client Department at Palmer & Dodge LLP (now Locke Lord Edwards LLP), a large (originally Boston-based) law firm concentrating in estate and trust planning and administration. From there she became the Northeast Regional Manager of the Estate Settlement Department and served as Vice President at Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company (now BNY Mellon). Attorney Pajak then practiced law with Mofenson Law Offices in Newton, Massachusetts. Later, she was a Founding partner of the law firm of McWalter Pajak LLP in Concord, Massachusetts. In 2004, Attorney Pajak moved her firm back to Newton establishing Clements Pajak LLC. Attorney Pajak’s practice is now concentrated in estate and trust planning and administration, advising clients regarding their wealth transfer options and wishes, helping clients through probate and estate tax return preparation, advising clients with respect to related tax matters, and pre- and post- nuptial agreements. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts (ALB) degree, cum laude from Boston College Law School with a Juris Doctorate (JD), and most recently achieved a Masters of Law in Taxation (LL.M.) at Boston University Law School. Attorney Pajak was a Lecturer in Law at New England Law/Boston where she taught Wills, Estates and Trusts Law and a Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School with respect to estate planning and administration. She is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts (1991), Maine (1991), the United States Tax Court (2004) and the United States Supreme Court (2012). She is a member of the Boston Estate Planning Council, the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Maine Bar Association. She has been honored to be named
- Boston University School of Law
- LL.M.
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- Harvard University
- A.L.B.
- Honors: cum laude; Dean's List
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- Boston College Law School
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
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- Partner, Trusts and Estate Group
- Pierce Atwood LLP
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- Principal
- Clements Pajak LLC
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- Associate
- Mofenson & Nicoletti
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- Vice President, NE Regional Manager, Trusts and Estates
- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust (now BNY Mellon)
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- Associate
- Palmer and Dodge (now Locke Lord)
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- Law Clerk
- Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
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- Counseling Fiduciaries to Avoid Beneficiary Complaints
- The Practical Lawyer
- Fun with IRC 2013
- Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts
- Boston Magazine
- Awarded from 2013-2015
- Massachusetts Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Awarded from 2005-2014
- Certificate of Appreciation
- The Second Step, Inc.
- Massachusetts State Bar
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Maine Bar Association
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- Boston Estate Planning Council
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- Boston Bar Association
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- Maine
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- Massachusetts
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- U.S. Tax Court
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- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Trust Administration
- Probate & Trust Litigation
- English
- Website
- Pierce Atwood Website