Jennifer Rivett Schick
Associate

Biography

Jen is a member of the Trust and Estate Practice Group. Jen works closely with individuals and families to ensure that assets are transferred in a way that meets client’s overall needs, addresses any special familial concerns and minimizes any estate tax exposure. She advises individuals and families of all wealth levels on estate planning options and drafts comprehensive estate plans, including the preparation of wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, special needs trusts, and powers of attorney. 

Jen assists individuals seeking to transfer wealth during their lifetimes utilizing options such as annual gifts, charitable remainder trusts or grantor retained annuity trusts. Jen has represented business owners in general corporate matters, including formation, governance, dissolution and has counseled owners in developing and establishing business succession plans to transfer ownership to the next generation in a way that complements the individual owner's business goals and their personal estate plan.

Jen also advises fiduciaries in the administration of probate estates and trusts, including estate tax matters, fiduciary tax matters, and fiduciary accountings.

As a member of the Trust and Estate Practice Group and Probate Litigation Group, Jen also advises individuals and fiduciaries in routine and contested probate court matters, trust and estate administration matters, guardianships and adoptions.

EDUCATION:

Suffolk University Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2003
Northeastern University, Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1996

Representative Matters

• Represents fiduciaries seeking probate court clarification of decedent’s intent as expressed in wills and trusts.
• Represents fiduciaries in testate and intestate matters.
• Defends fiduciaries against claims of breach made by beneficiaries.
• Advises beneficiaries seeking modification or termination of irrevocable trusts.
• Represents beneficiaries in challenges to fiduciary accountings.
• Represents petitioners in guardianship proceedings involving incapacitated adults and minor children.
• Advice and representation in termination of parental rights and subsequent adoption proceedings.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• Nashua Bar Association, Secretary, 2005 - 2011
• New Hampshire Estate Planning Council

Awards & Honors

• Recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in the practice area of Estate Planning and Probate in 2009 - 2011. 

Speaking Engagements

• "Estate Planning with Special Needs Trusts", Huntington's Disease Society of America, New England Annual Meeting, November 2010
• "Connections to Advanced Planning", National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, October 6, 2009
• "Advanced Probate: Information, Ideas and Legal Updates", National Business Institute, November 2008
• "Trusts and Estate Planning 101", New Hampshire Womens Bar Association, October 2008

Community Involvement

• Heritage United Way - Division Committee, 2009
• Nashua Pastoral Care Center, Board of Directors, 2007 - 2010
• Nashua Adult Learning Center, Board of Directors, 2006 - present
• Nashua Symphony Association, Planned Giving Committee, 2006 - 2007
• Leadership Greater Nashua, 2005 - 2006

Publications

• "Gifting as a Tax Strategy," Devine Millimet Tax E-News, August 2011
• "Anna Nicole Smith: A Tale of Two Rulings," Devine Millimet Probate Litigation Newsletter, April 2010
• "Where There’s A Will Contest, Watch Out For Shifting Burdens," Devine Millimet Probate Litigation Newsletter, October 2008
• "Agreement on Safeguards: Realistic Tools for Protecting Domestic Industry or Protectionist Measures?", 27 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 153 (2003).

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts