Eric D. Correira
Eric D. Correira is a partner in the firm concentrating in the areas of estate tax planning, business planning, and trust, estate, and tax litigation.
Attorney Correira has authored chapters for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. (MCLE)'s New England Law Practice Collection. He has had articles published on a variety of estate planning topics in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly and the Rhode Island Bar Journal. Attorney Correira is a lecturer on estate planning and asset protection for the National Business Institute.
Recently, he completed a major conservation easement project in Rhode Island, involving the protection of shoreline and abutting farm and wildland acreage. He has also appeared and successfully argued several cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Attorney Correira was instrumental in creating and implementing the Rhode Island Pooled Trust, the first and only such trust for special needs individuals in the Ocean State. The Rhode Island Pooled Trust allows individuals and their families to set aside assets without jeopardizing eligibility for government benefits, and is administered by a non-profit organization.
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› American Bar Association, Member
› Bristol County Bar Association, Member
› Bristol County Estate Planning Council, Member
› Collier County (Naples) Bar Association, Member
› Florida Bar Association, Member
› Fall River Bar Association, Member
› Fall River Chamber of Commerce, Member
› Massachusetts Bar Association, Member
› Massachusetts Bar Young Lawyers Division, Member
› Newport County Bar Association, Member
› Rhode Island Bar Association, Member
› Rhode Island Bar Journal Editorial Board, Member
› Rhode Island Bar CLE Committee, Member
› Rhode Island Bar New Lawyers Committee, Member
› Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce, Member
› "Establishing and Protecting the Attorney-Client Relationship in Trust Matters," Rhode Island Bar Journal, November/December, 2012
› "Why Rhode Island Needs Default Surrogate Consent Statutes," Rhode Island Bar Journal, March/April, 2012
› "Asset Protection Trusts," A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Rhode Island, MCLE, January, 2012
› "Will Construction," A Practical Guide to Probate in Rhode Island, MCLE, March, 2011
› "Estate Taxes: The Clock is Ticking and Time is Running Out," Lawyers Weekly, November, 2010
› Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award
Atty. Correira Published in Rhode Island Bar Journal
Atty. Correira Writes Rhode Island Bar Journal Article
Rhode Island Estate Planning Guide Published
Atty. Correira Joins Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce