Since 1996, the law offices of Brian E. Barreira in Plymouth and Hingham, Massachusetts have provided specialized legal services in the areas of estate planning (including wills, trusts, gifts, deeds, durable powers of attorney and prenuptial/postnuptial agreements), long-term care planning (including MassHealth), governmental benefits planning (including Veterans benefits and SSI), estate and gift tax matters and Probate Court issues (including estates, trusts, guardianships and conservatorships). Among other accolades, Brian has been voted a Massachusetts Super Lawyer® in each year year from 2009 through 2017; is listed in The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the fields of "Elder Law" and "Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate"; and has been certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation since 1996 (NELF is a private organization, whose standards for certification are approved by the American Bar Association but not regulated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). Among Brian's diverse experiences, he has served as a background source on elder financial abuse reports for the Boston Globe Spotlight Team and for 60 Minutes; as an undercover informant for the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office in shutting down an organization that was fraudulently selling trusts to senior citizens; and as an expert witness in a recent case opposing the fees of two lawyers who attempted to charge over $500,000 for an 83-day temporary guardianship. An early leader in the development of elder law as a specialty, Brian served for 6 years as the first Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the American Bar Association's General Practice Section. He has also served as President, Treasurer and Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Attorneys, and as Chair of the Committee on Long-Term Health Care Issues of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section.