Gina M. Barry
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Gina M. Barry
Bacon Wilson, P.C.Total Records: 1Biography
"I focus my practice on helping people plan for the future. Even young people should start thinking about how they will support themselves in their retirement years, and everybody needs a basic estate plan, including a will, health care proxy and power of attorney. I am down to earth, and I pride myself on making difficult and complex issues easy to understand for my clients. I have a broad client base including a mix of ages, genders, ethnicities and sexual orientations."
Gina is a partner and a member of the estate planning and elder law department, whose practice includes sophisticated estate planning issues. Gina also has extensive experience in matters of guardianship, conservatorship, long-term care planning, estate/probate administration, and residential real estate.
Bar Admission
Massachusetts, 1999
Connecticut
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
Other Affiliations
Massachusetts Bar Association
Hampden County Bar Association
Estate Planning Council of Hampden County
Connecticut Bar Association
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Hampden County Bar Association, New Lawyer's Section, 2003 - 2004 (Chair)
Hampden County Bar Association, New Lawyer's Section, 2003 - 2004 (Probate Court Bench Bar Liaison)
Holyoke North Business Network International (Membership Committee)
Women's Partnership Communications Committee (Co-Chair)
Women's Partnership Board of Directors, 2003 - 2005
Joy of Jasper Horse Sanctuary, Founder, 2007-Present
Greater Springfield Business & Professional Women's Club, First Vice President, 2005-2006
Greater Springfield Business & Professional Women's Club, Second Vice President, 2004-2005
Western Massachusetts Elder Care Professionals, Member, Steering Committee
Meadows Homes Human Rights Committee, Member
Women's Business Owners Alliance of the Pioneer Valley, Inc., Cheryl Reed Memorial Loan Fund Chair
National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, 2018 - Present (Director)
Western Massachusetts Elder Care Professionals Steering Committee (Member)
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Gina M. Barry
- Included on the 2018 Massachusetts
Past Lists
- 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
Education
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Western New England University School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1999 J.D.
Honors: cum laude, Law Review: Western New England Law Review, Staff Member, 1997 - 1998
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Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1996 B.A.
Honors: magna cum laude
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Holyoke Community College, 1994 A.A.
Honors: With High Honors
Honers
- Designated as "Super Lawyer" 2013 in Boston Magazine
- Distinguished: Top Woman Attorney in MA by Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2012
- Recipient: Super Lawyers Rising Star Award Boston Magazine, 2012
- Recipient: Super Lawyers Rising Star Award Boston Magazine, 2011
- Recipient: Chapter Member of the Year, BNI Holyoke North, MA, 10/13/2011
- Designated as "Super Lawyer Rising Star" 2010 in Boston Magazine
- Recipient: Top Five Business Women in Western Mass, Western MA Women's Magazine, 2010
- Recipient: SuperLawyers Rising Star Award Boston Magazine, 2006 - 2008
- Estate Planning Specialist Blends Law with a Passion for Animals, BusinessWest, October 20, 2005
- Women in Business Spotlight, Valley Business Outlook, September 2005
- "Woman of the Year" distinction, Women Business Owners Alliance, 2005
- "Up and Coming Lawyer 2004" distinction, MA Lawyers Weekly, 2004
- Catherine Bean Street Scholarship, Recipient
- CALI Award for Excellence in Torts
- CALI Award for Excellence in Critical Race Theory
- "Lawyer of the Year” for Springfield Elder Law, Best Lawyers, 2019
- Designated as 2015’s Woman of Influence by Women Business Owners Alliance
- Distinguished Alumni for 2015, Holyoke Community College
- Recipient, First Annual Visionary Achievement Award from Western Mass Women's Magazine, 2014
- Recipient, SuperLawyers Massachusetts and New England Award, 2013-2019
- Recipient, SuperLawyers Massachusetts and New England Rising Star Award, 2006-2008, 2010-2012
- Designated as one of the Top Five Business Women in Western Mass, Western Mass Women's Magazine, 2010
- Recipient, 40 Under Forty award, BusinessWest, 2009