
Joseph Sciabica
Associate Attorney
Attorney Joseph A. Sciabica is an associate with Simmons & Schiavo, LLP and joined the firm in April of 2021. He handles both estate planning and estate settlement matters. The estate planning work involves drafting various estate documents including revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies to help clients manage care and finances during times of disability or incapacity and with wealth preservation and asset protection for their loved ones. Joe also focuses on estate settlement which includes complex trust administrations, representing those who serve as trustee or personal representative, handling the probate of estates and guiding clients through that court process. Before joining Simmons & Schiavo, Joe focused on divorce and probate litigation and saw first-hand the strain and cost litigation can put on a family, often resulting from inattentive and short-sighted estate planning.Joe obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from New England Law Boston where he was Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper, Due Process, and a member of both the Budget and Constitution-and-bylaws Committees. Prior to law school, Joe focused on International Relations at Boston University and worked in Kyoto, Japan for a short time.Joe’s interests include working out, hiking, amateur coding, recreational shooting and reading history.

Melissa Matranga
Asset Alignment Coordinator
Melissa has been with Simmons & Schiavo since 2018 and is the firm’s Asset Alignment Coordinator. She handles all the aspects of properly connecting clients’ assets to their trust plans. This includes properly retitling real estate, bank accounts, investment accounts and other assets to the trust. This step, often overlooked by many firms, is essential to having the estate plan carry out the clients’ goals to avoid probate, maximize protection from creditors and minimize estate taxes.Outside of the office Melissa enjoys traveling, days at the beach and most of all spending time with her two boys.

Christine Murphy
Client Care Manager
Christine has been working at Simmons & Schiavo since 2006 and is the manager of the Simmons & Schiavo Client Care Program. Estate planning is not just about drafting and signing documents. The true success of an estate plan comes from keeping it up to date. As our lives change so do the needs of our estate plans and Christine sees to it that those changes are attended to. For those clients enrolled in our Client Care Program, she is the point person for ongoing communication and updates from our office and the key point of contact for clients that need to change or update their planning.Outside of work Christine enjoys cooking, traveling, gardening (tomatoes are a specialty), reading, and spending time with her three children.

Alyson Hudak
Legal/Marketing Assistant
Alyson is the Marketing Assistant and Office Administrator at Simmons & Schiavo, LLP and joined in June of 2021. She manages the firm’s social media accounts, blog postings, newsletter content, website content and podcast editing. In addition, with a careful eye for detail, she manages internal processes and procedures to keep things running smoothly to ensure a seamless client experience.Outside of work Alyson enjoys painting, board gaming, hanging out with her cats and boxing.