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Attorney Kenneth J. Simmons, Jr.

Kenneth J. Simmons, Jr.

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Attorney Kenneth J. Simmons, Jr. is one of the founding partners of Simmons & Schiavo, LLP.  He has been helping families with their estate planning needs since 2002.  Ken handles all levels of estate planning ranging from basic plans requiring wills, health care proxies and durable powers of attorney to more complex multi-million dollar estates involving marital deduction trust planning, irrevocable life insurance trusts, stretch IRA inheritance trusts, multi-generational dynasty trusts and intentionally defective grantor trusts.   Ken’s estate planning work also involves the use of limited liability companies to implement gifting programs, charitable remainder trusts, supplemental needs trusts and a number of other complex trust planning vehicles.Over the past decade, Ken has expanded his practice to include elder law and probate administration. Ken counsels his clients in all aspects of long term care planning, including advising on how to properly protect assets from the costs of long term care, explaining the benefits of Irrevocable Income Only Trusts, and helping clients to understand the implications of gifting assets.  Ken’s elder law work also includes completing and filing MassHealth Long Term Care Applications for clients entering or already in a nursing facility or who have a spouse entering a long term care facility.

Ken obtained his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School in 2001 where he graduated cum laude in the top 6% of his class.  Ken is a member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a member of the Boston Estate Planning Council.

Ken lives in Arlington with his wife and three children.  Ken and his family enjoy snowmobiling, hiking, fishing and Friday night game nights.  They love to travel together and have a goal of traveling to all fifty states by the year 2030.

I will always be grateful to Attorney Simmons for his care in explaining the alternatives which were available for my family. His information was very detailed and clear. I had to make serious decisions about my family’s future but he never made me feel rushed. I always had time to consider my options, and I was sure of the soundness of my final decisions especially because of his availability while I was considering my choices. I highly recommend Attorney Simmons because of my personal experience with him during a time of enormous stress and uncertainties.

Mary McLean

I would recommend Ken Simmons and Simmons & Schiavo for all of your estate planning needs. My husband and I recently worked with Ken and he made the process simple, straightforward, and easy to understand. Everything was set up fairly quickly and now we don’t have to worry about what would happen to our kids should the unthinkable happen.

Tara F. (Winchester, MA)

Kenneth has a warm and an understanding approach. He explains all my questions with time and respect. My wife and I are so pleased to have Kenneth as our lawyer.

Bruce G. (Medford, MA)

Ken Simmons has been excellent to work with on our estate planning. He’s extremely knowledgeable and helpful. He is easily accessible and always great with explaining the details of our plan and always happy to answer any of our questions. We have and will continue to recommend Ken to anyone who may be looking. He’s the best!

David B.

Being in Real Estate, I deal with attorneys all the time. I had many options to choose an attorney to handle my estate planning. Ken is the one I chose as I have dealt with him in the past. He leaves no stone unturned and has excellent communication skills. Looking for an estate attorney? Just call him and rest assured, all will be taken care of!!

Dan Fabbri, Realtor

My husband and I met with Attorney Kenneth J Simmons to seek advice in planning for the future of our family of four. Mr. Simmons was professional, knowledgeable and very informative. He thoroughly explained all of the possible options available to use in terms that we would understand. He patiently reviewed everything with us as he outlined the pros and cons of each and every option. I honestly felt like he truly cared in finding out what was going to be the best option for us. We were extremely pleased with his knowledge and expertise of estate planning as well as his calm, down to earth demeanor. He was respectful, easy to talk to and always made us feel comfortable. We felt confident with his recommendation and advice on what would be our best option and in our best interest for us and our entire family. We had a great experience with Attorney Kenneth J Simmons and would strongly recommend him to anyone seeking services for estate planning. Highly Recommend!

Lesley S. (Billerica, MA)