Morgan Lewis

Sara A. Wells

Partner

Sara A. Wells devotes her practice to estate planning, estate and trust administration, tax planning, and business succession planning. Sara assists clients in the creation of their estate plans, including establishing various irrevocable trusts to help clients make tax-efficient transfers to family members. She also administers estates, including the preparation of probate court documents and estate tax returns, and advises Personal Representatives on their fiduciary duties.

Extended Profile

Sara serves as trustee of her clients’ trusts and counsels her clients on their trusts’ administration and best practices. She also assists clients in working through their family disputes stemming from the administration of estates and trusts. Finally, Sara also assists closely held businesses with the preparation of their corporate documents, including limited liability companies’ operating agreements and buy-sell agreements.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Sara was a member in the private client group in the Boston office at another international law firm.

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, 2004, LL.M.
  • Boston University School of Law, 2002, J.D., Cum Laude
  • University of Florida, 1999, B.S., Business Administration

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York

Awards and Affiliations

Ranked, Private Wealth Law, Massachusetts, Chambers HNW (2018)

Listed, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly: Top Women of Law (2015)

Listed, Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Estate Planning & Probate (2009–2012)

Listed, Super Lawyers, Massachusetts (2015 – 2017)

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel 

Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (2009–present)

Founder, Treasurer and Director, Trusts and Estates Consortium

Member, Boston Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section

Member, Boston Estate Planning Council

Member, Fiduciary Inn: Greater Boston Fiduciary Law, American Inn of Court

Member, Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners

Member, Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum

Publications

1/12/2016 - Pro Bono: A New Start for Young Brothers

News

7/26/2018 - Chambers High Net Worth 2018 Recognizes Morgan Lewis’s Private Client Practice

7/27/2015 - Morgan Lewis Partner Sara Wells Honored As a Top Woman of Law by Lawyers Weekly

5/11/2015 - Morgan Lewis Expands Personal Law and Estate Planning Capabilities

Events

6/21/2016 - 2015–2016 Morgan Lewis M&A Academy