Rebecca Tunney
Director
Boston
rtunney@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3502Rebecca Tunney
Director, Boston
rtunney@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3502Related Expertise
High-net-worth individuals and families rely on Rebecca Tunney to design protective estate plans that minimize risk while maximizing the benefits of wealth transfer strategies.
Using a personalized style, Rebecca applies the best possible vehicles for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, transfer tax planning, estate and trust administration, international tax planning, charitable giving and business succession planning. Clients appreciate how she works collaboratively with them to devise plans that meet their needs.
In tandem to her domestic practice, Rebecca has particular experience in Canadian-U.S. estate planning. She assists these families with their cross-border needs for estate, income, personal and business tax planning.
Rebecca is also fluent in the French language.
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Accolades
- Mass Lawyers Weekly, Up & Coming Lawyer, 2022
- Boston Magazine Top Lawyers, Trusts & Estates, 2021-2022
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch (2021-2026): Trusts and Estates
- Citywealth Gold Powerwomen - Boston - Award Recipient, March 2020
- Selected as a finalist for the STEP Young Practitioner of the Year, 2018
- Named as a ‘One to Watch’ in International Estate Planning by Private Client Global Elite (ALM Media Properties, LLC), 2017-2021
- Selected to the list of Massachusetts Women’s Edition Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), Estate Planning and Probate, 2017-2021
- Selected to the list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), Estate Planning and Probate, 2016-2024
- Chambers High Net Worth (Band 1 Firm Ranking), 2017-2020
Affiliations
- Boston Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section
- Communications Committee, Co-Chair
- Tax Law Updates Committee, Co-Chair (2017-2019)
- Member and Graduate, New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
- Canadian Entrepreneurs of New England
- Board member of the Financial Services Leadership Council
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Law Review Journal
- Book Review Editor, Digital and Print
- Associate Editor (2016-2020)
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Branch Chair, New England Chapter
- Boston Estate Planning Council
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Trusts and Estates Consortium
- Boys and Girls Club, Friends Council
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Tax Court
- Florida
Education
Boston University School of Law ( LL.M. , 2016 )
Suffolk University Law School ( J.D. , magna cum laude , 2014 )
Boston University ( M.S. , 2013 )
Cornell University ( B.S. , 2010 )