Biography
Overview
Rebecca Tunney assists individuals and families with complex estate plans involving estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, estate and trust administration, international tax planning, charitable giving and business succession planning.
In addition, Rebecca has particular experience with Canadian-U.S. estate planning, assisting families on all matters involving cross-border estate, income, personal and business tax planning.
Accolades
- Mass Lawyers Weekly, Up & Coming Lawyer, 2022
- Boston Magazine Top Lawyers, Trusts & Estates, 2021-2022
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch (2021-2025): 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), Treasurer, Boston Chapter
- Boston Estate Planning Council
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Trusts and Estates Consortium
- Boys and Girls Club, Friends Council
Languages
- French
Admissions
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)