Location: Needham, Massachusetts
Phone: 781-239-8900
Fax: 781-239-8909
E-mail: afarquhar@oarlawyers.com

Alison Farquhar is an experienced attorney with a background in estate planning as well as estate and trust administration. Alison’s practice encompasses assisting clients with a wide range of estate planning matters, and estate and trust administration strategies. Her experience includes drafting wills and trusts and advising and representing clients in matters of tax controversy.

Alison has represented clients in Massachusetts Probate and Family Court and United States Tax Court, as well as before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax agencies,  in matters of probate, trust fiduciary litigation, and tax controversy. She also has extensive experience doing tax preparation for individuals, small businesses, S corporations, estates, and trusts.

Alison received her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from Suffolk University Law School in 2018. She received her B.S. from Arizona State University in 2011. In addition to Massachusetts, Alison is also licensed to practice law in Maryland.

Alison gives back to the community by serving as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) (a volunteer guardian ad litem) to a child in foster care through the non-profit organization CASA Boston. Finally, Alison will be teaching the Tax Practice and Procedure course as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School in the evenings beginning this fall.

Although a native of Scituate, MA, Alison grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and has also lived in Annapolis, Maryland. She currently resides in North Quincy. Outside of the office, Alison enjoys the outdoors, jogging, and oil painting.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• Maryland
• United States Tax Court

Education

• Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  • J.D. -2018
  • LL.M. – Taxation, 2018
• Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
  • B.S. – Biology, 2011

Professional Associations and Activities

• Court-Appointed Special Advocate with CASA Boston
• Adjunct Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School