Client Testimonials:

Rebecca, thank you so much for helping me through filing for probate and drawing up my will. You've been totally awesome to work with! -J.B., Newton

 

Rebecca has been great to work with. Thank you so much for all of your expertise. We are grateful for your help and glad that our wills and trusts are 'buttoned up.' - C.Z., Lexington

 

Rebecca provided great time, wisdom, and kindness in helping us navigate estate planning. Thank you so much! -R.L., Lexington

 

It has been a great pleasure working with Rebecca. We are delighted with the estate plan and appreciate Rebecca’s understanding and kind and efficient attitude. -C.T., Lexington

 

Rebecca is very professional and detail oriented. She was very knowledgeable and helped us with all the difficult decisions of estate planning. – M. H., Lexington

Rebecca O’Brien, Partner

Rebecca O’Brien is a partner and co-founder of O’Brien & O’Neil LLP. Rebecca worked for Ropes & Gray, a leading international law firm, for five years and with O’Brien Cavanagh Ivanova LLP for seven years before co-founding O’Brien & O’Neil LLP.

Rebecca works with the goal of helping clients stay in control and informed. She enjoys getting to know clients on a personal level so that she can craft an estate plan that helps them feel secure and confident about the future. She received the honor of being voted #1 in Lexington and Gold Regional Favorite in the 2020 Reader's Choice Awards. In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys tromping through the woods with her husband, two teenaged children and the family dog, Luna.

Bar Admissions
Massachusetts 2004

Education
B.A., cum laude, Harvard University, 2001
J.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2004

Publications and Presentations

A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Massachusetts - Editor of the chapter on incapacity planning in this reference book for practicing attorneys published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

Wills, Trusts, and Estate Plans – Everything You Need to Know - presented as a quarterly seminar through Lexington Community Education

Basics of Estate Planning - presented as a quarterly seminar through Newton Community Education