Our Team

Joel A. Bernstein,
Attorney and Principal

​Joel has over 30 years of industry experience and is currently Principal Attorney of MA Wills and Trusts, a law firm in Lexington, MA. In this role, Joel counsels members of the public on simple and more advanced estate plan designs and execution. He is the author of over 20 national articles on automation and has spoken across the nation on trusts and estate taxation.

Prior to starting the firm in 1993, he worked for the law firms of Kopelman and Paige in Boston and Scheier, Scheier and Graham in Acton, MA. Before that, he was the in-house attorney for Hawk Mountain Corporation in Pittsfield, VT.

Joel received his LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University Law School, her J.D. from Western New England School of Law, and her B.A. from Hobart College. He also holds a MLW in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School.