by Frank Schroth

The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (MassNAELA) recenetly announced that Philip D. Murphy, Esq., a lifelong residnt of Milton, has been chosen as President of the organization for 2012.

Murphy specializes in Estate Planning, Elder and Special Needs Law at his office in Milton, Massachusetts. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1979, Murphy has been a member of MassNAELA since 2004 and was first elected to its Board of Directors in 2006.

Attorney Murphy graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, received his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University Law School Graduate Tax Program. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

Murphy has actively served the town of Milton for over thirty years as a Town Meeting Member and chairman or member of various Milton town committees, including the Warrant Committee, Capital Planning Committee, Library Study Committee, and Tax Exempt Steering Committee. Currently, he is a Board Member of South Shore Elder Services, Bayada Nurses Professional Advisory Board and Quincy Tennis Club, as well as Chair of the Milton Hospital Annual Fund Committee and a member of the Milton Hospital President’s Council.

He frequently lectures throughout the South Shore on topics involving Elder and Special Needs Law and Estate Planning. He volunteers his time at the Milton Council on Aging Senior Center at its free once-a-month legal information clinic.

For more information about Attorney Murphy please email pdmlaw@comcast.net or call  617-273-5602.