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Michelle Beneski - Personal Family Lawyer ®

Surprenant and Beneski P.C.
35 Arnold Street
New Bedford, MA 02740

Office: (508) 994-5200
Fax: (508) 994-2227
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Michelle D. Beneski, Esq. is a partner at the family owned and operated law firm, Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., located at 35 Arnold Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts. The firm concentrates in the areas of elder law and estate planning and can be reached at 508-994-5200. Michelle practices with her father, Attorney Robert L. Surprenant, and her brother, Attorney Daniel M. Surprenant. Michelle is a Certified Elder Law Attorney. (Certified by the National Elder Law Foundation).

Michelle is the past 2005 co-chair of the Alzheimer’s Partnership of S.E. Massachusetts, a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a member of Wealth Counsel, a Past Director of the Bristol County Estate Planning Council, and the Bristol Networking Group as well as a Girl Scout Troop leader for the past eight years. She is a lecturer on elder law issues, co-author of The Southeastern Massachusetts Nursing Home Guide and also writes for Elder Law Today.

She is a graduate of Fitchburg State College (B.S. Cum Laude), Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D.), and University of Florida, College of Law Graduate Tax Program (LLM in Taxation). She is licensed in Massachusetts and Connecticut and practices in the areas of Estate Planning and Medi-caid Planning. Before coming to Surprenant and Beneski, P.C., Michelle worked for six years as a tax manager and senior manager for two different Big 4 Accounting firms. She also worked as a tax attorney lobbying business tax issues for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. Michelle and her husband, Joe, live in Bridgewater, Massachusetts with their four children.