13 Half Mile Road
Barrington, RI 02806
Tel: (401) 247-0300
Fax: (401) 247-0398
Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, and Probate
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Attorney Profile
Evelyn Weiss Zawatsky is an attorney with over 30 years experience in estate planning and probate practice. She has been practicing law since 1987, spending her first 5 year working at law firms in Providence, before becoming a solo practitioner in July, 1992.
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Evelyn's practice concentrates on Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Probate, Guardianships, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Durable Powers of Attorney and Living Wills.
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Evelyn provides clients with the most cost effective and efficient way to achieve their objectives; she is highly responsive and easy to talk to.
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In 1984 she graduated cum laude with a BS from the American University, and she received her Juris Doctor from Boston University in 1987.
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Ms. Zawatsky is a member of the Federal and Rhode Island Bar Associations, is a member of Probate and Trust Committee of the Rhode Island Bar Association, and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island.
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Previously she was a member of the American Bar Association, the Professional Advisory Council of the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island, and served on the board of the Self-Sufficiency Trust of Rhode Island.
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Areas of Practice:
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Wills
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Trusts
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Probate
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Durable Powers of Attorney
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Advance Directives (Health Care Powers of Attorney and Living Wills)
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Estate Administration
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Trust Administration
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Charitable Planning
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Guardianship
Admitted:
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State of Rhode Island, 1987
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U.S. District Court for the District of RI, 1988
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1994
Education:
Boston University School of Law
Juris Doctor, May 1987
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Honors: G. Joseph Tauro Scholar, top 25%
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American University
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BS, Distributed Science, May, 1984
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, May 1984
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Major: Distributed Science
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Minor: Computer Science
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Honors: Dean's List
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University Honors Program
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Presidential Scholarship
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Alpha Epsilon Delta - Honor Society, Treasurer
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