MARTHA E. GREENE

ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY

Martha E. Greene is a partner whose practice is devoted to sophisticated estate planning, charitable giving and estate and trust administration. Her representation includes the preparation of wills and trusts, the related areas of retirement, insurance and real estate planning, and practice in probate court associated with estate and trust administration and litigation. Martha has developed an expertise in implementing significant charitable giving plans, including the formation and operation of private family foundations. She currently serves as the Managing Director of one of Maine’s larger private family foundations. She also assists clients in business succession planning, counseling the firm's business clients in the use of corporations, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies and trusts to accomplish client objectives. Many of Martha's clients are the owners of businesses the firm also represents; clients include the stockholders and chief executive officers of nationally prominent closely-held corporations.

EDUCATION

Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, Honors in Economics, 1976); University of Maine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Managing Editor, Maine Law Review (1982 - 1983).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Member, Maine Estate Planning Council; Member, Maine Uniform Trust Code Committee (2004 - 2005); Member, Maine Probate Rules Committee (2005 - Present).

BAR ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Maine (1983); U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Androscoggin County, Maine State (Trusts and Estates Section) and American (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations.

PRESENTATIONS

Uniform Trust Code, Maine Bar Association (2005); Administering the Typical Estate, Maine Bar Association (2005); Exempt Organizations, National Business Institute (2006).