Attorney Profiles

Mr. Lutsky joined Cushing and Dolan, P.C. in 1995 initially concentrating in the preparation of estate plans, including the use of revocable trusts, joint trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts and family limited partnerships. He has since expanded his practice to include business planning through the use of regular limited liability companies, Delaware series limited liability companies, cross purchase agreements, stock redemption agreements, and Deferred Compensation agreements. He has further expanded his practice to include Medicaid and asset protection planning for the elderly, which covers the Medicaid application, preparation and eligibility process of obtaining MassHealth benefits, fair hearings, advanced Medicaid planning and the preservation of assets through the use grantor irrevocable income only trusts. Mr. Lutsky graduated from the University of Toledo School of Law in 1991 and obtained a Masters Degree in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law in 1992. He joined the public sector as a tax attorney with the International accounting firm of Price Waterhouse LLP. He is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Boston Estate Planning Council.

Mr. Lutsky has given numerous seminars for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and the Foundation for Continuing Education on such topics as "Medicaid Update" most recently addressing the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, "Preparing Estate Tax Returns", "Basic Estate Planning Essentials with a Form 706 Example", "Fiduciary Income Tax Returns for Estates and Trusts", "Income Tax Refresher" which included information on the 1997 tax reform act, and "Tax Issues Associated With Divorce". He also provides his expertise since 1998 as the Co-Host on a nationally syndicated live call in radio talk show entitled "Money Matters" in which he answers questions and provides information on topics such as asset protection planning, Medicaid eligibility, how to avoid probate and other estate tax planning matters. Finally, Mr. Lutsky has written an article entitled "Irrevocable Trusts Not As Frightening As You Might Think" which was published in the July/August 2002 edition of the PanAm Clipper Magazine, along with co-authoring the written materials for the "Medicaid update" and "Basic Estate Planning Essentials with a706 example" seminars.