Lisa M. Wilson, Partner

Email: wilson@wmblawfirm.com

"We see the nicest people at the worst time in their lives. Our goal is to help our clients reach a successful resolution of their legal problem so they can move forward in their lives."
During her 21 years of practice, Ms.Wilson has extensive experience in the fields of real estate and family law. She has handled hundreds of complex and sophisticated cases including divorce, custody, paternity and post-divorce matters, many of which require financial acumen in the context of divorce litigation. Ms. Wilson's practice also includes negotiating a broad range of real estate transactions, drafting agreements, and representing buyers, sellers and lenders throughout the Greater Boston, Metrowest, and the North and South shore areas.
Ms. Wilson has also received advanced training as a mediator and in the innovative field of Collaborative Law. She provides mediation and collaborative law services to clients who wish to resolve their delicate and complicated legal issues, with less trauma, less cost and less involvement in the court system.
Ms. Wilson's practice includes a long history of advocating for the rights of her gay and lesbian clients, representing them vigorously in all areas of real estate and family law. Her skilled experience has navigated them through the state's evolving family law, whether they are creating their own families, or ending a relationship. Her representation of clients in this area also includes same sex divorce, second parent adoptions, prenuptial agreements, ownership and partnership agreements, and partition actions.
Ms. Wilson frequently provides consulting services to other family law attorneys. She is a regular speaker on issues relating to divorce and post-divorce matters, in addition to the application of family law to the rights of gays and lesbians. Ms. Wilson's demonstrated skills and application of sound judgment in difficult divorce cases have further resulted in her appointment by the court to serve as a guardian ad litem in family law cases.

Admitted to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1988, Ms. Wilson is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Ms. Wilson was selected as one of the "Massachusetts Super Lawyers" and as one of the top lawyers in New England in the field of family law by Law and Politics and the publishers of Boston Magazine for 2009. Ms. Wilson has also been appointed for a three year term to serve on the Massachusetts Bar Association's Joint Bar Committee for Judicial Appointments.
Ms. Wilson is a 1984 graduate of Providence College and a 1988 graduate of Suffolk University Law School. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Women's Bar Association, Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association, Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (Board of Directors 2005 to present), Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.

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