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 matter so that they can move forward in their lives."
During her 23 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 LGBTQ 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, co-parent adoptions, prenuptial agreements, ownership and partnership agreements, and real estate 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 the LGBTQ community. 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 as well as an attorney for the child in contested family law cases.

Admitted to the Massachusetts 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, 2010, and 2011. Ms. Wilson is currently serving a three-year appointment on the Massachusetts Bar Association's Joint Bar Committee for Judicial Appointments. She is also the current Co-Chair of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association and has served on its board for the last seven years. Ms. Wilson is also a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Family Law Steering Committee. Ms. Wilson is also a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
Ms.Wilson is a 1984 graduate of Providence College and a 1988 graduate of Suffolk University Law School.

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