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Dara Lynn S. Freytag

Dara Lynn S. Freytag

Partner
Biography


Dara Lynn joined the firm in 2014 and is known as a trusted advisor to individuals and families. Dara Lynn educates and guides her clients to develop and implement sophisticated and tax-efficient estate plans to address their specific needs and goals, including protecting assets for the next generation and minimizing probate. Her counsel includes multigenerational wealth transfers, business succession planning, gift and income tax planning, charitable planning, nuptial agreements, and general probate and estate administration.

Prior to joining Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers, Dara Lynn was an associate with a boutique trusts and estates firm in Weston, Massachusetts. While in school, Dara Lynn began her legal career working in the Norfolk County Probate and Family Court in Canton, and in the Estate and Gift Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service in Boston.

Before beginning her legal studies, Dara Lynn worked in a financial planning family business. Dara Lynn, an avid outdoor enthusiast, enjoys running, biking, swimming, and hiking. Dara Lynn and her husband climbed all forty-eight (48) “4,000 footers” in New Hampshire together. Dara Lynn completed the B2VT (142-mile bike ride) in 2023 and the Sea to Summit Triathlon in 2023. She will be running the Boston Marathon for Marisa’s Mission in 2024. She lives on the south shore with her husband and their three daughters.

 

Honors & Awards
  • Accredited Estate Planner® Certified by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NEAPC) - 2024
  • Recognized as a Massachusetts Rising Star by Boston Magazine, 2016-2017, 2019
Presentations and Lectures
  • MCLE, How to Structure Revocable Living Trusts, May 19, 2023
  • Worthy Circles, How to Structure Revocable Living Trusts, April 26, 2023
  • MCLE, How to Structure Revocable Living Trusts, June 9, 2020
  • Charles Schwab Office (Hingham, MA), Foundation Estate Planning, April 3, 2019
  • Boston Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Mid-Year Review, January 4, 2019
  • American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Advanced Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Topics, October 2, 2018
  • Boston Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Year-End Review, June 22, 2018
  • Boston Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Mid-Year Review, February 2, 2018
  • Boston Bar Association, Estate Planning with Real Estate, March 20, 2017
  • Northwestern Mutual, Foundation Estate Planning, March 5, 2015
  • Wolf & Company, P.C., Foundation Estate Planning, October 28, 2014
Civic Involvement
  • Marisa's Mission, Board of Directors, 2018-Present
  • Hingham Girls Scouts Troop Leader, 2019-Present
  • Hingham Historical Society, Member, 2015-Present
  • Pembroke Historical Society, Board of Directors, 2012-2015
  • Adah F. Hall House, Pembroke, MA, Trustee, 2012-2015
  • Pembroke Historical Society, Member, 2011-2015
  • Appalachian Mountain Club, Member, 2013-Present
  • Trustees of the Reservation, Member, 2015-Present
Memberships
  • Boston Estate Planning Council, Seminars and Webinars Committee Chair, 2023-2024
  • Boston Estate Planning Council, Seminars and Webinars Committee Vice Chair, 2022-2023
  • Boston Estate Planning Council, Women’s Initiative Committee Vice Chair, 2021-2022
  • Boston Estate Planning Council, Women’s Initiative Committee, 2017-2022
  • Boston Estate Planning Council, Membership Committee, 2013-2017
  • Boston Bar Association, Steering Committee, 2017-2019
  • Boston Bar Association, New Developments Committee Chair, 2017-2019
  • Boston Bar Association, New Developments Committee, 2013-2019
  • ProVisors Member 2021-Present
  • Tufts Lawyers Association, Tufts Law Day on the Hill, Moderator, 2020-2021
  • Tufts Lawyers Association, 2010-Present
  • Massachusetts Bar Association, 2008-2023
  • Trusts and Estates Consortium, 2008-2020
  • Business Associates Club, 2014-2020
Credentials

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School (J.D.)
  • Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction)
  • Tufts University (B.A., cum laude)

ADMISSIONS

  • Massachusetts Bar

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School (J.D.)
  • Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction)
  • Tufts University (B.A., cum laude)

Admissions

  • Massachusetts Bar