Practice Areas: Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1985
Education: Suffolk University Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2018 - 2024 Details
At Novick & Meyers, JoAnne Meyers represents the people of Massachusetts in legal matters of wills, probate and estate administration, prenuptial agreements, power of attorney, personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, mediation, collaborative divorce, homestead, high-asset/high net worth divorce, health care proxy, guardianship, divorce, college educational costs for children of divorced parents, collaborative law, child support, child custody, parenting schedules and alimony. Along with being a highly qualified legal representative and certified financial litigator, she is also a notary public and real estate broker.
Ms. Meyers is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. As she is interested in growing and learning professionally, she is a member of the Chelmsford Business Association, the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council, the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators, the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, the Maine Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
In 1981, she earned her Bachelor of Science with a double major in finance and business management, graduating cum laude from Providence College. Ms. Meyers then attended Suffolk University Law School where she obtained a Juris Doctor in 1984. Certified by the American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators, she also received mediation training in 2009 from Divorce Mediation Training Associates and her Collaborative Law Training and Certification in 2016 from the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
She has appeared before the probate court, land court, district court, appellate division of the district court, Superior Court, appeals court and the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts. With her background as a certified financial litigator, Ms. Meyers is highly prepared to investigate financial issues in a divorce.
Practice areas
Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Estate Planning, Father's Rights, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Paternity, Power of Attorney, Prenuptial Agreements, Probate & Estate Administration, Same Sex Family Law, Trusts, Wills
- 60% Family Law
- 20% Estate Planning & Probate
- 20% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1985, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://novickandmeyerslaw.com/about/joanne-meyers/
- President - Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council 2021, 2022, 2023, 2023
- Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
- Massachusetts, 1985
- 1st Vice President of the Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council., 2020
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1985
- Connecticut Bar Association
- American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators
- Chelmsford Business Association
- Maine, 1985
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Merrimack Valley Estate Planning Council
- Connecticut, 1985
- U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1986
- Maine Bar Association
- Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
- I have continued to represent claimants in personal injury matters successfully negotiating settlements of their claims. , 2024
- I have represented many individuals pursuing damages for injuries and pain and suffering, lost wages, medical bills and other damages caused by automobile accidents in my practice. In the last few years, I have negotiated and/or mediated personal injury settlements ranging from $10,000.00 to $175,000.00., 2024
- In my personal injury practice, I have represented numerous individuals assisting them in obtaining damages for the injuries they sustained, the pain and suffering they incurred and any lost wages, medical bills and other miscellaneous damages they incurred as a result of an automobile accident. In my domestic relations practice, I have represented a wide variety of clients of all genders and from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Given my college degree in finance and my Certification as a Financial Litigator, I have represented high net worth individuals, executives with complex compensation packages and many business owners. With my training in Collaborative Law and Mediation, I encourage four-way conferences of both parties and their respective counsel to create an environment where parties feel free to communicate their needs and desires and to be heard so that a negotiated resolution of their domestic issues can potentially be achieved. In my estate planning practice, I represent individuals seeking estate administration as well as those seeking estate planning including wills, powers of attorney, homesteads, health care proxies and potentially those seeking trusts., 2024
- Certified Financial Litigator, 2017
- Twenty years with a Distinguished Attorney Rating from Martindale Hubbell, Distinguished Attorney Rating, Martindale Hubbell, 2024
- Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, B.S., Double Major in Business Management and Finance cum laude, 1981
- Podcast about Grey Divorce - Divorcing in Retirement, Speaker on Divorcing in Retirement, The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast, Legal, Financial, 2020
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2018 - 2024
