Benjamin Siracusa Hillman

Representing clients in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York, Benjamin Siracusa Hillman is a shareholder/director at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. and Chair of the firm’s Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Group.  He handles matters in the areas of probate litigation, elder law, estate planning and Medicaid eligibility. He assists clients with simple and complex estate planning, focusing on the needs of the elderly, retirees and near-retirees, high net worth clients, clients with special needs, same-sex couples, and young families.  He also represents clients in probate disputes involving incapacitated adults or following the death of a loved one. He is sensitive to the emotionally-charged aspects of such matters, creative in reaching a negotiated or litigated resolution, tenacious when necessary, and efficient in avoiding unnecessary litigation costs.

Attorney Siracusa Hillman attended Harvard College and Yale Law School and clerked for federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

He is a past president of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a member of the trusts and estates section of the New Hampshire Bar Association.  He also serves as a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and is a former board chair of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.