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Nicholas J. Stabile

Partner / Boston

Overview

Nicholas J. Stabile is a partner in Nutter’s Private Client Department. Clients rely on Nick’s counsel in a broad range of estate planning matters, including straightforward estate plans for young individuals and families and sophisticated plans focused on minimizing estate and gift taxes while preserving assets. Fiduciaries and family members frequently engage Nick to represent them in probate courts on a variety of matters, including appointment of personal representatives, administration of estates and trusts, name changes, complaints for instruction, and appointment of guardians and conservators for minors, incapacitated persons, and persons with disabilities.

Nick has particular expertise in the settlement of complex, high-value estates. He advises personal representatives and beneficiaries in connection with probate, preparation of estate and gift tax returns, guidance concerning estate tax audits, and valuation and succession matters for closely-held businesses.

Active in the community, Nick is an advisor to Playworks New England, an organization harnessing the impact of play and physical activity in schools to improve learning, decrease conflicts, and help students develop leadership skills. Nick serves on the Boston Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Steering Committee, He was a member of the Boston Bar Association’s 2017-2018 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP), a program promoting civic engagement and public service by advancing the leadership role of lawyers in service to their community, their profession, and the Commonwealth.

Nick is a 2023 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys, and the Connecticut Bar Association.

Nick’s professional background includes client-focused experience in the legal, technology, and financial sectors. During law school, Nick was an executive editor of The Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest. He received the John D. O’Reilly, Jr. Award for contribution to the law school community through service to its students.

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Honors

Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch", 2024-2025
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, "2022 Up & Coming Lawyer"
  • Boston Bar Association’s 2017-2018 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP)

Education & Admissions

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude
Bucknell University, B.A., cum laude

Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts

Languages

  • Spanish

Industries

In the Community

Nick is an advisor to Playworks New England, an organization harnessing the impact of play and physical activity in schools to improve learning, decrease conflicts, and help students develop leadership skills.

Noteworthy

  • The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch", 2024-2025
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, "2022 Up & Coming Lawyer"
  • Boston Bar Association’s 2017-2018 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP)
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