Friday, April 18, 2014

Erin Whelan Pennock Named Partner to Woburn Massachusetts Family Law Firm

The Law Office of Black & Vitelli Is Pleased to Announce Attorney Erin Whelan Pennock Has Been Named a Partner In The Firm and that the firm name has changed to Black, Vitelli & Pennock, LLC.
Erin Whelan Pennock originally joined Black & Vitelli as an Of Counsel attorney in August, 2011. Prior to joining Black, Vitelli & Pennock, she worked as an Associate with Lovenberg & Associates, a Boston firm where she originally focused her practice in the areas of family law and civil litigation

Attorney Pennock continues to focus her practice primarily in the areas of family law, specifically divorce and post-divorce matters involving child custody, visitation, child support, retirement division and alimony in addition to handling probate matters such as guardianships, conservatorships and probate disputes.  She is committed to helping her clients first explore alternatives to litigation through collaborative methods and mediation and is also a certified Mediator and Collaborative Law Attorney.  In 2013, she was also recognized in Boston Magazine as a “Super Lawyers Rising Star” in the area of Family Law. 

Attorney Pennock is an active member with the Women's Bar Association and Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation (MCFM) where she serves on the Community and Outreach Committee.  She is also a volunteer with the Volunteer Lawyers Project providing pro-bono legal services to the elderly and assisting victims of domestic violence and volunteers her services as a conciliator for the Middlesex Bar Association Conciliation program.

Areas of Practice

Family Law (Divorce, Custody, Child Support,

Visitation, Paternity)

Probate Matters (Guardianships and Conservatorships)

Probate Litigation (Will Contests, Probate Litigation)

Certifications

Collaborative Law

Certified Rule 8 Mediator

Massachusetts Notary Public

Limited Assistance Representation

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 2007

U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2008

Education

New England Law, Boston, Massachusetts

J.D. - 2007

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

B.A. - 2002

Major: English

Major: Psychology

Professional Associations and Memberships


Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council

Massachusetts Bar Association

Middlesex County Bar Association

Women's Bar Association

Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation

Pro Bono Activities

Volunteer Attorney with the Women's Bar Association Elder Law Project

Volunteer Attorney with Volunteer Lawyers Project assisting victims of Domestic Abuse

Volunteer Conciliator through Middlesex County Bar Association

Volunteer Conciliator with the SERV program

Contact Information:

Erin Whelan Pennock, ESQ.
444 Washington Street, Suite 210
Woburn, MA. 01801
617-610-8098

epennock@blackvitelli.com
Erin Pennock G+
__________________________________________________________________________


Thursday, October 31, 2013

Woburn Family Attorney - Erin Whelan Pennock Named Super Lawyers Rising Star 2013


ATTORNEY ERIN WHELAN PENNOCK SELECTED AS SUPER LAWYER RISING STAR

Super Lawyers has announced their 2013 selections for Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Massachusetts and Attorney Erin Pennock is honored to be a part of this list. Rising Stars are made up of no more than the top two point five (2.5%) percent of all attorneys in the state. To qualify as a Rising Star, an attorney must be age 40 or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less. Potential candidates are then ranked by an attorney-led research team and assigned points based on a set of defined evaluation criteria. You can view Attorney Pennock's Super Lawyer profile here. The list of this year's Super Lawyers will be published in a supplement to the November 2013 issue of Boston magazine and in New England Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters. In addition, Attorney Pennock's selection will be listed in The Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts section of the April 2014 issue of Boston magazine.




About Erin Whelan Pennock Esq.

Erin Whelan PennockErin Whelan PennockAttorney Erin Whelan Pennock is an experienced and competent attorney who has a wide range of experience in matters relating to family and probate law as well as civil litigation.  Prior to joining Black & Vitelli Of Counsel in 2011, she worked as an Associate with Lovenberg & Associates, a Boston firm where she focused her practice in the areas of family law and civil litigation and successfully represented clients before various courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts including, but not limited to, the Probate and Family Court, Superior Court and Housing Court. Attorney Pennock also successfully argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court in the reported case, Dickey v. Warren, 75 Mass. App. Ct. 585 (2009).

Attorney Pennock continues to focus her practice primarily in the areas of family law, specifically divorce and post-divorce matters involving child custody, visitation, child support, retirement division and alimony. In addition to family law, Attorney Pennock also handles probate matters including, but not limited to, guardianships, conservatorships, will contests and probate of estates.   Attorney Pennock devotes her practice to finding alternatives to litigation and is a trained collaborative law attorney and mediator, however is ready, willing and capable of aggressively fighting for her clients’ interests in court where necessary.

Attorney Pennock is also highly respected for her volunteer experience and she continues to pursue opportunities to help Massachusetts residents with limited financial resources who can benefit from her skills, certifications, education and dedication. She currently serves as a volunteer attorney with the Women’s Bar Association Elder Law Project and the Volunteer Lawyers Project assisting victims of domestic violence. She also volunteers her mediation and conciliation services as a Conciliator with the Middlesex County Bar Association and the SERV project offered by Senior Partners for Justice.

Contact Information:

Erin Whelan Pennock, ESQ.
444 Washington Street, Suite 210
Woburn, MA. 01801
617-610-8098
Contact Us
epennock@blackvitelli.com
Erin Pennock G+



__________________________________________________________________________