Hyman G. Darling

"I get tremendous satisfaction from knowing that my clients are well-advised before making important decisions. While consistently accomplishing client objectives, assisting with tax savings, preserving assets for the next generation, and maintaining family harmony, I meet my clients' goals. I strive for each client's satisfaction and comfort with his or her plan." Hyman has been recognized as one of the area's preeminent estate planners. He has extensive experience with all aspects of estate planning, trusts, tax law, probate and estates, guardianships, special needs trusts and planning, elder law, and long-term care planning. Additional specialties include adoption and real estate. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Hyman G. Darling included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Recipient, Best Lawyer in Republican/MassLive ReaderRaves poll, 2014-2020 Recipient, SuperLawyers Massachusetts and New England Award, Boston Magazine, 2005-2021 Quoted, When Heirs Collide, Wall Street Journal, September 2014 Quoted, Estate Planning: Put a Plan in Place to Ensure Pets' Care, Kiplinger's Retirement Report, June 2013 Quoted, Market Watch, 10 Things Estate Sales Won’t Tell You, Wall Street Journal, June 2013 Quoted, Childless and Aging? Time to Designate a Caregiver, New York Times, September 11, 2012 Guest, When Disaster Strikes—Couples Divorcing to Pay Medical Bills, TodayShow, March 13, 2010 Chapter Auto – MCLE – Estate Planning for the Incapacitated Client, 2021 Other Sources of Feedback About Hyman G. Darling Included on the 2026Massachusetts Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2013 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2008 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2007 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2005 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder Emeritus

• Presenter, “Advocacy for Client in Nursing Homes,” Massachusetts Association of Social Workers, June 2021
• "Alternatives to Guardianship”, Estate Planning for the Ageing or Incapacitated Client in Massachusetts, MCLE, 5th Edition, 2021
• "Estate, Gift, an Income Tax Planning for the Advanced Planning Program,” NAELA, 2021, 2022
• Webinar Presenter, “Estate Planning in Uncertain Times” Boston University Alumni Association, May 27, 2020
• “IRA Contributions,” National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, December 2019
• “Elder Law: My Life, My Choice,” Western New England Law Review, 2019

• Reader, Mass Mutual Children Center Kindergarten/Pre K class, 2004-Present

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

• President, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2017-Present; Vice President 2015-2016; Board Member 2007-2017
• Instructor, Bay Path College, Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Probate, 1999-2019
• Adjunct Professor, Western New England University School of Law, LLM Program, 2005-2022