Robert J. DuCharme

Robert J. DuCharme is an associate attorney at Cushing & Dolan P.C. in the Waltham office. His practice focuses on estate planning, corporate law, business succession planning, tax law and estate administration. Robert’s estate planning practice focuses on planning for families and high-net-worth individuals, with extensive experience in estate and gift tax planning. He has experience drafting various estate planning documents to best serve a client’s goals and wishes including Revocable Trusts, QTIP Trusts, QPRTs, Medicaid Irrevocable Trusts, Asset Protection Trusts, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, GST Trusts, Dynasty Trusts, Wills, Heath Care Proxies, HIPAA Releases, Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorneys. He also specializes in the use of LLCs and Family Limited Partnerships to reduce an individual’s estate tax consequences. Robert’s corporate practice focuses on privately held businesses of all sizes. He has extensive experience in the drafting and formation of various business entities such as LLCs, C Corporations, S Corporations and Limited Partnerships. His practice also focuses on business succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, partnership and LLC operating agreements, Buy-sell agreements, corporate compliance and general tax consulting for businesses. He also has experience preparing federal and Massachusetts estate tax returns, federal gift tax returns and federal and Massachusetts income tax returns Form 1040s and 1041s. Robert has prepared seminars for MCLE, REBA, and Massachusetts Association of Accountants. Robert earned his J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School where he received the Jurisprudence Award. Robert earned his BSBA, cum laude, in finance from Bryant University. While in law school Robert worked at Cushing & Dolan P.C. as a law clerk. Prior to Cushing & Dolan Robert worked as a law clerk for DaMore Law and interned in the MBTA law department. Robert is licensed to practice in Massachusetts. Awards and Honors Honors Suffolk University Law School Jurisprudence Award in Estate & Gift Tax, 2023

• Associate Attorney

• Cushing & Dolan, P.C., Law Clerk, 2023 - 2024
• Damore Law, Law Clerk, 2021 - 2022
• Languages
• English (Primary)

• A Deep Dive into the Massachusetts $2 Million Estate Tax Exemption, MCLE
• Is a Single Member LLC a Property Interest or an Intangible?, REBA
• An An Important Case Concerning Residents Moving Out of State in Connection with the Sale of Their Business, Boston Probate & Estate Planning Forum
• Guilty Until Proven Innocent. The Corporate Transparency Act, Massachusetts Association of Accountants

• Massachusetts