
About Stephen K. Withers Jr.
Stephen K. Withers, Jr., is a partner with the firm, whose practice covers a wide-range of legal fields, and focuses primarily in Estate Planning and Administration, Probate Law, Real Estate, and Small Business and Non-Profit Organizations. Attorney Withers is actively involved in serving the Greater Attleboro Area as a member and present chairman of the Attleboro School Committee, a member of the Rotary Club of Attleboro, Massachusetts (President, 201 1-2012), a Director of the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, a Director of the United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, and a Director of Attleboro Enterprises, Inc. He is a member of the Attleboro Area, Bristol County, and Massachusetts Bar Associations. In addition, he has served as a lecturer and author for the National Business Institute, the Young Professionals Organization and other local organizations on numerous topics, including the Probate Process, Estate Planning, the Use of Trusts, and Business Succession Planning. Attorney Withers graduated, cum laude, with a B.A. in History from the College of the Holy Cross in 2002, and received his J.D. from Northeastern School of Law in 2005. Prior to joining Coogan Smith, he served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Raymond J. Brassard in the Massachusetts Superior Court, as a Legal Intern with Governor Mitt Romney's Office of Legal Counsel, and as a Legal Intern with two medium-size Boston law firms. Awards and Honors Honors 20 Under Forty (Attleboro Sun Chronicle), 2018 - Present Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2020 Rising Stars, 2020 - Present
Education
Legal Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005
- J.D.
Non Legal Education
- College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 2002
- B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Deans List
- Major: History
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Past Positions
- Honorable Raymond J. Brassard in the Massachusetts Superior Court, Judicial Intern
- Governor Mitt Romney’s Office of Legal Counsel, Legal Intern
- Languages
- English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer and author for the National Business Institute, the Young Professionals Organization and other local organizations on numerous topics, including the Probate Process, Estate Planning, the Use of Trusts, and Business Succession Planning
- Using Trusts in Estate Planning and Asset Protection, National Business Institute, 2018 - Present
- The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, 2013 - Present
- Trusts 101, National Business Institute, 2015 - Present
- Business Succession Planning, United Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2016 - Present
Pro Bono Activities
- Director of the United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton
- Sturdy Memorial Foundation, Inc., Member
- Chairman of Attleboro School Committee
- Past President of Rotary Club of Attleboro
- Director of Attleboro Enterprises, Inc, 2006 - Present
- Past President of Attleboro Industrial Museum, 2007 - 2009
- Sturdy Memorial Foundation, 2007 - 2010
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 2005
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2006
Other Affiliations
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum (Board of Directors)
- Attleboro Bar Association (Member)
- Bristol County Bar Association (Member)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
- Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Stephen K. Withers Jr. |
| Firm | Coogan Smith, LLP |
| Address | 144 Bank St, PO Box 2320, Attleboro, MA 02703 |
| Phone | 508-827-1973 |
| Phone | 508-222-9095 |
| Website | coogansmith.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |