Attorney Profiles

Joshua M. Machado, a partner with Machado & Carden, LLP, received his undergraduate degree cum laude from Brandeis University and law degree cum laude from Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder law Attorneys. He is co-author of the Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility Chapter in Estate Planning for the Aging and Incapacitated Client in Massachusetts published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. Machado speaks regularly before senior and professional groups including the American Bar Association, the Boston Tax Institute, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Harvard Medical School, as well as to health care professionals in hospitals and nursing homes.

For more information visit the following links: 

• Elder Law
• Medicaid Planning
• Special Needs Trusts
• Estate Tax Planning
• Probate Law
• Personal Injury Settlements
• Nursing Home Residents' Rights
• Guardianships and Conservatorships
• Estate Planning

Areas of Practice:

Elder Law

Trusts and Estates

Asset Protection

Estate Planning

Guardianship

Wills

Probate

Medicaid Planning

Bar Admissions:

New York, 1990

Massachusetts, 1990

Education:

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1984
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:

Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility Chapter in Estate Planning, (Co-Author), Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, American Bar Association

Speaker, Boston Tax Institute

Speaker, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

Speaker, Harvard Medical School

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy

Board of Director