WILKINSON & FINKBEINER - Key Persons
Prior to joining W&F, Aaron represented clients in mediation, motion hearings, and summary process trials. He has experience preparing documents for litigation including complaints, discovery requests, and discovery responses. He also represented lending institutions and loan servicers in all aspects of the foreclosure process. While in law school, Aaron worked as a real estate analyst for a national ...
DAVID WILKINSON is a co-founder of Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP and is an expert in Family Law as he is a Certified Family Law Specialist. David is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and a Super Lawyer - Rising Star.
David's practice is entirely devoted to family law. He is a Fellow with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and state bar certified family law expert and is licensed to practice law in both Massachusetts and California. He received his Juris Doctor degree from California Western School of Law School and his undergraduate degree in business from the University of Washington. David has litigated countless family law matters and served as a judge pro tem ...
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Gayle is an active member of the legal community. She has served as co-chair of the family law section of the Boston Bar Association and is currently co-chair of the section's Legislative Committee. She has also served as an editor for the Section Review Magazine of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She was appointed to serve on a state task force concerning the guidelines for child-support in divorce matters.
Since 2014, Gayle has served on the faculty of the probate and family court's "Lawyer for a Day" program, providing training to lawyers who volunteer to help indigent clients on a walk-in basis. She is also frequently asked to provide training of family lawyers on subjects such as conciliation of cases, the child support guidelines. She regularly serves as a faculty member for programs put on by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Divorce Center.
Gayle has represented clients in family law and probate matters for almost four decades. Her practice includes divorce, modification, custody, paternity, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, guardianships, administration of estates, and probate litigation. Gayle is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and she has consistently been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer.
Marissa Prescott has focused her practice exclusively on domestic relations matters since 2011 when she worked as a law clerk and then became an associate for a domestic relations firm in Boston. She later worked as a Sessions Clerk at the Middlesex Probate & Family Court, clerking for the Honorable Judge Jeffrey Abber. In this role, she ran daily court sessions and was the first point of contact in the courtroom for litigants and attorneys regarding court policies and procedure. In addition to working at the Court, Marissa also practiced at a boutique domestic relations firm in downtown Boston where she handled complex divorce matters. Having worked for private law firms as well as the Probate & Family Court, Marissa brings a unique perspective to each matter she handles.
Marissa understands that issues falling under the jurisdiction of the Probate & Family Court can often be extremely sensitive and emotional for each client. Marissa handles each client personally, with a high attention to detail. She appreciates the importance of each client having their unique story told.
Marissa is a 2012 graduate of Suffolk University Law School where she was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society. She is a 2008 graduate of Bucknell University and a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
Marissa is also a certified Category F Guardian Ad Litem as well as a certified ARC ("Attorneys representing children") Attorney.
Outside of the office, Marissa is an avid fan of the Boston Bruins and enjoys spending time with her husband, son and daughter.
Marissa Prescott has focused her practice exclusively on domestic relations matters since 2011 when she worked as a law clerk and then became an associate for a domestic relations firm in Boston...
Meredith has a deep and also practical understanding of Massachusetts family law. She is a straightforward advocate for her clients, with wisdom about and sensitivity toward the difficulties of the life transitions inherent in these cases. She works closely and strategically with her clients, carefully communicating through every step of the legal process.
Meredith is a certified Parenting Coordinator in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (included on Court Approved Category V List), a certified Category F Guardian Ad Litem, as well as a certified mediator.
Meredith serves as a volunteer in the "Lawyer for the Day" programs run by the family courts in Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties. She is also a volunteer pro bono lawyer for the Women's Bar Foundation Family Law Project. In 2017, Meredith was selected to be part of the Women's Bar Association's "Women's Leadership Initiative," a program that identifies "rising stars" for leadership development.
Outside the office, Meredith is a fitness enthusiast, teaching sought-after weekly classes at an indoor cycling studio.
Meredith represents clients in complex family-law matters. She handles cases of divorce and separation, including negotiating division of assets and plans for spousal support and maintenance. In these and other cases, she also regularly represents clients in proceedings relating to custody and removal of children, child support, paternity, and care arrangements. She also handles post-divorce modifications of agreements as to alimony and custody ...
Robert Bradley Setterbo II, Esq.'s practice has focused on Family Law and Domestic Relations cases for over 14 years. He has successfully handled Divorces, Custody, Visitation, Division of Assets and Debt, Spousal Support (alimony), Child Support, Relocations, Grandparent Visitation, Restraining Orders, and many other issues. Robert has personally handled dozens ...