Denise N. Yurkofsky is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she was awarded the Judge Edelstein Fellowship. She received her undergraduate degree from Smith College and studied in France for one year as recipient of a Rotary International Undergraduate Fellowship. She has done graduate work in estate planning and estate and gift tax at Boston University Law School. She is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.
Ms. Yurkofsky has been certified as a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation since 2004. Her practice is concentrated primarily in the areas of estate planning, including planning for family members with special needs, elder law and probate. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Guardianship Association, the Boston Estate Planning Council, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association and participates in the Trusts and Estate Section. Ms. Yurkofsky is also certified by the Veteran’s Administration to handle veteran’s benefit claims. For the third year Ms. Yurkofsky has been included on the annual Massachusetts Super Lawyers® list appearing in the November edition of New England Super Lawyers and Boston Magazine*.
Before starting her private practice in Wayland, Ms. Yurkofsky was Of Counsel to the law firm of Eckel & Morgan, with offices in Acton and Chelmsford. Previously, she was employed as Counsel at General Cinema Corporation and as an associate attorney at Brown, Rudnick, a major law firm in Boston.
She is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors of the Wayland Council on Aging. She is also a founder of the Friends of the Wayland Council on Aging, Inc. and serves on its Board of Directors.
*Selections for Massachusetts Super Lawyers are based on peer nominations and independent research conducted by Law & Politics Magazine. The attorneys listed in Super Lawyers are limited to 5% of the practicing attorneys in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Super Lawyers list appears in the November issues of New England Super Lawyers and Boston Magazine.