About Barbra Ilene
Barbra Ilene Black started her educational path at Brandeis University, the place she completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1984. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University in 1988. Those formative years set a steady tempo for a professional legal career that has spanned state lines and company hierarchies.
After law school, Black based her expert footing in Massachusetts. She joined Burns & Levinson LLP as an affiliate in 2001. Five years later she was increased to companion, a position she has held since 2006. Her time at the firm has been continuous and long-term; she has worked within the identical firm thru meaningful phases of her profession.
Black is certified in each Massachusetts and New Hampshire and has maintained club in the Massachusetts State Bar since 1992. She joined the New Hampshire Bar Association in 2010. Those twin jurisdictions form how she handles matters that cross state borders, and inform the procedural choices she makes on behalf of clients.
Outside of company responsibilities, Black participates in several professional organizations. She is a recent member of the Massachusetts Family and Probate Inns of Court. Since 2017 she has been concerned with the National Association of Legal Administrators and its Boston affiliate, Associate of Legal Administrators Boston. These memberships point out an interest in each practice-area collegiality and the administrative dimensions of operating a law workplace.
She practices from the firm’s Woburn, Massachusetts workplace. Colleagues and clients see her as a continuous presence inside Burns & Levinson, where she has navigated each associate and partner roles. Her courtroom and office work has been shaped by many years of nearby practice and organizational involvement, instead of by short or transient stints at multiple companies.
Black keeps a lively practice throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and she works regularly on things tied to family and estate administration practice areas. Her current work reflects that regional licensure and her lengthy-standing ties to expert teams focused on family and estate administration law.
