Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP

Counselors at Law

370 Main Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01608-1778
Phone: 508-756-2423
Fax: 508-755-6640

Mountain Dearborn & Whiting LLP is a decade into its second century. The firm's range of services includes corporate law, probate and estate planning, property development, banking and commercial law, purchase and sale of businesses, taxation, divorce, real estate, civil trials and appeals and representation of creditors in bankruptcy. In each of these areas the firm has earned a reputation for excellence, responsiveness, and integrity.

ALFRED N. WHITING. (1920-1989).

THOMAS R. MOUNTAIN.
Mountain@mountaindearborn.com
Born East Orange, New Jersey, October 21, 1916; admitted to bar, 1946, New Jersey; 1948, Massachusetts. Education: Lawrenceville School; Princeton University (A.B., 1939); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1942). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Member: Worcester County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate and Trust Law.

RICHARD W. DEARBORN.
Dearborn@mountaindearborn.com
Born Portland, Maine, August 12, 1920; admitted to bar, 1948, New York; 1953, Massachusetts. Education: Bates College (A.B., 1941); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1948). Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Member: Worcester County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning Law.

SAMUEL R. DESIMONE.
DeSimone@mountaindearborn.com
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, August 28, 1928; admitted to bar, 1953, Massachusetts; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1950); Georgetown University (J.D., 1953). Assistant Attorney General, 1960-1962 and 1970-1975. Town Counsel, West Boylston, 1979-1992. Member: Worcester County (President, 1978) and Massachusetts Bar Associations. [With U.S. Army, 1954-1956]. Practice Areas: Land Use Law; Development Law; Eminent Domain Law.

HENRY W. BETH.
HBeth@mountaindearborn.com
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, December 28,1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Massachusetts. Education: Clark University (B.A., 1969); Boston University (J.D., 1972). Town Counsel, Town of Petersham, Massachusetts, 1975-1989. Member: Worcester County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Commercial Law.

STUART A. HAMMER.
Hammer@mountaindearborn.com
Born Passaic, New Jersey, October 21, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey; 1971, District of Columbia; 1973, Connecticut; 1978, Massachusetts. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1965); Fordham University (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1970). Attorney-Advisor to the late Honorable John Kern and the Honorable Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. of the U.S. Tax Court (1970-1973). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Member: Worcester County, Massachusetts and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Personal Planning; Corporate Planning; Business Planning; Elder Law; State Taxation; Federal Taxation.

FRANCIS J. RUSSELL.
FRussell@mountaindearborn.com
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, September 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts. Education: Georgetown University and Boston College (B.S., cum laude, 1976); Suffolk University (J.D., 1979); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). Fellow: Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Member: Worcester County (President, 1998), Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Income Tax; Estate and Gift Taxation; Probate and Family Law; Estate Planning Law.

DALE R. HARGER.
Harger@mountaindearborn.com
Born Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1981, Massachusetts; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with high distinction, 1968); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Worcester County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Appellate Litigation.

MARK W. BLOOM.
Bloom@mountaindearborn.com
Born New York, N.Y., May 17, 1949; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1972); Harvard University (Ed.M., 1975); Boston University (Ed.D., 1980); Boston College (J.D., 1985). Fellow: Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Member: Worcester County and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Employment Law.

DONALD J. O'NEIL.
ONeil@mountaindearborn.com
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, March 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1978); Boston College (J.D., 1983). Assistant City Solicitor, City of Worcester, 1985-1986. Member: Worcester County (Executive Committee, 1999- ) and Massachusetts Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law; Municipal Law.

LAWRENCE S. DELANEY.
Delaney@mountaindearborn.com
Born Huntington, New York, August 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Maine and U.S. District Court, District of Maine; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1991, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., 1979); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member, Georgetown Law Journal, 1982-1984. Member, Planning Board, Town of Bolton, Massachusetts, 1999 -- . Member: Worcester County and American Bar Associations. Practice Area: Commercial Litigation.

ANN K. MOLLOY.
Molloy@mountaindearborn.com
Born Newport, Rhode Island, August 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Minnesota; 1986, Massachusetts. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Michigan (J.D., 1979); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Donald Peterson, Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1979-1981. Member: Worcester County, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate and Trust Law.

LISA D. TINGUE.
Tingue@mountaindearborn.com
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, October 23,1955; admitted to bar, 1996, Massachusetts; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1977); Boston College (J.D., 1996). Executive Editor, U.C.C. Reporter Digest, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to Hon. James F. Queenan, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts, 1996-1998. Member: Worcester County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Bankruptcy.