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  <award>&lt;p&gt;Recipient: &lt;a href="/publications/article/local_lawyers_recognized_as_2008_superlawyers_and_rising_stars.html"&gt;SuperLawyers Rising Star Award&lt;/a&gt; Boston Magazine, 2008 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recipient: &lt;a href="/publications/article/8_superlawyers_rising_stars_among_regional_law_firm.html"&gt;SuperLawyers Rising Star Award&lt;/a&gt; Boston Magazine, 2007 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recipient: &lt;a href="/publications/article/superlawyers_rising_stars_among_local_law_firm_2.html"&gt;SuperLawyers Rising Star Award&lt;/a&gt; Boston Magazine, 2006 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bacon-wilson.com/PDF/10-3-05GMB-BW.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Estate Planning Specialist Blends Law with a Passion for Animals&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Business West&lt;/em&gt;, October 20, 2005 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bacon-wilson.com/PDF/GMBvbo9-05.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Women in Business Spotlight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Valley Business Outlook&lt;/em&gt;, September 2005 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;a href="/publications/article/attorney_honored_as_woman_of_the_year.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Woman of the Year&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; distinction, Women Business Owners Alliance, 2005 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;a href="/publications/article/attorney_earns_ma_lawyers_weekly_distinction.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Up and Coming Lawyer 2004&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; distinction, MA Lawyers Weekly, 2004 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pi Sigma Alpha	 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alpha Chi					 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Catherine Bean Street Scholarship, Recipient	 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CALI Award for Excellence in Torts		 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CALI Award for Excellence in Critical Race Theory &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Notary Public &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Certified Mediator &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Law Clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, 1999-2000 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Western New England Law Review, Articles Editor, 1998-1999 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Western New England Law Review, Staff Member, 1997-1998 &lt;/p&gt;</award>
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  <community-info>&lt;p&gt;Founder: &lt;a href="http://www.joyofjasper.org/" target="_blank"&gt; Joy of Jasper&lt;/a&gt; Horse Sanctuary, 2007 - Present &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hampden County Bar Association, New Lawyer&amp;#39;s Section, Chair, 2003-2004; Probate Court Bench Bar Liaison, 2003-04 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Greater Springfield Business &amp;amp; Professional Women&amp;#39;s Club, First Vice President, 2005-06, Second Vice President, 2004-05 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Western Massachusetts Elder Care Professionals, Member, Steering Committee &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holyoke North Business Network International, Membership Committee &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Women&amp;#39;s Partnership Communications Committee, Co-Chair  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Women&amp;#39;s Partnership Board of Directors, 2003-2005 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meadows Homes Human Rights Committee, Member &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Women&amp;#39;s Business Owners Alliance of the Pioneer Valley, Inc., Cheryl Reed Memorial Loan Fund Chair&lt;/p&gt;</community-info>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-05-18T20:30:14Z</created-at>
  <education-info>&lt;p&gt;Western New England College, J.D., cum laude, 1999 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Westfield State College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1996 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Holyoke Community College, A.A., High Honors, 1994 &lt;/p&gt;</education-info>
  <email>GBarry@BaconWilson.com</email>
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  <last-name>Barry</last-name>
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  <member-info>&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Bar Association &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hampden County Bar Association &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Estate Planning Council of Hampden County &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Connecticut Bar Association &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys&lt;/p&gt;</member-info>
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  <name>Gina M. Barry</name>
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  <personal-info>&lt;p&gt;Gina is a member of the Estate Planning/ Elder Law Department whose practice includes sophisticated estate planning issues.  Additional areas of expertise include guardianship, conservatorship, planning for long-term care and residential real estate.&lt;/p&gt;</personal-info>
  <phone>413-781-0560</phone>
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  <publication>&lt;p&gt;Contributer: &lt;a href="http://bwlaw.blogs.com/estate_planning_bits/" target="_blank"&gt; Estate Planning Bits &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quoted: &lt;a href="http://www.bankinvestmentconsultant.com/asset/article/613441/and-my-dear-woofy.html?pg=" target="_blank"&gt; And to My Dear Woofy... Estate Planning&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Bank Investment Consultant &lt;/em&gt;, July 2008 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guest on NPR discussing Leona Helmsley&amp;#39;s $12M bequest to her dog, August 29, 2007 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speaker: Liberty Under Law:  Empowering Youth, Assuring Democracy, Central High School, May 2007 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lecturer: The A-Z&amp;rsquo;s Of Real Property Issues, Suffolk University Law School, March 2007 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guest: WWLP TV Senior Showcase, 11/03  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Court-Certified GAL Training for Category D Matters, MCLE, November 2002 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Author: &amp;lsquo;Tis the Season...To Review Your Estate Plan, Prime Times, March 2002 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Author: Homestead Exemption Update: WP Channels, August 2001 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Author:  United States v. Kirby:  The Case for Appellate Review of Grants of Bail by District Court Judges in International Extradition Cases, 21 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 565 (1999) &lt;/p&gt;</publication>
  <quote>I focus my practice on helping people plan for the future. Even young people should start thinking about how they will support themselves in their retirement years, and everybody needs a basic estate plan, including a will, health care proxy and power of attorney.  I am down to earth, and I pride myself on making difficult and complex issues easy to understand for my clients. I have a broad client base including a mix of ages, genders, ethnicities and sexual orientations.</quote>
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  <title>Shareholder</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-26T18:05:49Z</updated-at>
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