Managing Director

Kevin M. Ellis

Kevin M. Ellis is a Managing Director of Hemenway Trust Company. He advises individuals and families on managing assets in trust as well as preserving and growing assets for future generations.

Kevin Ellis is a Managing Director of Hemenway Trust Company. He advises individuals and families on managing assets in trust as well as preserving and growing assets for future generations. He also has extensive experience helping families plan for vacation properties and other multigenerational assets.

Kevin is also a Partner at Hemenway & Barnes LLP, where he has a broad-based practice that focuses on estate and charitable planning, probate, trust administration, and non-profit counsel.

Activities and Publications

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Presenter, "Using Trusts as Beneficiaries of IRAs," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) (July 2019)
Authored “Consequences (or Lack Thereof) of Divisions and Gift of QTIP Income Interest – PLR 201834011” published in the Boston Bar Association Trusts and Estates Blog (October 2018)

Community Involvement

South Shore Conservatory Board of Overseers
Trustees of Reservations Conservation Circle Steering Committee
Chair, Hingham Planning Board
Former Member, Hingham Development and Industrial Committee
Former Member, Hingham Harbor Task Force

Education

JD, University of Virginia School of Law
MA, Middlebury College
BA, Bucknell University (summa cum laude)

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts

Memberships

Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association

"It’s amazing how much you can help someone when you’re willing to take the time to listen to them. This sounds so simple, but too often this first step is skipped over by a firm wanting to solve a problem before understanding it. Hemenway & Barnes keeps its focus where it should be, on serving the client."

— Kevin’s Comments on Hemenway Trust Company's Client-Focused Approach