Senior Vice President

Kurt F. Somerville

Kurt F. Somerville has more than 30 years of experience serving as a trusted advisor and is responsible for investing and managing significant family assets.

Kurt F. Somerville serves as a Senior Vice President at Hemenway Trust Company. He has more than 30 years of experience serving as a trusted advisor and is responsible for investing and managing significant family assets, including stocks, bonds, individual retirement accounts, private equity, real estate and alternative investments. Kurt works with clients to develop long-term relationships, assisting them with wealth management and estate, financial, and tax planning.

Kurt advises high net worth clients on a variety of issues and concerns related to preserving, enhancing, and transferring complex assets, including family lands and closely held businesses and venture capital and private equity partnerships.

Kurt is also Of Counsel at Hemenway & Barnes LLP. He formerly served as Managing Partner and head of the firm's Trust Department. He has an active practice serving as a professional fiduciary, including serving as Co-Trustee of Jane's Trust Foundation, a leading charitable trust in New England; the CHT Foundation; and other charitable trusts and foundations.

Activities and Publications

Kurt has participated as a faculty member and written course materials for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the National Business Institute, the Boston Estate Planning Council, and Homeowner Options for Massachusetts Elders. His recent publications include:

Co-author of "Trustee Appointment and Succession," Chapter 3 in Understanding and Using Trusts (MCLE, 2020 supplement)
Co-author of "Dispositive Provisions," Chapter 4 in Drafting Irrevocable Trusts in Massachusetts (MCLE, 2nd ed. 2016, 2020, 2023 supplement)

Community Involvement

Former Olympic and national team oarsman
Founder and Trustee, Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI), the country's largest public access rowing program
Founder and Director, CRASH-B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships; served as President for 15 years
Director, Cambridge Boat Club
Steward, Friends of Dartmouth Rowing
Long-time Trustee and Committee Member, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA
Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Member, Fuller Brook Park Committee, Wellesley, MA
Trustee and Member, Development and Governance committees, Tenacre Country Day School, Wellesley, MA
Director, Treasurer and Clerk, Albert N. Parlin House, Inc., Everett, MA, a non-profit rooming house for "worthy young men"

Education

JD, Boston College Law School (cum laude)
AB, Dartmouth College (cum laude)

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts

Memberships

American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Probate Law Forum

“One of the great satisfactions of my work with Hemenway Trust Company is the ability to know and understand the broad range of motivations and priorities in the lives of my clients. We tailor our services to best meet those needs – often for a complex array of multiple generations. Seeing these plans come to fruition, sometimes years or even decades later, provides tremendous gratification.”

— Kurt Somerville’s Comments on Serving Clients