Joyce M. Hillis

Joyce M. Hillis is a shareholder at Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A. with offices in Manchester and Concord. She focuses on trust and estate planning and administration, helping clients create family wealth succession plans that address estate taxes, asset protection, probate concerns, and personal or business goals. Her practice includes wills, trusts, probate and trust administration, and probate and wealth transfer litigation, with planning tailored to clients at different stages of life.

Hillis attended New England School of Law and completed her undergraduate education at the College of the Holy Cross. Her legal education supports a practice centered on estate planning, tax-sensitive wealth transfer, fiduciary administration, and probate. She is admitted in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and applies her training when helping clients evaluate family, financial, and business considerations that affect the structure and implementation of comprehensive estate plans.

Hillis advises clients on retirement benefits, charitable gifts, tax issues, trust funding, and strategies designed to reduce unnecessary probate complications. Her work includes developing personalized plans and helping clients implement those plans through properly structured trusts and related documents. She also works in probate and trust administration and wealth transfer disputes. Her practice requires close attention to family objectives, ownership structures, tax consequences, and the administrative responsibilities that follow a death or incapacity.

Joyce M. Hillis has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2024 for Trusts and Estates work. She is affiliated with the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Association, and New Hampshire Estate Planning Council. Her community service includes board work with The Front Door Agency and volunteer service through the Veterans Foundation of New Hampshire’s Veterans Law Project. She brings practical planning and administration experience to complex family wealth matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Board Member, The Front Door Agency (2018-2025)
• Member, New Hampshire Estate Planning Council
• Veterans Law Project Volunteer, Veterans Foundation of New Hampshire

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire

Education

• New England School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• College of the Holy Cross
  Bachelor’s Degree

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