Karen B. Lovell

Karen B. Lovell is an attorney at Weinstein, Lovell & Ordway, P.A. in Saco who has assisted clients with estate administration and personal planning since 1979. She works with individuals, couples, and families on business succession, tax minimization, continued family ownership of vacation properties, blended and nontraditional families, and financial oversight for inheritances passing to children or incapacitated adults. She also helps clients address disputes and challenges that can arise after a death.

Karen earned a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law in 1979 and an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1970. Her education supports a practice involving estate planning, tax considerations, probate and administration, business succession, fiduciary responsibilities, and long-term family planning. She is admitted in Maine, the US District Court for the District of Maine, and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Karen has practiced with law firms in Saco and Portland and has held extensive professional service roles connected with the legal profession. She served on the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, including as Board Chair, and on its Fee Arbitration Commission. She has also served as Public Administrator for York County by gubernatorial appointment. Her estate planning work addresses both planning before death and the legal, financial, and family issues that can arise during administration afterward.

Karen B. Lovell is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and served as Maine State Chair from 2012 through 2017. Best Lawyers in America has recognized her in Trusts and Estates and Tax Law since 2005. She is also a Fellow of the Maine Bar Foundation and a member of the Maine Estate Planning Council, Maine State Bar Association, and York County Bar Association, complementing her long-standing estate planning and administration practice.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Weinstein, Lovell & Ordway, P.A.
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Board Chair, Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar (2003-2004)
• Panel Chair, Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, Fee Arbitration Commission (1998 – 2001)
• Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation
• Member, York County Bar Association
• Maine State Chair, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (2012-2017)
• Member, Maine Estate Planning Council
• Public Administrator, York County (1989 – Present)

Licensed State

• Maine

Education

• University of Maine School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Michigan
  A.B.

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