Mark E. Melendy

Mark E. Melendy is a shareholder and principal at Sheehey Furlong & Behm whose practice focuses on estate and trust planning and administration, business succession planning, and tax advice. He assists individuals, business owners, trustees, fiduciaries, and nonprofits with transferring assets, administering estates and trusts, structuring succession plans, and addressing tax considerations. His work emphasizes understandable planning that aligns legal structures with client goals.

Mark earned an L.L.M. Tax from Boston University School of Law, a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, an M.B.A. from the University of New Hampshire, and a B.A. from Davidson College. After law school, he served as a federal clerk to Judge Franklin S. Billings, Jr. His multidisciplinary education supports detailed analysis of tax, business, estate, trust, and succession issues.

Mark represents business owners in formation, transaction, and succession matters and works with estate planning clients across different levels of wealth, including clients with complex tax planning needs. He advises trustees on trust administration and tax planning, assists nonprofits with tax-exempt status and related matters, and represents fiduciaries and family members in probate estate and guardianship proceedings requiring careful planning and administration.

Mark E. Melendy has received peer recognition in tax and trusts and estates and regularly speaks and publishes on estate planning topics. In 2026, the Vermont Supreme Court appointed him to the Vermont Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Probate Procedure. His experience combines tax knowledge, business planning, probate practice, and trust administration to help clients build workable plans and manage complicated fiduciary responsibilities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C.
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Associations
• Member, Vermont Court Advisory Committee on the Vermont Rules of Probate Procedure
• Member, Board of Directors, Cambridge 360 Inc.
• Former Chair and Trustee, Alice Peck Day Health Systems Corp.
• Former Trustee, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
• Former Secretary, Treasurer and Trustee, Alice Peck Day Lifecare Center, Inc.
• Former Chair, Ottauquechee Health Foundation
• Former Chair, Upper Valley Planning Giving Council
• Former Trustee, Woodstock Historical Society

Licensed State

• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Massachusetts

Education

• Boston University School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Tax
• Fordham University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of New Hampshire
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Davidson College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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