OVERVIEW

We are a boutique trusts and estates law firm serving clients throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

We are women-owned and women-run firm with a focus on:
  • Estate planning
  • Probate and estate/trust administration
  • Elder law and Medicaid planning
  • Special needs planning
  • … As well as the transactional matters critical throughout the life of your business.

We often work with high-net-worth clients, using sophisticated planning strategies and advanced planning techniques to minimize estate taxes, navigate wealth transfer issues including gifting and charitable giving, develop business succession plans and more.

Our firm’s roots date back three generations and we are proud of our long-term relationships with generations of clients and their families.

Partners Kristen Prull Moonan and Amy Stratton annually give back to the legal profession and to the communities where they work and live via the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s team, providing leadership on numerous boards, and offering presentations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

We are conveniently located at Four Richmond Square on Providence’s East Side with plenty of free parking and handicapped accessibility.

How We Work

We appreciate that clients come to the firm to receive a depth of technical knowledge, but also for sensitivity to the current circumstances, which may be challenging and overwhelming.

At Moonan | Stratton, you will find that our legal team:
  • Takes a hands-on approach from the very first meeting to the conclusion of the legal matter
  • Listens with compassion and consideration to clients’ most pressing concerns to determine the best legal strategies
  • Seeks creative solutions and, of equal importance, explains your options and their potential impact in a way that is both respectful and understandable

Our Mission

At Moonan | Stratton, you’ll notice our team of attorneys and legal professionals strive for the highest quality of honesty, integrity and professional excellence in everything we do.

  • Our law firm’s unwavering goal is a successful resolution of your legal issues, along with the utmost in client satisfaction.
  • We are dedicated to providing clients with the best and most efficient legal solutions, working collaboratively with clients and other key professional advisors.
  • Our attorneys seek to improve our performance continually; we stress the importance of quality and productivity in all aspects of our legal work.

TESTIMONIALS

FROM OUR NEWSLETTER

When to Fire a Trustee

Removing a trustee is a serious step that can be costly and time-consuming. However, it may become necessary when a trustee’s actions (or lack thereof) threaten the integrity of the trust.

A Creative Way to Craft Your Estate Planning Legacy

The ultrawealthy provide insights about how to use trusts to transfer and protect wealth and how to have money conversations with heirs.

What Is the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax?

If you are leaving property to a grandchild, there is a tax you should know about. The generation-skipping transfer tax affects property passed to a grandchild in a will or trust.

2026 Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits When You Are Married

Medicaid permits the healthy spouses of Medicaid patients who need long-term care services to retain limited resources to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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