Julia Satti Cosentino

A speaker on estate planning and nonprofit matters before the Federal Tax Institute of New England, Inc., the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the New England Museum Association, Julia is also a contributing author of Massachusetts Guardianship and Conservatorship Practice and Drafting Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts, both published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. She is a lecturer on tax and guardianship matters for MCLE and the Boston Bar Association, where she is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section. Julia is a member of the Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum, where she serves on the Steering Committee and as Secretary.

Julia is a special counsel to BPE, formerly the Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Foundation. Her practice has also included obtaining probate court approval of the entertainment contracts of the children appearing in WGBH’s productions of “ZOOM,” “FETCH!” and “Design Squad.” In recognition of her work for children, the Boston Business Journal named Julia to its 2003 “40 Under 40,” acknowledging her as one of the outstanding young professional leaders in Boston.

In November 2020, Julia was elected to the Board of Trustees of Perkins School for the Blind, which is based in Watertown, MA, but serves those with visual impairment and multiple disabilities across the U.S. and around the world. She is currently a member of its Audit Committee and the Corporator Leadership Council. Julia also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Social Innovation Forum, a dynamic nonprofit that creates positive social change in Eastern Massachusetts by strengthening leaders, organizations and networks. For many years, Julia has co-chaired Nutter’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Section, having co-chaired the Section’s Retention and Advancement Committee, Group Mentoring Committee and, in 2011, the selection committee for the Boston Bar Association’s Beacon Award. Julia is also active in her local community, serving as a representative town meeting member since 2000.

During law school, Julia was an executive editor of The Tax Lawyer.