About Patricia
Patricia Bloom-McDonald has spent her career on the practical side of wills, estates and the legal issues that older clients face. She combines formal training in estate planning and probate with decades of day-to-day work in courts and boardrooms. The result is a steady, procedural approach that clients and colleagues come to rely on.
She began her academic path at Eastern Connecticut State University, earning an associate degree in government in 1995 and a bachelor of arts in public policy and government in 1997. She went on to law school at the University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth and received her juris doctor in 2002, having studied estate planning and probate during her time there.
After completing her degree she entered practice in Massachusetts. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is also admitted to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Supreme Court. She holds a notary public commission for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Her professional affiliations have reflected the areas in which she works. She has been a member of the Massachusetts State Bar since 2003 and remains listed there. Between 2003 and 2013 she was a member of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She also held membership in the Bristol County Estate Planning Council from 2009 to 2013 and participated as a lawyer with Resources to Remember from 2010 to 2013.
That mix of credentials and memberships underpins a practice that centers on document drafting, probate administration and the legal needs of older adults. She handles the preparatory paperwork, guides estates through court procedures and advises families on guardianship and long-term planning matters. Her training in probate and estate planning informs routine estate administration as well as more complex distributions and fiduciary questions.
Clients who work with her typically encounter a methodical approach. She emphasizes clear documents and careful court filings. The public records and association listings show steady participation in specialty groups during the 2000s and early 2010s, alongside ongoing standing in the Massachusetts bar. She currently concentrates her practice on estate planning, probate and elder law.
