Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc.

The directors of Rice, Heard & Bigelow (“RHB”) are pleased to announce that Gregory J. Murphy has been named a shareholder and director of the firm. Greg is an attorney and CPA and joined RHB in September of 2021.

Rice, Heard & Bigelow is a partnership of private trustees that traces its history to 1782, when it was founded by the financier and historian George Richards Minot. Among the firm’s early accounts was Benjamin Franklin’s legacy to the City of Boston, of which George Minot’s son William served as trustee for 64 years. This tradition of fiduciary duty, prudent investment management, and relationships built on trust and discretion has served generations of families in Massachusetts and beyond for more than 200 years. It continues now into the 21^st century, and Greg joins the six current partners as the newest addition to this long legacy of personal, independent trusteeship on behalf of individuals, families, and charities.

Originally from Westfield, New Jersey, Greg received his bachelor's degree, with a major in economics and accounting, in 1998 from the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts. There he was honored with the Presidential Service Award for outstanding contributions and participation in various service activities during his college career. After graduation, Greg began working in the Boston office of the multinational professional services firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, in both its Assurance and Tax Practices, and obtained his license as a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts.

Greg graduated magna cum laude in 2006 from Suffolk University Law School in Boston and began his legal practice at the Boston law firm of Taylor, Ganson & Perrin, LLP, where he became a partner in 2015. From 2008-2011, Greg was selected to the Super Lawyers New England Rising Stars list in the practice area of tax law.

Prior to joining RHB, Greg was a partner in the Boston law firm of Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP, where he focused his practice on estate planning, tax planning and preparation, and estate and trust administration.

Rice, Heard & Bigelow is a privately-owned firm of professional trustees serving individuals, families and charities. The organization of the firm is unique, in that the principals are named as individual trustees, rather than the company being named as corporate trustee. We believe our structure furthers the primary goal of discreet, personal service through long-standing trustee relationships. Many of the families we advise have been with us for generations. In addition to managing and administering funded trusts, the firm also prepares income tax returns for trusts, estates, charities, and individuals. Other services include wealth, tax, estate, and philanthropic planning.

It is our mission to be a safe harbor for those looking for independent advice, honesty, responsiveness and trust, all of which we trace back to the firm’s inception more than 200 years ago.

Rice, Heard & Bigelow promotes Gregory J. Murphy to Director and Shareholder