This new, monthly series aims to offer information and exploration of options and considerations around the processes of preparing to die, and dying itself. Learning about and exploring these topics as a group reminds us that we are not alone, and it gives us the opportunity to share our perspectives and ask questions together, as we plan for our inevitable exit. 

Tuesday, January 23: Legal and Financial Considerations:  Attorney Suzanne Johnson will discuss Advance Health Care Directives, Wills, Powers of Attorneys and uses of trusts, designation of beneficiaries and how accounts are held. 

Tuesday, February 27: Death Guides / Death Doulas: Join us for a conversation with INELDA-certified (International End of Life Doula Associaion) death guide Andrews “Bones” Nelson and her apprentice Grace. They will explain how death guides, or “doulas “ can guide you through a life review, create a legacy project, plan a vigil, discover ritual and plan for a good death. You don't even have to be the one who's dying to benefit from these services. For more information on INELDA, visit https://inelda.org/. For more Information on Mol Bones, visit https://mollybones.com/death-doula/

Tuesday, March 26: Online Accounts and Property: Join us for a discussion on how to prepare your online accounts and insure all your photos and documents are protected and preserved. Learn how to create an inheritance place for your social media, or cloud accounts either through memorializing the account or creating an inheritor. Learn about new complications like digitial property like Cryptocurrency, NFTs or AI impersonations.

Peter Guffin is co-chair of Pierce Atwood’s Privacy and Data Security practice.  A long-time partner and now of counsel at the firm, Peter focuses his practice in the areas of information privacy and cybersecurity law, drawing on his extensive experience in the areas of intellectual property, the internet, and information technology.  At the University of Maine School of Law, Peter also teaches in the areas of information privacy and cybersecurity.

More information about Peter is available here:

https://www.pierceatwood.com/people/peter-guffin

https://mainelaw.maine.edu/faculty/profile/peter-j-guffin/

Tuesday, April 23: Green Burial Options - VIRTUAL Please check our calendar for this Zoom event -