Christina S. Dawson is an Of Counsel in Nutter’s Private Client Department. She focuses her practice on estate planning for a variety of clients, ranging from relatively simple estate plans for families and individuals to more complex plans, utilizing sophisticated strategies to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Christina advises personal representatives and trustees on all aspects of probate, estate, and trust administration; including estate tax return preparation, and the appointment of guardians and conservators for minors and incapacitated individuals. She also counsels public charities and private foundations on a variety of matters, including operation, grantmaking, and tax compliance matters.
Christina is dedicated to Nutter’s pro bono efforts. She has assisted pro bono clients with estate planning, trust administration matters, and nonprofit development matters through Nutter’s pro bono collaboration with various legal aid organizations.
She has been a member of Nutter’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee and served as co-chair of Nutter’s Speaker Series for Diversity and Inclusion, collaborating with affinity groups from local law schools to present innovative and thought-provoking events for the community. Christina has also served as a mentor to law students.
Christina is working with a team of individuals to form 826 Dallas, which will be a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community of support to ensure that Dallas-area youth are able to access the power and the joy of writing. Christina also previously served as the chair of the Governance Committee for Wondermore, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate children’s curiosity, creativity, and academic achievement by bringing children’s authors and illustrators into underserved Boston Public Schools for visits and writing workshops that align with the curriculum.
Christina has previously served as an Associate in the Private Client Department at Nutter and as an Associate in the Wealth Management Group of another mid-size Boston law firm. She has also worked as an advanced planner for a large financial institution where she educated both clients and the broader organization regarding family wealth planning strategies, including estate, trust, gift, and charitable planning techniques. Earlier in her career, she was a Summer Associate at a mid-size Oklahoma law firm and a data analyst at the Liberty Mutual Group.
During law school, Christina served on the Journal of Science and Technology Law and as the internal vice president of the Black Law Students Association. In addition, she was a research assistant to a Boston University School of Law Intellectual Property professor.
PRACTICES
- Counsel for Caregivers
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning for Individuals and Families
- Private Client
- Trust Services
INDUSTRIES
IN THE COMMUNITY
Christina is working with a team of individuals to form 826 Dallas, which will be a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community of support to ensure that Dallas-area youth are able to access the power and the joy of writing.
Christina also previously served as the chair of the Governance Committee for Wondermore, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate children’s curiosity, creativity, and academic achievement by bringing children’s authors and illustrators into underserved Boston Public Schools for visits and writing workshops that align with the curriculum.
NOTEWORTHY
- The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”, 2021
- The National Black Lawyers, “Top 40 Under 40”, 2020 (Massachusetts)
Joseph D. Feaster, Jr., Counsel at Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner, P.C., has established himself during his more than 48-year legal career as one of the deans of the Boston bar. Since his time as the Chair of the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal, Feaster has become one of the City’s most prominent development and permitting attorneys. His practice also encompasses general estate and licensing, corporate, litigation, employment and labor law, and probate.
Feaster practiced at McKenzie & Associates, P.C. and at Wynn & Wynn, P.C. before joining Dain Torpy. Feaster is also President of Feaster Enterprises, a strategic planning, organizational development, and community outreach consulting firm. He currently serves as the court-appointed Receiver for the Edgar P. Benjamin nursing home.
Additionally, Feaster previously served as the court-appointed Receiver for Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center for 5 years, as the Interim Town Manager of the Town of Stoughton, as President of the Massachusetts Community and Banking Council (MCBC), Acting Director of Real Estate for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Interim Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority (one of the largest public housing authorities in the country), Assistant Secretary and General Counsel in the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Administration and Finance, Associate Counsel in Prudential Insurance Company’s Northeast Home Office, and as an attorney at the National Labor Relations Board’s Boston Regional Office.
Feaster’s professional affiliations are numerous, as his expertise is sought within the City of Boston and nationally. These affiliations and service include serving as a mediator for the Suffolk County (MA) Superior Court Mediation program, as a registered lobbyist in Massachusetts, and, as noted, as chairman and member of the City of Boston Board of Appeal. He serves as an Executive Committee member of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc. (MAMH), and as an Advisory Board Member of the Samaritan, Inc. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM); President of the Boston Branch NAACP, as Vice Chairman and board member of Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), as Speaker of the House of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), as a board member of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (MLCHC), as a board member of Dimock Community Health Center, which tenure included serving as board chairman and as the Center’s Interim President, and on the Executive Council of the Massachusetts AARP.
Feaster is a former board member of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, former board member of the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Boston, a gubernatorial appointee to the Commonwealth’s Workforce Investment Board, past president of Northeastern University School of Law Alumni Association, past president of Northeastern University School of Law Black American Law Student Association (BALSA); past president of Combined Boston BALSA, past chairman of the Boston Enhanced Enterprise Community Advisory Board, and past co-chair of the Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition.
Feaster previously served as the Senior Vice President of Victory Group, a government and community relations firm, as an adjunct professor in Northeastern University’s Master of Public Administration program, and as a research associate at the William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Feaster received his Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law. He has also completed programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Real Estate Development and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Professional Activities and Honors
- Named a member of National Black Lawyers’ Top 100 in Massachusetts
- Included in the 2027 edition of the Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law
- MBLA: Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2025 and 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®
- Rated 2023 Top Lawyer by Boston Magazine
Bar and Court Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Education
- B.A., Political Science, Northeastern University
- J.D., Northeastern University School of Law
Theodore Brothers represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, growth equity investments, and other strategic transactions.
During law school, Theodore worked as a law clerk for a local firm. Prior to law school, he held business operations positions at a number of technology startups, including Bird Rides and KINETIC.
Education & Credentials
- Suffolk University Law School, JD (2024) cum laude; Staff Member, Event Coordinator, Journal of High Technology Law
- Arizona State University, BS (2018) cum laude
Admissions
Markus Louis’ practice focuses on advising public and private companies on a wide range of transactional and corporate matters, including formation, early- and late- stage financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate governance matters.
In particular, Markus has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions matters within the technology and energy sectors.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2022
- Northwestern University, B.A., 2019
BAR ADMISSIONS