Annette M. Hines

ANNETTE M. HINES is a founding partner of Special Needs Law Group of Massachusetts, PC, in Framingham, and founder of Special Needs Family Services, Inc. She has practiced in the areas of special needs law, elder law, and estate planning for more than twenty-five years. She received her B.A. from the University of Vermont, her M.B.A. from Suffolk University, and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law. Ms. Hines has been recognized as a “Distinguished Citizen” by The Arc of Massachusetts, cited for public service by the Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives, and named to the Massachusetts “Super Lawyers” list every year since 2014. She was president of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers from 2008 to 2009, was selected for the 2016 Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and is a contributing member of many organizations that serve the disability community.

Ms. Hines is sought after to speak on topics of disability trusts, planning and benefits. She authored the Amazon bestselling memoir Butterflies and Second Chances in 2018 and is the host of the popular podcast Parenting Impossible: The Special Needs Survival Podcast. In 2021, Ms. Hines was honored to be chosen by her peers to receive the Theresa Award for outstanding advocacy in the disability community.