Ellen Mattingly, Esq.

Attorney Mattingly's practice has focused on domestic relations for over thirty years. She has represented clients in the Plymouth, Bristol, Norfolk, Barnstable, Middlesex and Suffolk Probate Courts. She has extensive experience in all areas of domestic relations, including divorce, alimony, division of property, custody, modifications, contempts and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. She is a certified conciliator and has been appointed by the Bristol and Probate Courts to serve in that capacity.

Although reaching an equitable agreement is always the primary goal, she has had extensive trial experience in the Probate Court and is knowledgeable about and adept in utilizing the rules of evidence, which are complicated but necessary in trials before the Probate Court.

Attorney Mattingly is well versed in recent changes in the law, such as alimony reform, and she has been a lecturer at various legal seminars.

All of her experience enables Attorney Mattingly to assist clients in understanding and navigating the court process and proceedings.

Bar Admission

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

Employment

  • Law Offices of Ellen Mattingly, Principal
  • Driscoll and Mattingly, P.C., Former Principal

Professional Memberships

  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Plymouth County Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Foundation, Life Member
  • Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Sponsor Member
  • Inns of Court, Southeastern Massachusetts

Education

  • Juris Doctor, cum laude, Boston College Law School, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Bachelor of Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC

Community and Bar Association Service

  • Massachusetts Bar Association – Board of Delegates; Lawyer Referral Service
  • Plymouth County Bar Association – Officer, Director, Member of Education Committee
  • Women's Bar Association, Founding Member
  • Conciliator, Plymouth and Bristol County Bar Associations, appointed by the Court
  • Lecturer/Panelist in Continuing Legal Education programs
  • Volunteer Judge, Mock Trial Program, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Member and Chair of local School Committee
  • Former Guardian ad litem, Probate Court

Contact Us

34 Main Street Extension, Suite 402,
Plymouth, MA 02360

PH: (774) 773-9740
FX: (774) 404-7547