REBECCA J. BENSON, of counsel to the Boston law firm of Machado & Carden, LLP, received her law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School and her B.A. summa cum laude and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Machado & Carden, LLP, she was a Staff Attorney for the Senior Citizens' Law Project of Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services, an associate with Goulston & Storrs in Boston, and Of Counsel to Margolis & Machado, LLP. She is the author of Check Your Rights at the Door: Consumer Protection Violations in Massachusetts Nursing Home Admission Agreements, University of Massachusetts Boston Gerontology Institute and co-author of the Nursing Home Care and Regulation Chapter in Estate Planning for the Aging and Incapacitated Client, published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Her practice is concentrated in the areas of long-term care, nursing home residents' rights, disability and estate planning, guardianship and probate administration.