Her practice is limited to estate planning for retirement benefits. Her book, Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits has sold over 22,000 copies to estate planning and money management professionals. Miss Choate is a former chairman of the Boston Bar Association Estate Planning Committee, which she founded in 1981. She is a Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a member and former officer of the Boston Probate and Estate Planning Forum. She was named "Estate Planner of the Year" by the Boston Estate Planning Council and is listed in The Best Lawyers in American.