Dixie County Estate Planning Lawyers

Eric is a Naples Personal Injury Attorney and the founder of Cardinal Law, P.A. Having lived in Southwest Florida since 1991, Eric has deep roots in the community, a love for and understanding of the area, and a passion for helping those in need. Before starting his own firm, Eric was a litigator at the world’s largest law firm — Dentons— and spent almost a decade fighting over complex business, construction, commercial, and real estate disputes.

My name is Logan Francis Sliva. I have worked as an attorney at the Sliva Law Firm, LLC in Pensacola, FL for 10 years. I handle primarily consumer bankruptcy cases (Chapter 7 and Chapter 13). I have personally handled over 2,000 bankruptcy cases. I work hard to help my clients achieve their financial goals by eliminating their debt and/or coming up with a plan to manage their debt that fits their individual needs. I offer a FREE consultation where we can discuss what is best for you and your family. You have nothing to lose by giving me a...

Legal services for the over 65 and disabled adults. Mr. Glenn has practiced elder law since 1995. Focusing specifically on Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts) and Medicaid eligibility asset protection; Special Needs Trusts for the disabled; Medicaid nursing home benefits eligibility planning; probate & trust administration, and nursing home abuse and neglect. Mr. Glenn is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is AV Rated by his peers with Martindale Hubbell.

Prior to law school Mr. Glenn was a staff accountant and business consultant with Cooper & Lybrand, CPA's. He also has a Bachelors in...

I have been a practicing attorney since 1990. I practiced in NY commencing in 1990 until moving to Florida in the fall of 2001. In 2001 I began my Florida practice and continue to offer legal services in Florida and New York. My primary areas of practice are Real Estate Law, Corporate Law and Transactional Law. I am approved to give the Condominium Board Certification course by the FL DBPR. Prior to moving to Florida I served as a judge in NY for almost 8 years.

Kevin A. Pollock is the managing member of The Pollock Firm LLC, a boutique law firm that focuses on Wills, Trusts & Estates. The Pollock Firm LLC has offices near Princeton, New Jersey and Boca Raton, Florida.

As head of the firm's estate planning department, Kevin has broad experience helping clients with business succession planning, special needs trusts, tax planning, asset protection planning, probate minimization strategies, and charitable giving.

Kevin graduated from Rutgers College, with a B.A. in History and a minor in Japanese. He was the recipient of the Henry Rutgers Research Scholarship and a member...

After graduating with honors from the University of Florida, Attorney Adam I. Skolnik attended Brooklyn Law School where he was a two year member of the National Trial Team and President of the Trial Lawyers Association. Upon Graduation the faculty awarded, Adam the Judge Doris A. Thompson and Judge Edward Thompson Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. After having practiced in New York City at a prestigious international law firm, Adam relocated to South Florida and established the Law Office of Adam I. Skolnik, P.A. in 2005 as a multi-service firm committed to client-focused, cost-effective legal services in...

I have been licensed to practice law in the State of Florida since 2016. I am also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and I am trained in Collaborative Divorce. A Cuban immigrant, I came to the United States in 2002 and have resided in Miami since then. As both of my parents were attorneys in my native country of Cuba, it was always my goal to become an attorney in the United States. After going through a difficult and long divorce process myself, I decided to dedicate my career to helping other families struggling with similar situations. I have...

For over 20 years, Mark has practiced in the areas of probate administration, estate planning, guardianship and elder law. Through his career, he has helped those clients who have the need for estate plans with very little or no assets but important goals to be accomplished for their loved ones and estate plans for clients with large financial estates with the need to protect their assets and plan for their loved ones financial care in the future. Mark has assisted those clients with the need for navigating through the probate and guardianship process at a time of loss and need...

Bradley H. Trushin is a co-founder of Chepenik Trushin LLP and leads the litigation department of the firm. Mr. Trushin is an AV preeminent rated attorney and has focused exclusively on litigation for over 30 years. Mr. Trushin is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the 1st, 3rd and 11th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He authors CLE materials, lectures and moderates panel discussions. In addition, he serves as a testifying expert witness on attorney's fees, professional malpractice and insurance issues state...

Richard A Schurr is an attorney with 23 years of experience in family law, business, and civil litigation. Mr. Schurr also has experience as a forensic accounting, holds a Masters of Law Degree in Taxation, and is a Certified Financial Planner. He is a Harvard trained mediator and negotiator and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator. He is a SuperLawyer, is rated AV Preeminent (highest rating) by Martindale Hubbell, and is on Florida Trend Magazine's list of Legal Elite for 2018.

Attorney Rachel Drude-Tomori is the Founding Partner of Drude Tomori Law, PA, a St. Petersburg law firm dedicated to providing estate planning legal services to individuals and families in St. Petersburg and surrounding areas. Rachel’s primary areas of focus include Estate Planning and Deferred Sales Trusts, and she frequently assists individuals and business owners in protecting their legacies from government and creditor interference. With over 15 years of legal experience, Rachel has developed estate plans for business owners, corporate executives, wealthy individuals, and professionals and their families with a wide range of estate planning objectives. She also develops estate plans...

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Nico Apfelbaum is a native of Argentina, and he is fluent in Spanish and English. Nico founded Apfelbaum Law with the goal of providing dedicated and exceptional personalized services to individuals and businesses. Prior to founding Apfelbaum Law, Nico Apfelbaum began practicing law in Orlando, Florida representing national and international businesses, investors and individuals in complex commercial litigation, business transactions and bankruptcy matters. Nico and his wife settled in the Treasure Coast and have made their home and family here. For a number of years, Nico practiced law at a large firm concentrating his practice in the areas of...

My promise to you is simple: I will provide you with the best, honest, efficient, and personal legal services you can ask for. I will keep you informed about your options and phases of your case, will fiercely protect your rights, make sure that no one takes advantage of you or your situation, and advocate for you until justice prevails.

I was born and raised in the lovely island of Puerto Rico. However, I have been a long time resident of the Central Florida area for many years now. Although the practice of law is my job, I am fortunate...

Theodore W. Small Jr. ("Ted Small") has over 30 years of legal experience, formerly with the large law firm of Holland & Knight LLP in its Tampa, Washington DC, and Orlando offices and currently as a small firm practitioner in Volusia County, Florida. Attorney Small brings the training and experience from his large firm experience to a small firm setting with the goal of pursuing cost-effective solutions for businesses, employers and elder law clients. Attorney Small also has experience as a mediator and NAM arbitrator and is available to serve as a professional neutral to resolve commercial and...

Chase earned his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees at Stetson University College of Law in 2021, where he graduated Valedictorian of his class, with Magna Cum Laude honors. Chase also earned his Business Law Concentration and was a Senior Associate of Stetson Law Review. While in law school Chase earned a 4.0 high grade distinction in the following courses: Property Law, Business Entities, Federal Income Taxation I, Administrative Law, Sales and Leases, and Products Liability. During law school, Chase was a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Edward C. LaRose of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal and clerked with Fisher...

David S. Toback is a Tampa-area lawyer with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg who concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and probate, with an emphasis on tax planning, asset protection and business succession planning. Mr. Toback also helps his clients with business entity formation and commercial transactions, tax preparation matters and the resolution of tax controversies. His entire legal career has been focused on estate planning and tax matters for individuals and businesses. David Toback obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida in 1994, graduating magna cum laude. He then earned his...

Thankful for life, liberty, and happiness. Mr. Marks uses his personal and professional business, legal, and government experience to assist his clients with transactions in business and in residential and commercial real estate. Mr. Marks regularly drafts contracts and agreements. As the managing attorney, Mr. Marks also is experienced in divorce, timesharing, and custody issues as well as domestic violence cases. He uses his business and litigation experience to assist family law clients to shed light on these issues in family law cases. Mr. Marks has drafted numerous premarital agreements between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and post-marital...

Marcus Thompson attended the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Advertising. During his senior year, Marcus studied international media and history at Oxford University. He attained his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. During law school, Marcus clerked at a St. Petersburg law firm and gained a wide variety of experience handling cases in the areas of personal injury, criminal defense, business litigation, family law, and civil litigation. After law school and his admission to the Florida Bar, Marcus returned to his hometown of St. Augustine to build his...

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Attorney Natalia Ouellette-Grice’s real estate, business, and estate planning practice focuses on helping families and business owners who choose to protect their loved ones from the State’s plan for their business, death and incapacitation. With her expert guidance, Natalia and her team ensure that clients create specific, intentional, and planned actions from running their business to their death and incapacitation based on what the Client wants to happen with their family, assets, and businesses. Everyone is born with an Estate Plan and a Business Plan, the State’s Plan! The default State Plan is expensive, time-consuming, public, and on a...

Providing expectional service to discerning clients in Central Florida for over 25 years in probate and estate planning matters, Astrid de Parry has extensive civil trial practice experience representing a broad range of interests. Upon graduating from Cornell University Law School in 1977, Ms. de Parry served as Assistant University Counsel for Cornell University from 1977 to 1980. Thereafter, she served as General Counsel for the University of Alaska Statewide System of Higher Education from 1980 to 1985. After moving to Florida in 1985, Astrid de Parry went to work for a large law firm in Orlando, focusing on...

Dina Arvanitakis graduated from the University of Chicago and completed her Juris Doctorate & Master of Laws degree in International Business and Trade Law at the John Marshal Law School in 1999. Dina is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington D.C. Dina is a member of the Florida Board of Realtors and is a licensed real estate consultant with Real Net Brokerage. Bilingual: English / Greek

John Richert is a Managing Attorney at Richert Quarles, P.A. He received his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida and a Master’s in Business Administration from Stetson University in Deland, Florida in May 2013. While at Stetson, John participated in Stetson’s pro bono program and was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Before attending Stetson, John attended the College of William and Mary located in Williamsburg, Virginia and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance. John was admitted to the Florida Bar in September 2013. John’s practice is focused...

Attorney L. Reed Bloodworth, Founder and CEO of Bloodworth Law, PLLC, is a Florida U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyer® in Commercial Litigation Award 2019-22; in Trusts & Estates Litigation 2022; and in Real Estate Litigation 2022. Bloodworth Law is a U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Firm" 2020-22 and has established itself with an office in Orlando and one in Winter Haven. Reed, a 2019-22 Super Lawyer, was named a Florida Trend’s Magazine Florida Legal Elite™ in Civil, Commercial Litigation 2017-19, 2021, a group of less than 1.3% of Florida's attorneys. Reed has been an attorney since 2004...

Mr. Zoecklein currently focuses his practice on Plaintiff's Civil Litigation. His team is currently litigating cases throughout the State of Florida in the practice areas of probate administration, estate litigation, insurance claims, family law and business law. Brice Zoecklein grew up in Blacksburg Virginia and attended Virginia Tech where he graduated cum laude and obtained a degree in business management. While at Virginia Tech Mr. Zoecklein ran several successful franchises throughout Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Zoecklein then obtained his juris doctorate degree cum luade and a Masters in Business Administration from Stetson University College of Law....

Jerrold E. Slutzky, J.D., CFP® is a Florida-licensed Attorney at Law and owner of The Slutzky Law Firm, which focuses primarily on Estate Planning Services ( wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care surrogate designations, living wills, probate, guardianships, etc.) and Small Business Legal Services (start-ups, buy-sell agreements, drafting of legal documents, contract negotiations, succession planning, and general business law, counseling, and advice. Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Illinois ( Champaign -Urbana ), and a Juris Doctor Degree in Law from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois

David Carrera focuses his practice on foreclosure defense, landlord/tenant law (landlords only), and estate planning. David graduated from the University of Florida where he studied business management and philosophy. During his time at UF, David mentored students through his leadership in Phi Alpha Delta. He also represented UF in statewide trial competitions. His passion for the law led him to the University of Miami School of Law. While studying law, David volunteered in pro bono efforts to help local children and families in need. These efforts spurred his desire to provide easy access to legal services without financial obstacles. As the founder...

Timothy C. Martin is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida. As the owner/attorney of Martin Law Office, P.A., he serves the Tampa Bay and Central Florida areas and beyond in matters relating to animal law, estate planning and probate, real estate/real property including landlord/tenant matters, corporate law, business organizations and transactions, LGBT issues, and limited family law matters.

Army Veteran and former Law Enforcement Officer, Sean decided to continue to serve his community by becoming an Attorney. Sean has a mission to protect the people and started Panther Law, P.A. to do just that. He offers legal help in Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate, Bankruptcy, and Special Needs Law.

ADMITTED -Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1974 EDUCATION -Florida State University -B.S., 1972 -J.D., with Honors, 1974 -Law Clerk to the Industrial Relations Commission, 1973 PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS -Author: “Evaluating Job Searches and Earnings in a Self-Employment Setting,” News and 440 Report (Summer 1988) -“Wage Loss Under the New Worker’s Compensation Statute,” 63 Florida Bar Journal 10 (November 1989) -Guest Speaker, “The 1989 Legislative Changes Concerning Workers’ Compensation,” South Florida Risk and Insurance Management Society (February 1990) -Instructor, State of Florida approved for Adjuster Continuing Legal Education, 1991 MEMBERSHIPS -Orange County Bar Association -American Bar Association -The Florida Bar -Member, Worker’s Compensation Section -The Association of Trial Lawyers of America -Board Certified Workers’...

I have maintained a private law practice for 35 years in the areas of criminal defense, juvenile, dependency, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, contracts, estate planning, and probate administration. I served the public sector as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Coumbus, Ohio; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Juvenile Division for Jefferson County, Ohio; Special Agent and Assistant Ohio Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Division; and Service/Safety Director for Reynoldsburg, Ohio. I was also a registered lobbyist and in-house legal counsel for the Ohio Municipal League. I am focusing my practice now on estate planning, business, and probate administration.

Lesly Carmen Longa Vaillancourt litigated and defended claims on behalf of individuals against corporations for over 10 years. Today she focuses her practice on wills, estate planning and family mediation. Attorney Longa speaks Spanish, has represented foreign nationals in U.S. Courts, and also handles a variety of international matters for business and estate planning clients. She is a Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator who can help divorcing couples file for divorce and negotiate an agreement without attorneys, preserving the family's dignity and empowering folks to decide for themselves what is best for them and their children. ...

After more than 20 years practicing in the U.S. Army JAG Corps, we decided to alter direction and serve in a different way. Now, we share our passion by helping others. Our passion is to empower you to find future-focused solutions to your family disputes and those work-place and social challenges that could land you in court. Our service includes a comprehensive consult to help identify areas of potential agreement and use that as a basis for future success. Talk to us today about how we can support your growth, limit your stress, and chart a new future. Let us...

As the founder of Shaw Law, Cyrus Shaw believes there is only one thing that the firm should be focused on – getting the best possible results for clients. This starts from the initial client interview, where a rapport and trust needs to be established. It is common for new client intake to be limited to one a day, so as much time as needed can be spent with the new client. Each client is a person, not a file. Each client has their own story. A law firm where clients become like family is what he strives for. This...

LAWRENCE O. HELD is an associate attorney with Kitroser & Associates. Mr. Held is a 2017 graduate from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. Prior to law school, he attended Florida International University where he obtained a Bachelors in History and a Masters in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, Mr. Held is a Cuban-American South Florida native. He has both complex litigation and transactional experience. He has previously interned with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with both the Enforcement Division and the Office of Compliance, Inspections, and Examinations, where he worked...

C. Murphy Cray, Esq. is an estate planning attorney with Doane & Doane, P.A., located in North Palm Beach, FL. Mr. Cray previously practiced in several boutique estate planning firms in Palm Beach and Martin County. He is experienced in estate planning, trust and estate administration, guardianship, tax planning, business succession planning, probate litigation, and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice in the United States Tax Court and has represented clients with unique estate and gift tax issues before the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Cray is an active member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, where he serves...