Delray Beach estate planning firm serving Palm Beach County since 1991. Handles wills, trusts, probate administration and probate litigation, guardianships, and asset protection. Founder M. Adam Bankier is board certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by The Florida Bar and a CPA; all three partners hold advanced tax degrees.
Palm Beach Gardens is in Palm Beach County.
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Fort Lauderdale two-attorney firm in which both partners hold Florida Bar board certification: David Shulman in Wills, Trusts and Estates and Jill Ginsberg in Elder Law. Handles probate and trust administration for Broward and Palm Beach fiduciaries, plus guardianship — including emergency temporary guardianship — estate planning, and asset protection. Takes probate matters anywhere in Florida.
Coral Gables firm whose practice is confined to trusts and estates, with companion offices in Naples and West Palm Beach. Handles estate planning, trust and estate administration, and probate and trust litigation for Miami-Dade, Collier, and Palm Beach families, alongside estate taxation and business planning.
Plantation solo practice with Boca Raton and Aventura offices, serving Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties. Handles formal, summary, and ancillary administration for personal representatives, beneficiaries, creditors, and corporate fiduciaries, plus trust administration and probate and trust litigation. Daniel T. Fleischer has practiced estate and probate law since 2001 and is AV rated.
West Palm Beach firm with an appointment-only LaBelle office covering Hendry and Glades counties, where almost no private estate practice is based. Handles formal, summary, intestate and contested probate through the Hendry County Clerk and the 20th Judicial Circuit, ancillary administration for out-of-state families, and partition actions when co-heirs inherit rural property together.
The Law Firm of Jami L. Huber, P.A.
500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Palm Beach County practice concentrating in probate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, and voluntary and contested guardianships, with offices in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Jami L. Huber has practiced for more than 25 years and takes referrals from estate planning attorneys when a matter becomes contested.
Probate in Palm Beach County
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Palm Beach County Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller
Palm Beach County · 15th Judicial Circuit
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205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
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