Robert W. Goldman,
Goldman Felcoski & Stone P.A.,
Coral Gables/Naples, Florida
239.436.1988

Schooling:

• B.A., from the University of Miami 1979
  
• J.D., Florida State University 1981

Bar Associations:

• Supreme Court of United States
  
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  
• United States District Court, Middle District
  
• The Florida Bar
  
• Collier County Bar

Bar Committees:

• Past Chair of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar;
  
• Past Chair of Florida Probate Rules Committee
  
• Past Chair of Guardianship Law Committee
  
• Past member: Probate Law Professionalism
  
• Past member: Legislation Committee of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law
• Section of The Florida Bar
  
• Past member of the Appellate Rules Committee of The Florida Bar
  
• Current member: Probate Law and Probate Litigation Committees of The RPP&TL Section
  
• Current member: Executive Council of RPP&TL Section of The Florida Bar
  
• Current Chair of the RPP&TL Section Amicus Committee

Honorary Organizations:

• Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
  
• Board of Regents for ACTEC
  
• Chair ACTEC Fiduciary Litigation Committee
  
• Past State Chair for American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
  
• Chair ACTEC National Task Force on Arbitration of T&E Disputes
  
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America
  
• Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite

Charitable Organizations:

• Past trustee, Board of Trustees of The Eden Family of Services, Princeton, New Jersey (lifespan service to persons with autism)
  
• Trustee of The Trust For The Advancement of Responsible Artists

Miscellaneous:

Frequent lecturer for ACTEC and the Florida Bar on probate and trust topics, including fees, fiduciary duties, and will and trust contests; teaches a course each summer on fiduciary duties for trust officers and graduate-trust officers at the Florida Bankers Association's Trust School

Authored several CLE publications including: The Dead Man's Statute, Tortious Interference With a Devise, Attorneys and Trustee's Fees in Trust Administrations and Federal Jurisdiction over Probate Matters.

Brian J. Felcoski

Brian J. Felcoski is a shareholder in the law firm Goldman Felcoski & Stone P.A.  He practices in the areas of trust and estate litigation.  A native of Miami, Florida, Brian earned his undergraduate degree (B.A., high honors, 1985) from Florida International University and his law degree (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1988) from the University of Miami where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the University of Miami Law Review.  Brian is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  He is the Probate Division Director for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.  He is immediate past chair of the Section's Legislation and Trust Law Committees.  He co-chaired the Section's Ad Hoc Trust Code Revision Committee which was responsible for the creation of a comprehensive Florida Trust Code.  He has chaired the Probate Rules Committee of The Florida Bar.  He is also a past President of the Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami.  Brian lectures for The Florida Bar on probate and trust topics.  He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.

Bruce Stone

Bruce Stone is a shareholder of the firm. He is a lifelong resident of Florida.  He graduated from the University of Florida with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  He graduated from the Florida State University College of Law with highest honors, where he was first in his class and editor in chief of the law review.

Bruce is a member of the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Trust and Estate Acts, which monitors and recommends updates to the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Trust Code, and all other trust and estate related uniform laws.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and has served on its Executive Committee and Board of Regents.  He is a past chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.  He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning.  He was named as one of the top 10 attorneys in Florida in the June 2007 and June 2008 issues of Florida Superlawyers, as one of the nation's top 100 attorneys in the December 2005 and 2006 issues of Worth Magazine, and as one of the 45 best trusts and estates attorneys in the United States in the August 1998 issue of Town and Country magazine.  In 2001 he received the first ever Friend of the Trust Industry award from the Florida Bankers Association.  He was the principal drafter of Florida's legislation authorizing dynasty trusts and allowing modification and reformation of irrevocable trusts.  He has been extensively involved in the drafting of Florida legislation concerning elective share rights of surviving spouses and the administration of trusts.

Bruce's practice consists primarily of estate planning for both domestic and foreign clients.  A significant portion of his practice involves disputed or complex problem situations in which he is retained to find creative planning solutions or to serve as expert witness, mediator or arbitrator.  In addition to his practice, Bruce is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where he teaches courses in both semesters of the graduate masters program in estate planning.  He is a frequent lecturer for organizations such as the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the American Bar Association, and the Florida Bar.

GOLDMAN FELCOSKI & STONE P.A.
www.gfsestatelaw.com
brucestone@gfsestatelaw.com

Jon Scuderi

Jon Scuderi, Shareholder, Naples, Florida,

Practice Area: Trust and Estate litigation

Education:

• University of Notre Dame (B.B.A.)
  
• University of Miami (M.B.A.)
  
• University of Florida (J.D.)

Bar Associations and Courts:

• Supreme Court of the United States
  
• Supreme Court of Florida (all Florida state courts)
  
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  
• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  
• Florida Bar
  
• American Bar Association
  
• Collier County Bar Association

Member:

• Executive Council of the Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Circuit Representative
  
• Probate and Trust Litigation Committee, co-vice chair
  
• Trust Law Committee
  
• Collier County Bar Association Board of Directors, officer
  
• Collier County Bar Foundation Board of Directors, officer
  
• Thomas S. Biggs American Inns of Court
  
  
• Past Chair of the Collier County Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section
  
• Past member of the Board of Directors of the Collier County Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section

Certified Public Accountant, Florida

Florida Trend's, Florida Legal Elite Up & Comer, 2007

Patrick J. Lannon

Patrick J. Lannon, Esq.
Of Counsel

Practice Experience
Mr. Lannon is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts & Estates.  His practice principally involves advising high-net-worth individuals and families in all aspects of estate planning, including tax-advantaged transfers of assets, multi-generational planning, the Federal and State taxation of trusts and estates, charitable giving, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial planning, the creation and administration of charitable entities, and issues relating to change of residence.  He also focuses his practice on estate administration, trust administration, and will and trust related litigation.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar, 1998
New York State Bar, 1997

Education
B.A., Columbia University, summa cum laude, 1991
J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, 1996

Professional Associations
Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami - Executive Committee
Florida Bar Association - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Florida Bar Association - Probate Rules Committee
Miami Beach Estate Planning Group

Publications
"Domicile Planning - Don't Take it for Granted," The Florida Bar Journal, January 2006
"Planning Opportunities With Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts," Estate Planning, May 2007
"What Every Attorney Needs to Know About Estate Planning," The Florida Bar Journal, November 2007

Languages
English, Spanish

Citizenship
United States