Attorneys
Robert W. Goldman *
Brian J. Felcoski *
Bruce Stone *
Jon Scuderi
Elisa F. Lucchi
Andrea Stone
* Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Robert W. Goldman
(239) 436-1988
rgoldman@gfsestatelaw.com
Robert Goldman is a shareholder of the firm. He practices in the area of trust and estate litigation. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and all Florida state courts.
A native of Miami, Florida, Bob earned his undergraduate degree (B.A., 1979) from the University of Miami and his law degree (J.D., 1981) from Florida State University.
Bob is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and serves on its Board of Regents and chairs the Membership Committee. He is past Chair of ACTEC’s National Task Force on Arbitration of Trust & Estate Disputes. He is the Chair of the Amicus Committee and on the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar. He is past chair of the Section, current member of the Section’s Probate Law and Probate Litigation Committees, as well as past member of the Section’s Legislation Committee. He has chaired the Probate Rules Committee and the Guardianship Law Committee of The Florida Bar, and is a past member of the Probate Law Professionalism Committee and the Appellate Rules Committee of the Florida Bar. Bob was named as one of the top 100 attorneys in Florida by Florida Superlawyers and he is listed in Best Lawyers in America and in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite.
Bob’s charitable service includes past service as a trustee on the Board of Trustees of The Eden Family of Services, Princeton, New Jersey (which provides lifespan service to persons with autism) and service as a Trustee of The Trust For The Advancement of Responsible Artists.
Bob is a frequent lecturer for ACTEC and the Florida Bar on probate and trust topics, including fees, fiduciary duties, and will and trust contests, and he teaches a course each summer on fiduciary duties for trust officers and graduate-trust officers at the Florida Bankers Association Trust School. He has 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
(305) 446-2800
bfelcoski@gfsestatelaw.com
Brian J. Felcoski is a shareholder of the firm. He practices in the area of trust and estate litigation. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and all Florida state courts.
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 Immediate Past Chair for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar. He has served as a Probate Division Director for the Section, and as 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. Brian is listed in Florida Superlawyers, in Best Lawyers in America and in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite.
Bruce Stone
(305) 446-2800
brucestone@gfsestatelaw.com
Bruce Stone is a shareholder of the firm. His 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. Bruce is admitted to practice in Florida. He is a lifelong resident of Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida with high honors in 1971 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the Florida State University College of Law with highest honors in 1973, where he was first in his class and editor in chief of the law review.
Bruce is a Fellow and current Secretary of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and serves 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. 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 on a nationwide basis. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. He is an Academician in the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. He has been named as one of the top 10 or top 100 Florida attorneys in all issues of Florida Superlawyers since its publication, 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. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale, has been listed in every edition of Best Lawyers of America since 1987, and is rated by Chambers USA in Band 1 for Tax: Estate Planning. 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 in 2000 authorizing dynasty trusts and allowing modification and reformation of irrevocable trusts, and a 2010 statute governing planning for homestead property through the use of irrevocable inter vivos trusts. He has been extensively involved in the drafting of Florida legislation concerning elective share rights of surviving spouses and the administration of trusts.
In addition to his practice, Bruce is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where he teaches in 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, ALI-ABA, the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, and the Florida Bar.
Jon Scuderi
(239) 436-1988
jscuderi@gfsestatelaw.com
Jon Scuderi is a shareholder of the firm. He practices in the area of trust and estate litigation. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Florida (all Florida state courts), the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Jon earned his undergraduate degree (B.B.A.) from the University of Notre Dame, his M.B.A. from the University of Miami, and his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Florida. Jon is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jon is on the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar. He is vice chair of the Section's Probate and Trust Litigation Committee, deputy director of projects for the Section’s At Large Members, co-vice chair of the Sponsorship Committee, and a member of the Trust Law Committee. Jon serves as chair of The Florida Bar Twentieth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee B. Jon is a past president of the Collier County Bar Association and the Collier County Bar Foundation. He is the past chair of the Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Section and past member of the board of directors of the Young Lawyers Section. Jon is a member of the American Bar Association, and was named in Florida Trend as a Florida Legal Elite Up & Comer in 2007. Jon has been a member of Thomas S. Biggs American Inns of Court. Jon has lectured on probate and trust topics.
Elisa F. Lucchi
(305) 446-2800
elucchi@gfsestatelaw.com
Elisa F. Lucchi is an associate of the firm. She practices in the areas of trust and estate administration, estate planning for domestic and foreign clients, and taxation. Elisa is admitted to practice in Florida.
A native of Miami, Florida, Elisa attended the University of Florida where she received her undergraduate degrees (B.A. in English and History magna cum laude, 2001), her graduate degree (M.A. in History with distinction, 2003) and her law degree (J.D., 2006). Elisa also attended the University of Miami where she received her Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M., 2007).
Elisa is a member of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, where she serves on the following committees: Trust Law, Probate Law and Procedure, and Guardianship Law and Procedure. Elisa is the recipient of a two year Fellowship from The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (2010-2012). Elisa is also a member of The Florida Bar’s Tax Law Section.
Elisa is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Italian.
Andrea Stone
(305) 446-2800
astone@gfsestatelaw.com
Andrea Stone is an associate of the firm. She practices in estate planning and administration. Andrea is admitted to practice in Florida.
A native of Miami, Florida, Andrea earned her undergraduate degree (B.A.) from Florida State University and her law degree (J.D.) from Florida International University.
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