Linda S. Griffin

Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Clearwater, Florida

Griffin & Van Pelt, P.A.

Practice Areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Tax

Licensed in Florida since: 1983

Education: University of Florida Levin College of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2007, 2009 - 2023

Griffin & Van Pelt, P.A.

1455 Court Street
Clearwater, FL 33756 Phone: 727-449-9800 Email: Linda S. Griffin Visit website

Ms. Griffin, is Florida Board Certified in Taxation and in Wills, Trusts and Estates; is a Fellow of ACTEC; and also holds a license as a Florida CPA. She became a Supreme Court of Florida certified Circuit Court Mediator in 2012. She advises clients on estate tax planning matters, probate and trust administration, and lottery matters, and provides her expertise to probate and trust litigators on controversial tax and estate issues. She received her accounting degree, J.D., and LL.M. from the University of Florida. She is Vice Chair of the Wills, Trusts & Estate Certification Seminar and The Florida Bar Journal committees of The Florida Bar's RPPTL Section. She has chaired two FL Bar Grievance Committees and was Chair of the FL Bar Probate Rules Committee in 2007.

First Admitted: 1983, Florida

Professional Webpage: http://www.helpwithestateplanning.com/linda-suzzanne-griffin...

Pro bono/Community Service:

Board of Directors of Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Former Chair of Ruth Eckerd Hall Foundation Planned Giving Committee, Board of Directors of Ruth Eckerd Hall Foundation, Member- Calvary Baptist Church, Member GEMS for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and a volunteer scuba diver for the CMA

Educational Background:

University of Florida- BSBA Accounting University of Florida Law- J.D.University of Florida Law- LL.M.

White Papers:

Preparation of white paper for the legislation regarding qualfied domestic relations order for firefighters and municipal workers. Also helped in the white paper for the new Florida disclaimer act in Chapter 739.