J. Grier Pressly, III

• Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2022
• Chair, Probate Rules Committee of The Florida Bar, 2022
• 1999, Florida
• Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Board Member, 2017 – present)
• President, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2015 – 2016
• Member and Chair of Florida Bar Grievance Committee (15G), 2015
• The Florida Bar Probate Rules Committee (Vice-Chair); RPPTL Executive Council; The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, Probate & Trust Litigation Committee, Probate Law & Procedure Committee, and Legislative Committee (Vice-Chair), 2021
• Board of Directors, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2016
• Member: Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, class of 2016-17 Member: Probate & Trust Litigation and Probate Law & Procedure Committees of The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Member:  Board of Directors, University of Florida Levin College of Law Alumni Council , 2016

• Zelman v. Zelman, 175 So.3d 871 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), 2015
• In re: Guardianship of William C. Hamm, 236 So.3d 1081 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), 2017
• Zelman v. Zelman, 174 So.3d 575 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), 2015
• Zelman v. Zelman, 170 So.3d 838 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), 2015
• In re: Guardianship of Hamm, 15th Judicial Circuit Case No. 2016GA18XXXMB, 2016

• Several local and national banks and trust companies

• University of Florida Levin College of Law, Law Center Association Board of Trustees, Member of Executive Committee, 2023
• Palm Beach Civic Association, Director, 2023
• University of Florida Foundation, National Board Member, 2023
• Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, 2019
• Chairman of the Board, Historical Society of Palm Beach County, 2018
• 15th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee, 2019
• Town of Palm Beach Recreation Advisory Committee, Chairman, 2023

• Fellow - American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, https://www.actec.org/, 2022
• Florida Super Lawyer recognition by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, 2017 – Present
• Phi Beta Kappa; University of Florida Hall of Fame; Florida Blue Key Leadership Honorary
• Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Martindale-Hubbell, 2018
• Named Outstanding Young Alumnus by the University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2010

• University of Florida Levin School of Law (with Honors) University of Florida, B.A. (with Highest Honors) Phi Beta Kappa  , 1999

• Presentation of new attorney fee statute in Florida Probate Code and Florida Trust Code, Speaker, Presumed Reasonable Fee: Disclose it, or Lose it!, RPPTL Annual Legislative & Case Law Update, 2021
• Presentation to Palm Beach Estate Planning Council, Speaker, Fiduciary Surcharge and Removal, Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council, 2022
• Presentation to ACTEC Florida Fellows, Speaker, The Practical and Ethical Implications of ChatGPT and Generative AI in Trusts & Estates, ACTEC Florida Fellows seminar, 2023
• Presentation to The Florida Bar RPPTL Section CLE, Speaker, Bull to Bear: Advising Fiduciaries During the Estate Settlement Period in an Unsteady Market Environment, RPPTL Probate Law Symposium, 2023
• Presentation to Palm Beach County Bar Association CLE, Speaker, An Overview of Changes to Attorney Compensation and Remote Notarization Statutes, Palm Beach County Bar Association Annual Estate & Trust Seminar, 2022
• Presentation to Sarasota Bar Assoc., Speaker, Enforceability of Charitable Pledges Against an Estate: Analysis and Guidelines, Sarasota Bar Association, Estate Planning & Probate Section, 2020
• RPPTL ActionLine  publication, Author, Alert! New Duty To Disclose Your Statutory Attorney Fee In Estate And Trust Administrations, RPPTL ActionLine, 2021
• “Payment of the Student Athletes: Legal and Practical Obstacles,” Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, 2000
• Ethics and professionalism presentation to new members of The Florida Bar, Presenter, Professionalism and Ethics, The Florida Bar Practicing with Professionalism series, 2016
• Article in RPPTL ActionLine publication, Author, What? Notice to Creditors by a Trustee?, ActionLine, Fall 2019, Vol.XXXX1, No.1, 2019
• Florida Tax Institute presentation, Speaker, Fiduciary Surcharge & Removal, Florida Tax Institute, 2020
• Co-Author, "Updates to Florida Estates Practice Guide", LexisNexis.Co-Author:  "Removal of the Personal Representative and Surcharge", Florida Continuing Legal Education Series, Litigation Under the Florida Probate Code., Author, Removal of the Personal Representative and Surcharge, Florida Continuing Legal Education Series, 2017
• Article exploring the merits of new legislation in the Florida Trust Code that would streamline Trust administration actions, Author, A Potential New Safe Harbor for Florida Trustees: Advance Notice of Proposed Trustee Action, ActionLine, Fall 2018, Vol.XXXX, No.1, 2018
• 35th Annual Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Conference:  Florida Case Law Update, Presenter, Florida Case Law Update, 2016
• Author, A Modern Assessment of Intestacy Law, ACTEC Law Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 2, 2018
• Author, A Sermon on the Mount (Sinai): Enforceability of Charitable Pledges Against an Estate and Guidance for the Estate Planner and Benevolent Personal Representative, The Florida Bar Journal, Feb. 2018 ed., 2018
• Presenter, Post-Death Attorney-Client Privilege and Fiduciary Attorney-Client Privilege, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2017
• Presenter, Trusts and Estates Cross-Training from Initial Client Meeting to Estate Litigation, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2018

“One of the top estates & trusts litigators in the state.”