Nelson & Nelson - Barry A. Nelson

	FLORIDA ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEYS ASSET PROTECTION PLANNING CORPORATE & PARTNERSHIP LAW PROBATE ADMINISTRATION TAX LAW

Barry Nelson
The Best Lawyers
in America Since 1995
2010 BEST LAWYERS
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Areas of Law

Estate Planning

Asset Protection Planning

Probate Administration

Tax Law

Corporate/Partnership/LLC/Business Law

Special Needs Trusts

Education
University of Miami
(J.D., Cum Laude, 1981, LL.M., Taxation, 1987)

State University of New York at Binghamton
(B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1974, M.S.,

Accounting, 1975)

Of Counsel

Barry Nelson serves as Of Counsel

for Comiter & Singer, LLP

www.comitersinger.com

barry@estatetaxlawyers.com

PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Barry Nelson recognized as top lawyer by
South Florida Legal Guide (2005-2010)
Florida Trend's Legal Elite (2004-2008)
Florida Super Lawyers (2006-2009)
CREDENTIALS | SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Barry A. Nelson, a Florida Bar Board Certified Tax and Wills and Trusts and Estates Attorney, is a shareholder in the North Miami Beach law firm of Nelson & Nelson, P.A. He practices in the areas of tax, estate planning, asset protection planning, probate, partnerships and business law. He provides counsel to families focusing on income, estate and gift tax planning and assists business owners to most effectively pass their ownership interests from one generation to the next. He assists physicians, other professionals and business owners in tax, estate and asset protection planning. As the father of a child with autism, Mr. Nelson combines his legal skills with compassion and understanding in the preparation of Special Needs Trusts for children with disabilities.

Mr. Nelson is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and serves as Chairman of its Asset Protection Committee. He has been listed consecutively in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995 and is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney. He has been listed as a top Florida attorney in Florida Super Lawyers since 2006, The South Florida Legal Guide since 2005 and Florida Legal Elite since 2004. Mr. Nelson served as an adjunct professor for the University of Miami School of Law LL.M. in Taxation program from 1998-2009. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami’s Graduate Department of Accounting from 1978-1995.

Mr. Nelson is active in professional organizations and frequently serves as a consultant for other attorneys and certified public accountants on complex tax issues. He lectures extensively for the Florida Bar, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and has presented at the University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, the Southern Federal Tax Institute and the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC) . He has published numerous articles in professional publications. As the Founding Chairman of the Asset Preservation Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar from 2004 to 2007 he introduced and coordinated a project to write a new treatise authored by committee members entitled Asset Protection in Florida (Florida Bar CLE 2008). Mr. Nelson wrote Chapter 5 entitled “Homestead: Creditor Issues.” He is a past President of the Greater Miami Tax Institute.

Mr. Nelson is a co-founder of the Victory Center for Autism and Behavioral Challenges (a not-for-profit corporation) and served as Board Chairman from 2000-2008. He served as the Mayor of the Town of Golden Beach, Florida from 1993 through 1995.

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Barry Nelson's presentation at
the Nelson & Nelson Ninth Annual Tax Seminar Luncheon.
October 28, 2004

Barry Nelson "Reaching for the Stars"
Aventura Magazine interview
Sept > Oct 2003 issue

Organizations and
Community Activities

Chairman
Asset Protection Committee
and Fellow of the
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)

Adjunct Professor 1998-2009
University of Miami School of Law LL.M. in Taxation

Adjunct Professor 1978-1995
University of Miami
Graduate Dept. of Accounting

Founding Chairman 2004-2007
and current Committee Member
Asset Preservation Committee of the Real Property, Probate
and Trust Law Section of
The Florida Bar

Past President
Greater Miami Tax Institute

American Bar Association
Tax Section

Florida Bar Tax Section

American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants

Florida Institute of
Certified Public Accountants

Estate Planning Council
of Greater Miami

Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus
The Victory Center for Autism and Behavioral Challenges

Co-Founder & Previous Chairman
National Ambassadors
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

Past Chair
Professional Advisory Committee Foundation of Jewish Philanthropies of the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Mayor Town of Golden Beach
1993-1995

Proud members of The Aventura Marketing Council

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