John A Jones
Holland & Knight's Estate Planning and Administration lawyers engage in all forms of estate planning (both domestic and international), ranging from the preparation of traditional wills and revocable trusts to more complicated planning, such as family limited partnerships, sales to intentionally defective irrevocable trusts and business succession planning. Other common planning matters include lifetime gift programs, charitable split interest trusts, off-shore trusts, private foundations, grantor retained annuity trusts, generation-skipping transfer tax planning and life insurance planning (including irrevocable life insurance trusts and split dollar arrangements).
We also engage in all aspects of probate and trust administration, both domiciliary and ancillary. In addition to the administration process, tax-related activities for estates regularly include the preparation of estate tax and income tax returns, representation in estate tax controversies, and a full range of post-mortem planning (including qualified disclaimers and the use of the credit for tax on prior transfers).
With trial experience in probate and trust litigation based throughout the U.S., we are equipped to handle complex probate litigation and regularly represent corporate and individual fiduciaries, charitable organizations, individuals and family businesses. We regularly handle will and trust contests, the defense and prosecution of fiduciary surcharge proceedings, contested conservatorship and guardianship matters, will and trust construction, interpretation and reformation proceedings, and estate and gift tax litigation matters in many different state courts and the United States Tax Court. Our trusts and estates advisors work closely with dispute resolution specialists to achieve optimum results through negotiation, litigation, trial, appeal and alternative dispute resolution methods.
Board Certified Attorney, Wills, Trusts & Estates - Florida Bar
Fellow - American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
John A Jones
Holland Knight LLP
100 N Tampa St #4100
PO Box 1288
Tampa FL 33602-3644
Tel: 813 227-6661
Fax: 813 314-5174
E-mail: johnarthur.jones@hklaw.com
Practices
- Estate Planning and Administration
- Private Wealth Services
John Arthur Jones, a member of the Private Wealth Services Section, emphasizes trusts and estates in his practice. His extensive knowledge of fiduciary administration, as well as his experience in many diverse areas of the law, keeps him in great demand, not only by lawyers within the firm, but also by clients and other attorneys who have become familiar with him and his practice through the years. He has extensive probate experience. Mr. Jones also serves as general counsel for clients with significant closely held business and commercial interests. He is certified in wills, trusts and estates under the Florida Certification Plan.
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