Primary Office

225 Water Street
Suite 1750

Jacksonville, Florida
32202-5185

P: (904) 354-1980

F: (904) 350-6044

jcole@gunster.com

John Cole is a shareholder who joined the firm in 2011.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• Fiduciary Risk Management and Counseling
• Complex and Disputed Estate and Trust Administration
• Probate, Trust and Guardianship Litigation
• Will and Trust Contests and Defense of Fiduciaries and Beneficiaries
• Will and Trust Construction
• Trust Modification, Revocation, and Termination
• Surcharge and Removal Litigation

Education[ - ]

• Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1991
• University of Tulsa, B.S., cum laude, 1984
• Florida State University, A.A., 1983

Honors[ - ]

• AV Preeminent Rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
• Friend of the Industry Award from the Trust Asset Management & Private Banking Division of the Florida Bankers Association, 2010
• 904 Magazine, Top Lawyer, 2010-11
• Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2006

Professional Designations[ - ]

• Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• American Bar Association
• The Florida Bar
  Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section
  Probate and Trust Litigation Committee
  Probate Rules Committee
  Probate Law and Procedure Committee
  Trust Law Committee
• Jacksonville Bar Association
  Trust & Probate Section
• Northeast Florida Estate Planning Council
• Chester Bedell Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Alumnus (Barrister)

Bar Admissions[ - ]

• The Florida Bar, 1991

Court Admissions[ - ]

• U.S. District Court
  Northern District of Florida
  Middle District of Florida
  Southern District of Florida, including Southern District Trial Bar
• United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals