Primary Office

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East

West Palm Beach, Florida
33401-6194

P: (800) 749-1980
(561) 655-1980

F: (561) 655-5677

msimon@gunster.com

Michael Simon is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1989.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• 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 Modifications, Revocation, and Termination
  • Surcharge and Removal Litigation
  • Competency Proceedings
  • Appointment of Guardian

Education[ - ]

• University of Florida, J.D., cum laude, 1988
• University of Florida, B.S., cum laude, 1985

Honors[ - ]

• The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts & Estates, 2007-12
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-11

Seminars & Presentations[ - ]

“Trusts in Florida: The Outer Limits,” Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, November 2009

Publications[ - ]

• “Fiduciary Litigation in an Era of Rapidly Changing Technology: Will You Be the Last Samurai?”, ACTEC 2010 Summer Meeting, June 16-17, 2010, St. Louis, MO.
• “Intestate Succession,” Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (The Florida Bar 3rd ed. 1997), Co-author, ch. 2
• “Will Construction,” Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (The Florida Bar 3rd ed. 1997), Co-author, ch. 7
• “Estates, Trusts and Guardianships: 1998 Survey of Florida Law,” Vol. 23 Nova L. Rev. No. 1, Co-author, fall 1998

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Palm Beach County Probate Court Advisory Committee, Chair 1999, 2003, 2005

Bar Admissions[ - ]

The Florida Bar, 1989 Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Probate Litigation Committee Trust Law Committee

Court Admissions[ - ]

United States District Court Southern and Middle District of Florida