Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Tax Department handles tax planning issues for businesses and individuals. The attorneys in our department have extensive experience in a full range of…
As a partner of the UCF College of Medicine, Dean Mead is proud to be a featured sponsor of their ongoing Luminary Series. This special event is held twice a year to highlight different medical topics in the science community. Dr. Mollie Jewett, Ph.D. was the keynote speaker for the most recent seminar titled Diagnosing Lyme in the Nick…
Read MoreThe Orlando Sentinel recently featured Dean Mead’s tax department chair Steve Looney in its “Talking With…” column, which features “interviews with the movers and shakers in Central Florida business.” The story, titled “Tax issues for small-business owners to ponder as ‘fiscal cliff’ looms,” mines Steve’s expertise as a CPA-attorney with decades of experience counseling small businesses,…
Read MoreA good estate plan helps individuals and families with some of their most complex challenges: planning the preservation of hard-earned financial assets, assuring the future care of a loved one, resolving the future direction of a family business, and ensuring that the plan is properly carried out according to the decedent’s wishes. Matt Ahearn, Shareholder…
Read MoreIt’s inescapable. Turn on the news and you’ll hear that our country is on the precipice of a “fiscal cliff”… and Congress’ actions – or lack thereof – will have an immediate and tremendous impact on all of us. At Dean Mead, we’ve been helping our clients prepare for this eventuality for a while now….
Read MoreCommercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Orlando held the “Annual Celebration of Champions and 25th Anniversary Celebration” on Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Citrus Club in Orlando. There were more than 150 people in attendance for a sold-out event with a wonderful cocktail reception, dinner and silent auction. Dean Mead attorneys, Vicki Berman and Christine…
Read MoreBeginning on January 1, 2013, the 2010 Healthcare Act will subject “net investment income” to a 3.8% Medicare tax for taxpayers with adjusted gross income over $250,000.00 in the case of joint filers ($125,000.00 for married taxpayers filing separately, and $200,000.00 for other filers). The imposition of the 3.8% Medicare tax on “net investment income”…
Read MoreIn Florida, Your Mom Is Entitled to a Share of Her Second Husband’s Estate – No matter what other beneficiaries might say by David P. Hathaway, Esq. and Robert J. Naberhaus III, Esq. Your mother lives in Florida and remarried there after your father died. Her second husband, who also was married previously, has passed…
Read MoreDean Mead was ranked among the Best Law Firms in the Orlando and West Palm Beach Metropolitan Rankings in the 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings released by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers®. Dean Mead is ranked as follows: Tier 1 Orlando • Commercial Litigation • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law • Litigation – Eminent…
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