Dean Mead Sponsored UCF College of Medicine: Luminary Series

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…

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Steve Looney Quoted in Orlando Sentinel on Impact of Fiscal Cliff for Small Business Owners

The 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,…

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Matthew J. Ahearn – Bringing Communication Skills to Estate & Trust Law

Trust and Estate Attorney Orlando

A 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…

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CREW Honors Vicki Berman and Christine Weingart for “2012 Networking Deal of the Year”

Commercial 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…

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3.8% Tax On Net Investment Income Will Take Effect in 2013

Beginning 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”…

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