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Since 1977, the AV Preeminent probate and estate planning law firm of Lauer Law, P.A. (formerly E. Steven Lauer, P.A.) in Vero Beach, Florida, has provided a variety of estate planning services, as well as offering legal counsel regarding probate and trust administrations, tax preparation, real estate, and elder law.. E. Steven Lauer is the only attorney in Indian River County who has passed the C.P.A. exam and is Florida Board Certified in Wills, Trust, Estates and Taxation. In addition, the office staff includes an accountant, who prepares fiduciary accountings and tax returns; an attorney with a Master of Laws in Taxation; and paralegals, who assist with probate and trust administrations and real estate transactions.  Finally, although the office would be pleased to work with a corporate or family fiduciary to administer an estate or trust, Mr. Lauer has acted as an independent fiduciary on many occasions working hand in hand with the client’s trusted financial advisor.  As a result, the office provides “one stop shopping” for the various needs of its clients.. Lauer Law, P.A. can also assist with resolving conflicts in Florida conflicts range in scope from academic and provisionary to highly emotional battles:

Ms. LeBlanc’s practice areas include estate and lifetime planning, probate and trust administration, tax planning, and business law including not-for-profit organizations. Ms. LeBlanc graduated from Florida International University’s School of Accounting and partook in programs with top accounting firms such as KPMG and BDO. She later earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law and achieved her Masters of Law in Taxation during the course of her third year of law school through the University of Miami’s Dual/Joint Degree program.. During law school, Ms. LeBlanc was a member of the Military Law Society and OUTLaw, both of which sponsor social and educational events throughout the academic year. Interestingly, during the summer between her second and third year of law school, Ms. LeBlanc was selected to serve as a legal extern with the United States Coast Guard’s Judge Advocate General (JAG) division in District 13, Seattle, Washington. There, she worked with Coast Guard JAG Officers learning the facets of military law, advising Commanders and leading physical training exercises. During her last year of law school, she also worked at a Tax Law Office in Fort Lauderdale working on international tax reporting, tax controversies and compromises, as well as tax appeals.. Soon after graduating from law school, Ms. LeBlanc was notified of her successful completion of the Florida Bar Examination and began her career as an Associate with the law firm of Collins, Brown, Barkett, Garavaglia & Lawn, Chartered. She later also obtained her bar license to practice in the District of Columbia.. Ms. LeBlanc loves traveling, spending time at the beach, on paddle boards or at home with her family, dog and two cats.

Mrs. Barnes' practice includes guardianship law, commercial law and litigation, probate litigation, general business and corporate matters, condominium and association law, landlord and tenant, and real estate law for client matters in Florida and the Bahamas.. After graduating from Sweet Briar College, Mrs. Barnes studied at the University of Edinburgh College of Law, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, where she earned her law degree in 1990. Mrs. Barnes returned to the United States to attend Stetson University College of Law to receive her Juris Doctor in 1993, and she was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1993. Mrs. Barnes furthered her legal education by earning a Master of Laws in Real Property Development from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995. In June 2008, Mrs. Barnes was admitted to the Rolls of Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. In September of 2008, Mrs. Barnes was admitted to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Bar.

Mr. Collins has practiced in Indian River County since 1968 in the areas of real estate, probate, estate planning, financial institution transactions, and general business corporate matters.. Mr. Collins, AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, is a member of The American Bar Association; The Florida Bar Association; Indian River County Bar Association, President 1979; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; the Indian River Lions Club, Past President. He has also served as Municipal Judge for Indian River County from 1976 through 1981. He is past President of the Lion’s Club, the Real Property Council, and The Indian River County Bar Association. For 18 years Mr. Collins served as Secretary to the Bent Pine Golf Club, Inc.; member of Advisory Council of the Riverside Theatre; Past Chairman of REALTOR – Attorney Joint Committee of The Florida Bar Association; and Past Chairman of the Local Board Attorney Committee of the Florida Association of REALTORS. He also serves as counsel to The Realtors Association of Indian River County.. Mr. Collins is a 30 year member of the Community Church of Vero Beach and served as a Moderator.. Mr. Collins is Board Certified in Real Estate by The Florida Bar and a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Environmental and Land Use Law Section. He limits his practice to Estate Planning, Probate, and Real Estate.

Justin K. Larson is a member of Gould Cooksey Fennell's estate planning and tax group, and he devotes his practice to assisting high-net-worth clients with estate planning, estate and trust administration, and related tax matters.. Mr. Larson helps high-net-worth individuals and families formulate and implement customized, comprehensive estate plans based on each client’s unique objectives, assets, and circumstances. This often involves the use of sophisticated, tax-efficient strategies designed to help preserve assets for the benefit of future generations, and may include multi-generational dynasty trusts, irrevocable gift trusts, life insurance trusts, GRATs, QPRTs, family business entities, sales to grantor trusts, and spousal lifetime access trusts. Mr. Larson is also experienced in structuring charitable gifts and bequests, including via charitable trusts, donor advised funds, and private foundations.. In estate and trust administration, Mr. Larson works to help ensure optimal execution of the planning efforts and the minimization of income, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes which may apply, and he helps fiduciaries and beneficiaries understand and exercise their various duties, rights, and responsibilities. He is skilled in the preparation and filing of federal gift tax returns (Form 709) and federal estate tax returns (Form 706), and he also assists and advises on related elections, strategic planning, and ancillary reporting with respect to same.. Mr. Larson earned his Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law. He also graduated with honors from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, and later earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.. Mr. Larson is a graduate of the Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a board member of the Indian River Estate Planning Council, and a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law and Tax Law Sections of The Florida Bar.

Jason L. Odom is a valued member of our firm’s Litigation Department, where he displays a high level of excellence in his practice, focusing on employment law, probate and trust litigation and personal injury matters. He is board certified in Civil Trial, an evaluation by The Florida Bar that identifies you as a lawyer with special knowledge, skills and proficiency, as well as professionalism and ethics. He is also “AV” rated under Martindale- Hubbell’s peer review rating system, and has been recognized by Florida Trend: Florida Legal Elite as one of the Top “Up and Coming” attorneys in Florida. In 2017 he was listed among Florida’s “Super Lawyers,” a service which identifies the top 5% of attorneys in the state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.. Born and raised in Vero Beach, Mr. Odom received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Central Florida in 1997. Mr. Odom is a former member of our nation’s armed services, serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and achieving the rank of sergeant.. In 2000, Mr. Odom earned his Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law. While at Stetson, Mr. Odom was a member of the award-winning Moot Court Board. He started his legal career with the Tampa law firm of Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez, PA. While at TSG, Mr. Odom practiced Employment Law Litigation and represented large public and private sector employers. During that time, Mr. Odom also served on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Division of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, where he participated in projects that benefited disadvantaged children.. Since returning to Vero Beach in 2006, Mr. Odom displays his commitment to supporting our community through his involvement with local charitable causes such as the Indian River Big Brothers Big Sisters, of which he sits on the Advisory Board.

Dillon L. Roberts is a member of the Firm’s Estate Planning and Tax Group. Mr. Roberts’s practice areas include estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business and real estate structuring and tax planning. He also handles matters regarding family business succession planning, valuation, and liquidity. Mr. Roberts has represented clients in entity formations, tax-sensitive restructuring, as well as matters involving acquisitions and dispositions of equity interests and assets. His practice also includes complex estate and gift tax planning and income tax planning matters.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Roberts served honorably in the U.S. Army, 4th Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division, with service in Afghanistan as a scout platoon leader. He was a distinguished graduate from officer candidate school, officer armor basic course, and an honor graduate of U.S. Army Ranger School.. Mr. Roberts earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2011 from the University of Florida, College of Law, cum laude, where he earned the highest grade in his Real Estate Transactions course. Mr. Roberts later earned his Masters of Laws (LL.M) in Taxation, also from the University of Florida, where he earned the highest grade in his Estate Planning course. In 2019, Mr. Roberts earned his Florida Bar Board Certification in Tax - one of the only three attorneys in the state of Florida who were awarded that distinction in that year. Currently, less than 200 attorneys in Florida are Board Certified as Tax Specialists. He maintains an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system, the highest such rating available to any individual lawyer. Since 2018 Super Lawyers has named him as one of Florida’s “Rising Stars,” effectively ranking him as one of the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research.. Mr. Roberts is the Secretary of the Indian River County Estate Planning Council, is a member of the VNA Foundation Planned Giving Council Advisory Board and serves on the board for the ARC of Indian River County.

David Carter was born in Vero Beach, Florida, and has been a partner at Gould Cooksey Fennell since 1996. Mr. Carter founded and chairs the firm’s Personal Injury & Medical Negligence Group and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.. Mr. Carter graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Senior Symposium Editor for Law Review. Upon graduation, Mr. Carter accepted a position with the Tampa law firm of Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye & O’Neill, gaining early experience in cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death.. Since returning to Vero Beach and joining Gould Cooksey Fennell, Mr. Carter has been recognized for his work in litigating cases involving catastrophic injuries and death on behalf of the firm’s clients. Recent jury verdicts and settlements in personal injury and medical malpractice cases rank among the highest awards in personal injury cases in the county’s history.. Mr. Carter is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Civil Trial Law. He maintains an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the largest and most comprehensive ratings document of lawyers in the world.. Since 2012, Mr. Carter has been included in the U.S. News and World Reports Best Lawyer rankings. In 2015 and 2021, that publication named him Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiff’s Lawyer of the Year for the Orlando area which encompasses 46 cities and 9 counties including Indian River, Osceola, Orange, and Brevard. He is the only Treasure Coast attorney to achieve this distinction.. From 2006 through the present, he has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine. In 2016 and 2020, he was named as one of the Florida Trend “Legal Elite” in Civil Trial, a title only given to the top 1.4% of Florida lawyers. He was also invited as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He maintains an Avvo rating of 10/10 and has been a member of the National Association of Trial Lawyers “Top 100” since 2016. After appointment by Florida’s Governor, Mr. Carter has twice served on the 19th Judicial Circuit’s Judicial Nominating Commission.. Mr. Carter has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the Florida Justice Association and served on the organization’s Board of Directors for nearly a decade. He continues to speak at FJA’s continuing legal education seminars on justice topics.. As a fourth generation Floridian, Mr. Carter is a member of one of Vero’s pioneer families. His great-grandfather, a land surveyor who moved to the area in the early 1900’s, is credited with staking out the original town of Vero Beach.

Christopher H. Marine is a lifelong resident of Vero Beach.  He serves as chairman of the firm's Real Property  Group,  the Finance & Institutional Lending Group, and he is also a member of  the Business & Commercial Enterprise Group.  Mr. Marine has been awarded an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating issued by the largest and most complete ratings registry of lawyers in the world.. Mr. Marine graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1983, and during his law school tenure he served on the Editorial Board of the Florida Law Review.  Mr. Marine has over 25 years of practice experience in the area of real property, including residential and commercial transactions, construction and development, zoning and land use regulation, and corporate/commercial law and lending. Current projects of note include the Marsh Island Club, Palm Island Plantation, Providence, The Fountains Medical Complex, Quail Ridge, Hidden Hammock and Boulevard Tennis Village. Mr. Marine's extensive transactional practice has been recognized by Land America/Commonwealth title insurance company with its Executive Award for outstanding performance for ten consecutive years.. Mr. Marine has also developed a practice emphasis in the area of wetlands mitigation banking, negotiated and regulatory conservation easement grants, and related transactional services. He is an active Associate Member of the National Mitigation Banking Association.. In addition to the practice of law, Mr. Marine remains active within the Vero Beach business and civic community. He has served on the Board of the Education Foundation and he is a past President and current member of the Indian River County Real Property Council. He has served as Chairman and member of the Board of Adjustment/Appeal for the City of Vero Beach, and he is the current Chairman of the Indian River County Board of Zoning Adjustment/Appeal.  Mr. Marine also manages the firm's commercial title insurance company, Island Title Agency.. Mr. Marine's professional memberships include the Indian River County and American Bar Associations, and the Florida Bar.

Brooke W. Odom is a member of our firm’s Litigation Department, and focuses her practice on personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial and business litigation, as well as probate and trust litigation. Ms. Odom grew up in Sanford, Florida, and spent her junior year in high school as a Congressional Page in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 2000, and from Stetson University College of Law with a juris doctor in 2004. While a student at Stetson, Ms. Odom served on the school’s award-winning Moot Court Board.. Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Odom joined the appellate practice group of a large law firm in Tampa, Florida. To be closer to family, Ms. Odom moved to Vero Beach in 2006. Since moving to Vero Beach, she has worked as Assistant County Attorney for Indian River County, and at a small firm practicing commercial litigation. Ms. Odom’s broad range of experience is invaluable to her approach to litigating her cases and maximizing results for her clients.

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Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

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Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced R attorney serving clients in Vero Beach and surrounding areas.

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