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Baskin Fleece


Feather Sound Corporate Center II, Suite 550, 13577 Feather Sound Drive Clearwater, Florida 33762View Map

Practice Areas:

Probate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Fiduciary Litigation, Business Litigation, Contested Guardianships, Estate and Trust Administration, Estate Planning, Guardianship Administration, Probate Administration, Wills and Trusts, Business Planning, General Corporate, Real Estate.

Year Established: 2004

Firm Profile:

Baskin Fleece is a law firm that primarily handles contested estate and trust matters. Both Mr. Baskin and Mr. Fleece have extensive experience handling complex estate and trust litigation. The types of cases routinely handled by the firm include will contests, breaches of fiduciary duty, spousal rights, trust and will constructions, trust reformation and all other litigated matters arising out of wills, trusts and guardianships.

Another Baskin Fleece practice area lies in the preparation of wills and trusts and the administration of wills, trusts and guardianships. Often high wealth clients or their estates or trusts have substantial business holdings, including real estate. Effectively dealing with business holdings leads to our third area of practice: commercial transactional work.

Firm Size: 8

Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Hamden H. Baskin, III (Member) born Clearwater, Florida, August 23, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Oklahoma; 1984, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1976; M.S., 1979); Oklahoma City University (J.D., with honors, 1983); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1985). Phi Alpha Delta (Chapter Justice, 1982). Achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Law Clerk, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Lectured on Probate Administration. Author: Article on Income Taxation of Trusts. President, 1989-1995 and Member, Board of Trustees, 1985—, Directions for Mental Health. Member, Board of Trustees, Directions for Mental Health. Member, 1986— and President, Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Clearwater. Special Master, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. Staff Attorney, Oklahoma Court of Appeals. Special Prosecutor, Appointed by Circuit Judge Thomas E. Pennick. Appeared on CNN, Scarborough Country. Member, Executive Council, Oklahoma City University Law School. Member: Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Oklahoma Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary Club of Clearwater. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Probate and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Business Law; Commercial Litigation.

Joseph W. Fleece, III (Member) born St. Petersburg, Florida, May 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1977); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, 1993-1999. Lectured on estate and trust litigation matters both at the local, state and national levels. Active Member, St. Petersburg community. Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Children's Hospital. Past President, PARC, The Police Athletic League of St. Petersburg and the Sunshine City Jaycees. Board Member: The Children's Dream Fund; American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter; St. Petersburg YMCA. Trustee, Canterbury School of Florida. Past Commodore, St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Former Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida. Vestry Member, St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Member: St. Petersburg, Clearwater and American (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee and Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member, Trial Lawyers Section). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation.

Brandon D. Bellew (Associate) born Paintsville, Kentucky, June 19, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 2003); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 2006; M.B.A., 2006). Member: Clearwater Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division; Probate and Real Property); St. Petersburg Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Trial Lawyers). Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Guardianship Administration; Civil Litigation.

Kira B. Doyle (Associate) born Aurora, Colorado, July 20, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with honors, 1999; Phi Beta Kappa); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 2002); Stetson University School of Business Administration (M.B.A., 2002). Secretary, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Board of Trustees (Suncoast Chapter); Member, Development Council, All Children's Hospital; Member, Suncoast Estate Planning Council; Past co-chair, Professional Mentoring program for EMERGE Tampa, a program of the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce. Lecturer, probate, estate planning, corporate formation, business entities and business succession planning. Member: St. Petersburg (Member, Probate and Guardianship Section; Young Lawyers Division), Clearwater (Member, Probate and Real Property Section; Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Tax Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Probate and Trust Administration.

Colleen A. Carson (Associate) born Gainesville, Florida, June 1, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: Furman University (B.A., 2003); Thomas Jefferson School of Law (J.D., 2006); Boston University (LL.M., in Taxation, 2007). Member: Skip Cline Young Leadership Society of Morton Plant Mease Foundation; Dunedin Fine Art Center; Pinellas Estate Planning Council. Member: St. Petersburg Bar Association (Probate and Guardianship; Young Lawyers Division); Clearwater Bar Association (Probate and Real Property Section; Young Lawyers Division); American Bar Association (Tax Section); The Florida Bar (Tax Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Probate and Trust Administration.

B. Joseph Kurek, II (Associate) born Washington, DC; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. Education: Rollins College (B.A., 1994); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Federal Magistrate's Court. Member: Clearwater and St. Petersburg Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. [Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force].

OF COUNSEL

Joseph W. Fleece (Of Counsel) born St. Petersburg, Florida, June 20, 1932; admitted to bar, 1956, Florida; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 1953); Stetson University (J.D., 1967, replaced LL.B. conferred, 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, William S. Belcher Award for Service to Hospital, 2003. Partner, St. Petersburg Office of Holland & Knight LLP. Former Vestryman and Chancellor, St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Member: Rotary Club of St. Petersburg, 1972—; Gator Boosters, Scholarship Club, University of Florida; Foundation Advisory Council, University of Florida. Chairman, Board of Directors, Centerbanc Savings Assn, formerly St. Petersburg Savings & Loan Assn. Member and Past Commodore, St. Petersburg Yacht Club. President, St. Petersburg University of Florida Alumni Club. Trustee and Chairman: All Children's Hospital, 1967-1976; All Children's Hospital Systems, 1993-2004. Member and Secretary, Board of Directors, Suncoast Estate Planning Council. Member: St. Petersburg and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Senior Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Executive Council, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1976—; Chairman, Trust Law Committee, 1984-1993). (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Estate and Trust; Administration.

G. Penfield Jennings (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., August 20, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Florida. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1963); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1966). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Alpha Delta. City Attorney, Dunedin, 1972-1974. Member: Clearwater Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member: Condominium and Planned Development Committee, 1979—; Elder Law Section, 1995—; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1980—; General Practice Section, 1980—); Financial Planning Association. Practice Areas: Wills; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trusts; Real Property; Trust Administration; Elder Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Taxation.

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