William M. Pearson
Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates
Professional Experience
Bill Pearson is a founding member of the firm and has practiced law in South Florida since 1988. Bill has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Florida Super Lawyers.
Areas of Concentration
- Representing individuals in their estate planning
- Representing fiduciaries in the administration of estates, trusts and guardianships
- Representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in disputed matters involving estates, trusts and guardianships
- Advising clients in the avoidance and minimization of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes
- Advising clients in charitable planning
Professional Activities
- The Florida Bar (Member and Chair, Wills, Trusts & Estates Certification Committee)
- The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section (Member Probate Law, Trust Law, and Trusts & Estates Litigation Committees) (Past Member Executive Council and Circuit Representative)
- Probate Rules Committee of Florida Supreme Court (Past Member-term limited)
- The Florida Bar Tax Section, Member
- Collier County Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section, Member (Past Chair)
- Estate Planning Council of Naples, Member
- Planned Giving Council of Naples, Member
- Texas Bar Association, Member
- South Texas Law Journal, Editor
Community Involvement
- American Cancer Society, Collier Unit Board Member and Past Chair; Florida Division Board Member, Estate Planning Committee Member and Past Chair and Income Development Committee Member; Volunteer Leadership Institute Graduate; and Nationwide Gift Planning Advisor Council Chair
- Eckerd College Parent Council, Chair
- Youth Haven Foundation, Committee Member and Past Chair
