Jerry is of counsel to Grant, Fridkin, Pearson, Athan & Crown. He has been practicing law in Florida since 1996 and joined the firm in March, 2008. Prior to moving to Naples, Jerry was a partner in an Indiana law firm and an officer of a major national trust company. Jerry has an "AV" Martindale-Hubbell rating and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

Jerry has concentrated his law practice in Estate Planning and Administration; Tax Planning; Business Transactions; Charitable Giving; Retirement Planning; Guardianships; and Estate, Trust, and Tax Litigation. In addition to the practice of law and trust management, Jerry has written and lectured on many areas of estate planning, trust and probate law, and business and tax law.

EDUCATION

Certificate in Estate Planning, Harvard Law School, 1964
J.D., New York University, 1959 (Root Tilden Scholar 1956-59)
B.A., Cum Laude, Indiana University, 1956 (awarded Fulbright Scholarship 1956)

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY

• Member, American Bar Association, since 1970
• Member, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section; Section of Trusts & Estates, Florida Bar since 1996
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association since 1959
• Member, Indianapolis Bar Association 1983-1995
• Member, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana 1959
• Member, U.S. Tax Court 1965
• Member, U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1969
• Member, Collier County Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section since 1996
• Member, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel since 1966
• Member, American College of Tax Counsel since 1997
• Member, International Academy of Estate & Trust Law since 1987
• Member, Estate Planning Council of Naples since 1997
• Member, Development Committee of the Community Foundation of Collier County, Florida 1997 - 2001
• Member, International Association of Financial Planners of Southwest Florida 1997-2001
• Chairman, Midwest Estate, Tax & Business Planning Institute 1976-1992
• Served as Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN; West Virginia Tax Institute; Notre Dame Estate Planning Institute; New York University Tax Institute; Midwest Tax Institute