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Overview

Michael Simon is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1989.

Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Trusts & Estates Litigation "Lawyer of the Year" in West Palm Beach, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2025
    • Trusts & Estates Litigation, 2007-25
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Business Edition: The Litigation Issue, 2021
  • Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-24
  • Palm Beach Illustrated, "Top Lawyers," Trusts and Estates, 2018, 2021, 2024
  • Jupiter Magazine, "Top Lawyers," Trusts and Estates, 2021

News & Insights

  • “Fiduciary Litigation in an Era of Rapidly Changing Technology: Will You Be the Last Samurai?”, ACTEC 2010 Summer Meeting, June 16-17, 2010, St. Louis, MO
  • “Trusts in Florida:  The Outer Limits,” Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, November 2009
  • “Intestate Succession,” Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (The Florida Bar 3rd ed. 1997), co-author, Chapter 2
  • “Will Construction,” Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (The Florida Bar 3rd ed. 1997), co-author, Chapter 7
  • “Estates, Trusts and Guardianships: 1998 Survey of Florida Law,” Vol. 23, Nova L. Rev. No. 1, co-author, Fall 1998

Involvement

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • Florida Bar
    • Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
    • Probate Litigation Committee
    • Trust Law Committee
  • Palm Beach County Probate Court Advisory Committee, Chair, 1999, 2003, 2005

Education

  • University of Florida, J.D., cum laude, 1988
  • University of Florida, B.S., cum laude, 1985

Admissions

  • Florida, 1989
  • United States District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida

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