Hawkins, Hawkins & Burt LLP
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Awarded the pre-eminent “A-V” rating. This is the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell ® Law Directory, the foremost peer review for lawyers as to legal ability and ethical standards
- Lecturer to lawyers on probate litigation and will contests
- Former JAG officer in the U.S.A.R.
- Member of the Florida Bar
- Member of the Volusia County Bar
EDUCATION:
Seabreeze High School, 1964 Daytona Beach, Florida
Mercer University, 1968, B.A.
University of Florida, 1971, Juris Doctor
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Mr. Hawkins limits his practice to matters involving wills and trusts.
His practice includes:
- Estate and trust administration
- Heir and beneficiary right
- Faked, forged or altered wills
- Invalid execution of wills
- Improper execution of trust instrument
- Removal of Personal Representative
- Disputes between surviving spouse and children of prior marriages
- Pretermitted spouse or child (testator marries or has a child after making a will)
LOCATION OF PRACTICE AND JURISDICTIONS:
Licensed to practice throughout Florida but engages in probate and trust administration and will contests and trust disputes primarily in:
- Volusia County: Daytona Beach, DeLand, Deltona, Orange City, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach
- Flagler County: Bunnell, Palm Coast
- St. Johns County: St. Augustine