SCHOFIELD AND SPENCER, P. A - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Real Estate Law

Kathleen Herbach has rejoined the firm of Schofield & Spencer, P.A., and practices in the areas of elder law, estate planning, trust and estate administration, real estate, business law and guardianships. She worked with the firm from 2002 - 2004 as Kathleen Constantine. She is a member of the Florida Bar and the Manatee County Bar Association. She received her law degree from Stetson University College of Law, cum laude, in 2001. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of South Florida, magna cum laude, in 1998. EDUCATION: • University of South Florida - Bachelor of Arts • Stetson University College of Law -Juris Doctorate JURISDICTIONS: • Florida

Laura Jean Guy was a consulting attorney with this firm untill she retired from the Florida Bar in 2020. She was a member of the Florida Bar. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and is a Certified Public Accountant. She has been licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina since 1972, and in the State of Florida from 1996 to 2022. Her practice focus was in the areas of estate planning and administration, trust administration, estate tax, fiduciary income tax and tax planning. She also has practiced in public accounting in both North Carolina and in Florida, working primarily in the areas of estate tax, fiduciary income tax, and personal income tax. She was a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is presently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Guy received her law degree from Duke University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Centre College of Kentucky. She continues as a resource to our firm clients with North Carolina real estate. EDUCATION: • Centre College of Kentucky

Job Titles:

• Attorney

Mary Anne McClure Spencer is an attorney with of the Bradenton law firm of Schofield & Spencer, P. A., and a fourth generation native of Manatee County. She practices law in Manatee and Sarasota counties and has since 1986. Her practice is devoted to counseling clients in estate planning with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care surrogates and living wills. She also handles trust and estate administration and lectures on these topics. She is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Wills, Trusts and Estates. She is a member of the Florida Bar and served as Past Treasurer of the Manatee County Bar. She is a member of the Elder Law Section, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and the Tax Section of the Florida Bar. Ms. Spencer received her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. EDUCATION: • Wake Forest University, 1981

Melanie DeLeon-Thompson has joined the Bradenton law firm of Schofield & Spencer, P.A. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in September of 2011. She is a member of the Manatee County Bar Association and the Florida Association of Women Lawyers. She practices real estate, estate planning, trust and estate administration, elder law and business law. She earned her law degree at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, Florida, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida. EDUCATION: • Webber International University

P. Allen Schofield was the founder of the Bradenton law firm of Schofield & Spencer, P. A. He retired in 2022. He practiced law in Manatee and Sarasota counties since 1974. His practice of real estate, trusts, wills, estates, estate planning and business law is continued by this firm. He was formerly Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Real Estate Law from 1990 through 2020. He was a past president of the Manatee County Bar Association and a member of the Florida Bar Association. He was an affiliate member of the Manatee County Board of Realtors. He was the Twelfth Judicial Circuit representative of the Real Property, Probate and Trust section of the Florida Bar and a member of the Executive Committee of that section. He taught as an adjunct professor at Manatee Community College for 6 years. Mr. Schofield received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of South Florida. His legacy continues. Education • University of South Florida, 1970 - Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration • Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1974 - Juris Doctorate