FORT MYERS - Key Persons
Attorney Freidin has been highly active in a wide range of legal and community organizations. He was appointed to both the Florida Supreme Court Task Force on Complex Litigation and the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. He has also served as the former president, vice president, treasurer and secretary of the Florida Justice Association and as a member of Governor Chiles' Task Force on Preventing Elderly Abuse. As a board certified expert and specialist in civil trial, Attorney Freidin has presented lectures and legal programs to hundreds of professional and trial organizations throughout the nation.
Howard Freidin is a founding partner and member of SW Florida Probate Trial Lawyers. He is a highly skilled litigator and trial attorney who advocates for clients involved in substantial probate, trust, guardianship and estate related controversies and disputes. Attorney Freidin has more than forty years of experience representing clients in complex civil cases. He draws on his background and experience to aggressively litigate claims on behalf of beneficiaries, personal representatives, trustees and other parties involved in complicated inheritance related conflicts and challenges.
Attorney Howard Freidin began his legal career in Florida in 1967. Prior to practicing law, he was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He is licensed to practice law in Florida and the District of Columbia, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. District Courts in Florida and Texas.
Joel H. Brown is a founding partner and member of SW Florida Probate Trial Lawyers. Attorney Brown litigates complex probate, estate and inheritance related conflicts and disputes. He is a highly respected trial lawyer who was elected by his colleagues to serve as Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Florida from February 2009 until April 2013, when he reentered the private practice of law. Attorney Brown was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1971 and practiced as a civil trial attorney for 19 years. In 1990, he was appointed to the Dade County Court by then Governor Bob Martinez and was subsequently appointed to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Florida by Governor Lawton Chiles.
Throughout his legal career, Joel H. Brown has been an active member of numerous national, state, local and professional organizations, including the Dade County Justice Association, the Florida Justice Association and the Dade County Bar Association.
Philip Freidin is a founding partner and member of SW Florida Probate Trial Lawyers. He is an experienced civil trial attorney and probate attorney who litigates complex, high net worth probate, trust, estate, guardianship, and other inheritance related cases.
Attorney Freidin has built a strong reputation throughout the Southwest Florida region for successfully representing clients in sophisticated civil litigation cases. He is an experienced litigator who began practicing law in his hometown of Miami, Florida in 1969. Throughout his legal career, Attorney Freidin has litigated and tried more than 200 civil cases, securing numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. He is board certified by the Florida Bar as an expert and specialist in civil trial and was designated as a Board Certified Trial Advocate from 1995-2008 by the National Board of Trial Advocates.
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- Attorney
- Founding Partner
- Partner
- Member of the American Bar Association
Richard J. Inglis is a founding partner and member of SW Florida Probate Trial Lawyers. He is an accomplished litigator who represents clients involved in significant probate, estate, trust, and guardianship litigation cases. Richard draws on his decades of experience handling complex and sophisticated civil cases to advocate for the rights and interests of beneficiaries, heirs, trustees, personal representatives and other parties involved in serious legal conflicts, disputes, and is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbel.
Attorney Inglis is a seasoned litigator who is highly regarded by clients, lawyers and judges throughout the South Florida region. During the course of his legal career, he has represented national, regional and local clients in complex litigation matters in federal and state courts from Boston to Miami. He is licensed to practice in Florida and Massachusetts, as well as before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 9th and 11th Circuits.
Attorney Richard Inglis graduated from Suffolk University Law School in 1990 and began his legal career in Boston, Massachusetts with the litigation firm of Gargiulo/Rudnick LLP. He moved to Florida in 2002 where he has built a highly successful trial and appellate practice.
Richard is a member of the American Bar Association, Lee County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar. He is a skilled lawyer who is committed to providing his clients with the advice and legal representation needed to successfully resolve high net worth trust, estate and other inheritance related conflicts and disputes.