Curtis B. Hunter

Curtis B. Hunter
Curtis B. Hunter

Contact Information

Direct Phone: (850) 425-5211
Email Address: chunter@lawfla.com

Practice Areas

  • Estate Planning  and Administration
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Probate and Trust Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Business Succession/Liability Protection Planning
  • Construction Litigation
  • Tax Planning/Tax Free Exchanges
  • Elder Law

Specialty Practices/ Industries

Wills, Trusts, and Advance Health Care Directives; Private Foundations and Charitable Planning; Probate, Estate and Trust Administration and Litigation; Asset Protection Planning; Real Estate Transactions and Closings; Real Estate Title Issues; Easements; Tax Free Exchanges of Real Property; Real Estate and Construction Litigation; Corporate Planning and Transactions; Formation of Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs; Corporate Mergers and Divisions; Business Disputes; Federal Tax Law; Medicaid Planning.

Education

  • University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, Masters of Law in Taxation (1992)
  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, JD (1990)
  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, BS in Finance (1986)

Admitted

  • The Florida Bar – 1992
  • U.S. Tax Court – 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11TH Circuit – 1993
  • U.S. District Court, Southern & Middle Districts of Florida - 1994

Professional Associations

  • The Florida Bar (Tax Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Section; Business Law Section)
  • Tallahassee Bar Association
  • American Bar Association (Tax Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Section)
  • Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council

Community Activities

  • Leadership Tallahassee
  • Leon County Republican Executive Committee, past Committeeman
  • Literacy Volunteers of Leon County, past Board Member
  • Tallahassee Parks and Recreation Department, Coach Multiple Sports

Publications and Lectures

  • “Estate Planning for Families With Minor Children” – Family Magazine
  • Numerous Lectures on Estate & Trust Planning and Administration Issues

Representative Client Experience

  • Represents individual clients in preparing wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and advanced health care directives, as well as complex estate planning documents such as private foundations, charitable trusts, and life insurance trusts.
  • Represents executors, personal representatives and trustees in all phases of estate and trust administration, from summary administration to formal administration, including preparation of estate and gift tax returns.  Litigates all issues concerning estate and trusts.
  • Represents developers, builders, real estate agents and property owners in all phases of real estate transactions from contract negotiations to closings, including tax-free exchanges of real property, as well as litigate issues that arise in the various phases.
  • Represents insureds of title companies to quiet title and otherwise cure and resolve various issues relating to real estate ownership, including boundary disputes, access problems, mortgages and liens, easements and other impediments on title to real estate.
  • Represents business owners and individuals in forming corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies for business and asset protection purposes, merging and dividing existing businesses, resolving business disputes through negotiations and litigation.
  • Represents individual tax payers and businesses in disputes with the IRS and Florida Department of Revenue regarding various tax issues.
  • Represents elderly individuals in obtaining Medicaid and other public assistance.