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Overview
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50% Tax
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50% Estate Planning
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Fees & Payments
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Fees
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Fixed (Sometimes)
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Hourly ($295-$295/hour)
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About me: We specialize in estate planning; probate and trust administration and litigation; corporate andbusiness law includiingcorporations, partnerships and LLC's;... more
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Résumé
Licenses
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14 years
since James Frederick Gulecas was first licensed to practice law in FL.
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8 years
since James Frederick Gulecas was first licensed to practice law in MA.
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10 years
since James Frederick Gulecas was first licensed to practice law in CA.
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| State |
License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| Florida |
Active |
1995 |
03/29/2009 |
| Massachusetts |
Active |
2001 |
11/11/2008 |
| California |
Inactive |
1999 |
06/16/2008 |
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Work Experience
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| Position |
Duration |
| Attorney at James F. Gulecas, P.A. |
2001–present
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| University of Florida |
Taxation |
LL.M - Master of Laws |
1995 |
| University of California - Davis |
Business Administration |
MA - Masters |
1994 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Board Certified Tax Lawyer |
The Florida Bar |
2002 |
| Board Certified Wills, Trusts & Estates Lawyer |
The Florida Bar |
2001 |
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Associations
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| Position |
Association Name |
Duration |
| Member |
Clearwater Bar Association, Probate & Real Property Section |
1996–present
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Florida Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section |
1996–present
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Florida Bar Association, Tax Section |
1996–present
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| Member |
Pinellas County Estate Planning Council |
1996–present
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| Member |
Dartmouth Lawyers Association |
2001–present
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| Former Chairman |
Clearwater Bar Association, Probate, Guardianship and Trust Law Committee |
2002–2003
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Portfolio
Publications
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| Article |
Publication |
Date |
| Old Trusts - New Tricks (with Forms) |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
2002 |
| Practical Considerations for Trust Protectorship Provisions in Foreign and Domestic Trusts |
Asset Protection Journal |
2001 |
| The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001: Practical Estate Planning |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
2001 |
| Drafting the Lifetime QTIP Trust (with Sample Provisions) |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1999 |
| Comparing the GRAT to the Installment Sale to a Defective Grantor Trust and Who’s Afraid of the Exhaustion Test? |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1999 |
| Explaining the New Tax Law Changes Using Projections |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1998 |
| Alaska Spawns a New Trust: Alaskan and other Asset Protection Trusts |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1998 |
| Entity Selection 1997: Practical Aspects of the ‘Check-the-Box Regulations |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1997 |
| Planning with S Corporations After the Small Business Protection Act of 1996 |
Practical Tax Lawyer |
1997 |
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Speaking Engagements
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| Speaking Engagement Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Partnerships, LLCs And LLPs: Organization And Operation - An Overview |
Partnerships, LLCs And LLPs: Organization And Operation |
2006 |
| The Use of Family Limited Partnerships and LLC's in Estate Planning |
Partnerships, LLCs And LLPs: Organization And Operation |
2006 |
| Welcome to Florida |
Breakfast Seminar |
2005 |
| Beating the Odds: Using Leveraged Transactions to Reduce Estate Taxes |
Probate Committee Luncheon Seminar |
2003 |
| Planning with Joint Trusts Under PLR's 200101021 and 200210051 |
Probate Committee Luncheon Seminar |
2002 |
| Estate Planning for Incapacity |
Key Issues in Estate Planning and Probate in Florida |
2001 |
| Florida's New Elective Share Statute |
Probate Committee Luncheon Seminar |
2000 |
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