Lori Vella - Lawyer in Tampa, FL

Lori Ann Vella

Estate planning Attorney at Tampa, FL

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Estate Planning

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Practice areas

Estate planning

40%

Wills, Trusts, Guardians for children, Power of Attorney, Living Will, Healthcare Surrogate, HIPAA waivers and more.
Probate

35%

We handle probate in all Florida counties. Our team has over 34 years of experience in this area.
Business

10%

We can draft LLCs, focus on asset protection, operating agreements that avoid probate, business succession plans.
Elder law

10%

Elder law focuses on many ages. It is planning ahead to ensure that you are not impoverished and may enjoy your sunset years in comfort and peace. We can start planning when you are healthy at 50 and "pull the trigger" on certain things much later.
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Guardianship

5%

Guardianships over alleged mentally incapacitated, elderly or over minors.

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Lori Vella has been an attorney for nearly 20 years. She practices Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, Advanced Directives) in both Florida and New York. She is the creator of the #GetMyGuardian Guide (formerly Kid Care Package), a unique set of both legal and practical documents, that she created/compiled. She also authored The Live-On Project, a short book about writing letters to your children so that your spirit continues to live on in their lives, no matter what. Lori recently created a free Online Course Portal called Florida Lawyer Online. Find it on her website.

She is originally from Rochester, NY. She graduated from Albany Law School in 2000 (25th in her class out of a class of over 300 after the first year). She became a judicial law clerk for the Fifth District Court of Appeal from 2000-2002, with Judge Griffin.

She joined the Tampa law firm of Butler Pappas in 2003. She was a partner and attended hundreds of depositions, hearings and mediations. She felt the calling to start her own law firm in 2017 focusing on matters dear to her heart--the protection of assets for hard-working people and ensuring people set forth their wishes while they still can.

She is a first-generation Sicilian-American. She is an organic gardener and supporter of VISTA gardens, Board Member of the Carrollwood Players, BNI member, an avid reader, achieved Italian conversational fluency through self-study, and leads a local mom group in Tampa. Lori considers herself a Globetrotting Mom Lawyer. She loves traveling the world with her sidekick Gianni. He has been to Croatia, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, France, and Portugal.

Lori welcomes any Seinfeld trivia questions, any time--try to stump her! Message her to learn more about Wills, Trusts and protecting your kids. Available via video calls to all of Florida.

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Licensed for 22 years

State NY

Status Currently Registered

Acquired 2006

Updated 11/17/2022

State FL

Status Member in Good Standing

Acquired 2000

Updated 11/23/2022

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

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Law Office of Lori Vella, PLLC

14502 N. Dale Mabry Hwy

Suite 200

Tampa, FL, 33618

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4.7 / 5.0

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Posted by Tareq | December 22, 2022

Tareq Al-khatib/MD/FACS

Ms.Villa excellent lawyer,compassionate professional has the gift of simplifying complex,dry legal issue,down to earth personalty put you at ease thru the encounter,her office accountable and response to your need in time,I do recommend Ms.Vella as your lawyer for legal need

Posted by Steve T | September 1, 2022

Estate Planning

Lori and her team recently helped my wife and I update our estate documents and create a trust. This law office was a pleasure to work with for updating our documents. The whole team was great with communication and Lori takes the time to review the documents with you in easy to understand language. My wife commented to me after the official signing that it was the best experience she's ever had with a lawyer!! We would highly recommend Lori and her team for any estate planning needs.

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Posted by anonymous | February 2, 2022

Probate

I had some questions and concerns about probate, but after my consultation with Lori my mind was at ease. She is most definitely a friendly and top-notch lawyer.

Posted by Steve | May 18, 2021

Positive experience in establishing or updating our wills

Lori Vella made the process of preparing a will and other final arrangement documents very simple and even... enjoyable. She is very friendly and strives to get to know her clients as people. The process was quick, easy and affordable. I would recommend Lori Vella to all those looking to establish or update their will and other final arrangement documents.

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Posted by Linda | November 18, 2020

Estate documents

We worked with Lori Vella to update our estate documents. It was a very good experience because Lori communicates clearly, is very organized and patient. It is a complex process with lots of issues to address and Lori made it very manageable.

Response from Lori Vella December 6, 2020

Thank you Linda. It was great working with you too.

Posted by Norma | October 18, 2020

Excellent Attorney

Lori Vella assisted me with all of my estate planning and with advance health care directives. Her work is thorough and timely. Lori was referred by a family friend and I found her to be helpful during the process. It is something that must be done to support my daughters but needless to say it is uncomfortable. Lori made it easier!

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Response from Lori Vella October 25, 2020

Hi Norma, It was wonderful working with you. I'm so happy you are all squared away! -Lori

Posted by Chuck | March 10, 2020

Fantastic!

I reached out to Lori with a last minute request to have wills completed for myself and my wife. Lori was on vacation with family for the holidays but took on the task anyway and completed on time. Documents were accurate and perfectly reflected our requests. She was very professional, answering all of our questions and providing great advice. Follow up was superb and very much appreciated. She went above and beyond our expectations. Very impressed!

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