Attorney Profile

Attorney Jerry B. Wells was born in and has lived and worked in Florida his entire life. He has 39 years experience handling will and trust administration and representing clients at hearings and trials across Florida.

Education

• J.D., Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, 1971
• B.A., University of Mississippi, 1967

Bar admissions and memberships

• Admitted to The Florida Bar, 1971
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court, 1977
• Admitted to the Florida Supreme Court, 1990
• Admitted to the Volusia County Bar Association, 1975
  • Treasurer, 1974-1975
  • Chairman, Legal-Medical Liaison Committee, 1989-1992
  • Chairman, Liaison Committee Between the Volusia County Bar Association and Volusia County Realtors, 2005
  • Chairman, Volusia County Grievance4 Committee, 2006-2007
• Florida Bar
  • Appointed to be a Circuit Representative for the 7th Judicial Circuit
  • A Member of the Executive Committee, Probate and Trust Section
  • A Member of the Probate and Trust Litigation Committee
  • A Member of the Trust Law Committee
  • A Member of the Power of Guardianship Committee
  • A Member of the Section Probate, Trust Law
• Invited into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for million dollar will contest results, 1999-Present
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2005
• 2009 Speaker at Florida CLE Seminar & Estate Symposium
• Vice Chair, Trust Law Committee, 2011
• Selected to be a member of the Legal Elite in Florida Trend Business Magazine 2011

Jerry B. Wells has handled 70 will and trust contests, plus 39 years of probate, trust and guardianship litigation.

Contact Jerry B. Wells Today

In legal matters there is no substitute for knowledge and experience. Contact Jerry B. Wells, Attorney and Counselor at Law, for quality legal representation.

Orlando and Orange County Probate Attorney

A native of Florida and Volusia County, Jerry B. Wells has represented clients throughout Florida for 39 years in matters of probate, legal wills, living wills, and all other estate planning matters. He is rated AV by the Peer Review Rating System by Martindell Hubbell. Jerry was a member of The Florida Bar/Florida Real Estate Commission Committee that drafted one of the standard form real property contracts still in use today.

Ocala and Marion County Probate Litigation

For his entire career as an attorney Jerry B. Wells has assisted Floridians in a variety of matters regarding Ocala, Daytona Beach and Orlando probate, wills and probate, wills and trust litigation. His mission is to provide clients with quality estate planning resources and representation. As one of the most experienced Daytona Beach, Orlando and Ocala probate lawyers practicing today, Jerry B. Wells takes pride in treating each of his clients with the respect, professionalism and dignity that such sensitive issued require.

A Daytona and Volusia County Probate and Trust Litigator With Experience

Daytona Beach, Ocala or Orlando wills, trust and probate are serious legal matters that people are sometimes tempted to handle on their own without legal representation. While there is no legal requirement to retain an attorney to handle matters of wills and probate, the assistance of a probate law firm can prove invaluable. Laypeople handling such issues on their own run the risk of becoming personally liable for mistakes they make or freezing the probate process by forgetting or missing a single filing deadline.

Practice Areas of Trust and Probate Administration and Litigation

Daytona Beach, Ocala and Orlando lawyer Jerry B. Wells is fully prepared to assist you in legal matters pertaining to:

• Probate and trust administration and litigation. Attorney Jerry B. Wells represents individuals as well as corporate trustees, personal representatives and beneficiaries in connection with the administration and transfer of assets involves in estates, probate and trusts. He can handle a variety of proceedings related to Daytona, Ocala and Orlando wills, estates and trusts, including:

Will contests and disputes Will administration Will & probate litigation Establishing guardianships

Trust contests Trust administration Trust litigation Contested guardianships

Inheritance tax determinations Removal of trustee Removal of personal representation Incompetency