Orlando Probate Attorney

A native of Volusia County, Jerry B. Wells, PC has represented clients throughout Florida for 38 years in matters of probate, legal wills, living wills, and all other estate planning matters. He is an AV® Peer-Review Rated™Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®.  Jerry is 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 Probate

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 and will 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 issues require.

An Orlando Probate Lawyer With Experience

Ocala, Daytona Beach, or Orlando wills 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

Orlando wills 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 involved in estates, probate & trusts. He can handle a variety of proceedings related to Daytona, Ocala, and Orlando wills, estates, trusts, including:

Will contests and disputes Will administration Will & probate litigation Legal wills

Trust contests Trust administration Trust litigation Ancillary probate

Inheritance tax determinations Removal of trustee Removal of personal representation

• Residential and commercial real estate. In addition to matters of will contests, will administration, and probate litigation, Florida lawyer Jerry B. Wells can assist homeowners, investors, and corporations and businesses handle private and commercial real estate transactions.
• Personal injury and wrongful death. Lawyer Jerry B. Wells can also represent injured parties who have been harmed due to the negligence of others through the litigation necessary to obtain legal compensation for their pain and suffering.

Education

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

Bar admissions and memberships

• Florida, 1971
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1977
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
• Volusia County Bar Association
  • Treasurer, 1974–1975
  • Chairman, Legal-Medical Liaison Committee, 1989–1992
  • Chairman, Volusia County Grievance Committee, 2006-2007
  • Chairman, Liaison Committee between Volusia County Bar Association and Volusia County Realtors
• Florida Bar
  • Circuit Representative, 7th Judicial Circuit
  • Member, Executive Committee, Probate and Trust Section
  • Member, Probate and Trust Litigation Committee
  • Member, Probate Law Committee
  • Member, Trust Law Committee
  • Member, Power of Attorney Committee
  • Member, Section Probate, Trust Law
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1999–Present
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2005
• 2009 Speaker @ Florida CLE Seminar & Estate Symposium

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.