Business Transactions

Succession Planning

Wealth Transfer Planning

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Florida International University, M.S.M. in Tax Accounting (1978)

Exeter University College of Law - England, William and Mary (1979)

University of Florida, Juris Doctorate, with Honors (1980)

University of Florida, Master of Tax Law (1981)

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BY RICHARD COMITER

Richard B. Comiter is the senior partner of Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP, a Florida regional tax law firm.  The focus of Mr. Comiter’s practice is federal income and estate tax planning, partnership and limited liability company state law, structuring of business transactions for pass-thru entities, succession and wealth transfer planning, probate, asset protection and non-qualified executive compensation.  Mr. Comiter was awarded a B.S.B.A. with Honors from the University of Florida and earned a M.S.M. in Tax Accounting from Florida International University.  Mr. Comiter received his Juris Doctorate, with Honors, and Master of Tax Law from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Levin College of Law and is Chairman of its Planned Giving Task Force.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward & White, Inc. under the categories of Income Tax and Estate Planning,  Florida Trend’s as a Florida Legal Elite honoree, Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers in the area of Tax, Who’s Who Legal: USA - Corporate Tax and South Florida Legal Guide in the categories of Estate Planning and Taxation. Mr. Comiter is ranked by the Chamber USA Guide as one of Florida’s leading business tax and estate lawyers.  He is a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is currently serving on its Asset Protection and Business Planning Committees.  He is also a member of Florida Blue Key.

He is a Past-Chair of The Florida Bar Tax Section.  He has also served as the Director of the Education Division and Federal Tax Division of the Florida Bar Tax Section, and is a former Chair of its Individual and Pass-Through Entities Committee, Finance and Long Range Planning Committee.  He is currently a member of the Steering and Drafting Committee which is in the process of revising Florida’ Limited Liability Company Act, and was a member of The Florida Bar Tax Section Uniform Limited Partnership Act Review Committee, and the Steering and Drafting Committee for the revisions to Florida’s Limited Liability Company Act and the Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act.  Mr. Comiter annually lectures on Pass-Through Entities and Entity Selection at The Florida Bar’s Tax Certification and Review Conference and the FICPA’s Florida Institute on Federal Taxation Conference.  Mr. Comiter was a columnist on S Corporations and Partnership State Law and a member of the Board of Advisors and Contributing Editors for the Journal of Partnership Taxation. Mr. Comiter is also a Florida Board Certified Tax Lawyer and a Florida Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Comiter has previously served as President of the Palm Beach/Martin County Estate Planning Council and President of the Palm Beach County Tax Institute.  He is a Past-President of the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and a Past-Chair of its Professional Advisory Committee.  Mr. Comiter previously served as the Regional Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Comiter has lectured in programs sponsored by the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The American College of Trust and Estate Council, the Lawyers Guaranty Fund Assembly, New York University’s Institutes on Partnership Taxation and Closely Held Businesses, the National Business Institute and the Graduate Tax Department at the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.  Mr. Comiter has been a guest speaker for numerous other Florida professional, educational, income and estate planning councils and business organizations.