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About Mr. Goldberg

Devon M. Goldberg is an associate of the regional tax law firm Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP. Devon practices in the areas of business entities and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and income and estate tax planning. He counsels clients on entity organization and structuring, the purchase and sale of businesses, including asset purchases and stock purchases, reorganizations, recapitalizations, redemptions, liquidations, and general corporate and tax matters. Devon assists owners of closely held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies with business succession plans, stock and membership interest transfer techniques, asset protection planning, and the preparation of shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, and operating agreements. In addition, Devon also advises clients on charitable planning, including the establishment and administration of private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations.

Devon received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2017, where he served as a Graduate Editor for the Florida Tax Review and received the Book Award for the highest grade in his Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts course.

Devon earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2016, where he served as a Research Editor for the Florida Law Review and a Teaching Assistant for Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy. While in law school, he received Book Awards in the following courses: Securities Regulation; Corporations; Adoption Law; Child Parent & State; and Legal Research. He was inducted into the University of Florida Chapter of the Order of the Coif.

Devon earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Finance, cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2013.

Devon is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • The Florida Bar
    • Tax Law Section
    • Business Law Section
    • Young Lawyers Section
    • Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section
  • Member of the Kearney Subcommittee of the Asset Protection Committee, 2020
  • The Florida Bar, Asset Protection Committee of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
  • Palm Beach Tax Institute

PRESENTATIONS

Kearney – Real or Retroactive?”, Estate Planning and Asset Protection for the High Net Worth Client, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar (February 9, 2023)

Kearney – Did You Just Pledge Everything You Own?”, Estate & Trust Tax Planning / Asset Protection 2020, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar (September 17, 2020)

Publications

  • Co-Author, General Exemptions From Creditors, Asset Protection in Florida (The Florida Bar, 7th Edition, 2022)

Honors

  • Selected as a Rising Star in Tax by Florida Super Lawyers (2023)
  • Selected as a Top Lawyer in Palm Beach County in Business/Corporate by Palm Beach Illustrated (2023)

Over 100 Awards & Recognitions