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About Mr. Brown
Mark R. Brown, formerly of Arnold & Porter, concentrates in the areas of wills and trusts, domicile planning, probate administration, and sophisticated estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax, and income planning. Mr. Brown, who has practiced in Palm Beach County for over twenty-five years, earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. degree from Duke University School of Law.
Mr. Brown is board certified as an expert in both Tax Law and Wills, Trusts & Estates by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida.
Mr. Brown is the Immediate Past-Chair of the Tax Section of the Florida Bar. Mark is also a Director of the Palm Beach Estate Planning Council, Vice-Chair of Programming and Past-Chair of its Annual Estate Planning Supplement. He has served as an Officer (past Treasurer) and Director of the Tax Section of the Florida Bar, Director and Past President of the East Coast Estate Planning Council, Past President of the Palm Beach Tax Institute, and on the Business & Professional’s cabinet of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. Mark has been referenced in Forbes and quoted in the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Brown, who actively participates in pro bono activities, received formal recognition for exceptional pro bono service in 2017 from the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS
- The Florida Bar, Immediate Past-Chair of the Tax Section
- Florida Bar Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer
- Florida Bar Board Certified in Tax Law
- Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council, Director, Vice-Chair of Programming, Past-Chair of it’s Annual Estate Planning Supplement
- Florida Super Lawyers (2023)
- Past President, East Coast Estate Planning Council
- The Florida Bar, Past Treasurer of the Tax Section
- The Florida Bar, Past Director of Education Division of the Tax Section
- The Florida Bar, Past Director of Section Administration Division of the Tax Section
- The Florida Bar, Member of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Past President, Palm Beach Tax Institute
- Certified Public Accountant, Florida
- Business and Professionals Cabinet of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County,
PRESENTATIONS
- “2023 Estate Planning and Heckerling Update,” Tax Section of the Florida Bar (February 22, 2023).
- “2023 Heckerling and Florida Update,” East Coast Estate Planning Council and Palm Beach Tax Institute (February 22, 2023).
- “2023 Heckerling and Florida Update,” Palm Beach Estate Planning Council (February 21, 2023).
- “Estate Planning with SLATs and Other Current Developments,” East Coast Estate Planning Council (April 7, 2022)
- “Estate Planning and Tax Update,” Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami 10th Annual Estate Planning Symposium (February 8, 2022)
- “Estate Planning and Tax Updates,”2021 Ullman Year in Review, Tax Section of the Florida Bar (July 2, 2021)
- “Highlights from Heckerling 2021,” Palm Beach Estate Planning Council (June 3, 2021)
- “Estate Planning and Tax Updates,” 2020 Ullman Year in Review, Tax Section of the Florida Bar (July 3, 2020)
PUBLICATIONS
- “Impact of New Florida Legislation on Estate Tax Planning,” Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council’s 2023 Annual Estate Planning Supplement (January 8, 2023)
- “Graegin Notes and Family Limited Partnerships,” Florida Bar Tax Section Bulletin (Feb. 2006)
