By Benjamin A. Cohen-Kurzrock and Andrew R. Comiter via May/June 2021 issue of Probate & Property Benjamin A. Cohen-Kurzrock is a senior associate at Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston, Texas. Andrew R. Comiter is a partner at Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun LLP in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Estate planning is…

Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP announces that partner, Andrew R. Comiter has been appointed Florida Bar Chair of the 15E Grievance Committee as of June 1, 2021, with Eddie E. Stephens, Esq. (Ward Damon) serving as vice chair through the end of the year.

The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a settlement agreement executed by an alleged incapacitated person prior to the hearing adjudicating that person’s incapacity. 

Although it is nowhere close to becoming law, on March 25th, Senators Sanders and Whitehouse proposed a bill which would make important changes to the current federal estate and gift tax system. The bill proposes the following key changes: Reduces the estate tax exemption amount from the current $11,700,000 to…

Andrew R. Comiter, Esq. is serving as an adjunct professor for the Timing Issues in Taxation class for the LL.M. program at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. This course focuses on the fundamentals of timing issues in federal income taxation in order to help prepare students, as…