Practice Areas - Guardianship and Conservatorship
- Guardianship Administration
- Trust Litigation
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- Trust Administration
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 561-272-1225
Fax: 561-272-4442
http://www.chapin-law.com
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| University | Rutgers University, B.A., Economics, 1993 |
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| Law School | University of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1996 |
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| Admitted | 1996, Florida |
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| Memberships | Palm Beach County and South Palm Beach County Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Elder Law; Trial Lawyers). |
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| Born | Cherry Hill, New Jersey |
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| Biography | Jay Kauffman began his legal career in commercial litigation, spent a year negotiating and drafting contracts, and then redirected that experience in 2000 toward a practice concentrated in estate, trust, and guardianship administration and litigation. Mr. Kauffman has co-authored articles on probate litigation and administration in Florida, including: "Rights of the Surviving Family" in Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (Florida Bar 6th and 7th ed.); "Appellate Practice In Probate" in Litigation Under Florida Probate Code (Florida Bar 6th and 7th ed.); "Jurisdiction" in Practice Under Florida Probate Code (Florida Bar 4th and 5th ed.); "Tales of the Tipsy Coachman: Being Right for the Wrong Reason" in The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 81, No. 11 (December 2007); and "The Supreme Court Takes Exception to the 'Probate Exception' - Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington" in The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 80, No. 10 (November 2006). Mr. Kauffman joined Chapin, Ballerano & Cheslack in 2010.
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| ISLN | 911257265 |
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