Practice Areas - Estate Planning Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Probate
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- Charitable Planning
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 561-272-1225
Fax: 561-272-4442
http://www.chapin-law.com
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| University | Brown University, A.B., 1961 |
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| Law School | University of Virginia, LL.B., 1964 |
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| Admitted | 1964, Florida and Ohio; 1972, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Real Property and Trust Law Section). |
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| Born | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Biography | Robert D. Chapin is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Virginia Law School. He has practiced law in Delray Beach since 1970. In 1987, the Florida Bar certified Mr. Chapin in the area of Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Mr. Chapin concentrates his practice in the areas of tax and estate planning, charitable planning, and estate and trust administration. In 1983, Mr. Chapin was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is a member of the College's Professional Responsibility and Business Planning Committees. In 1997, Mr. Chapin was elected as an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Counsel. Mr. Chapin has lectured for the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the International Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel on various tax and estate planning topics. Mr. Chapin has been actively involved in the Delray Beach community since 1970. He has served as President of the South Palm Beach Bar Association, a Director of the Delray Beach Kiwanis Club, President of Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach County, Chairman of Delray Beach's Beach Restoration Committee, Director of the Beach Property Owner's Association, and as a member of the Delray Beach City Council. Mr. Chapin is currently the President Emeritus of Old School Square, Inc., Chancellor and a member of the Vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, and a Director of The Duncan Conference Center for the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida in Delray Beach. Fellow: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Business Planning and Professional Responsibility Committees); The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law Counsel (Academician). (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) |
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| ISLN | 908440588 |
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