William E. Boyes - Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 1970
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: National Moot Court Team

• Non Legal Education

  • Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1967
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Palm Beach County Bar
  
• Attorney/Client Privilege Issues in Estate/Trust Litigation and Exceptions, ACTEC
  
• Medical Privilege and Evidence Discoverability and HIPPA, ACTEC
  
• Hearsay Within Hearsay in Estate/Trust Litigation, ACTEC
  
• Evidence Presumptions in Estate/Trust Litigation, ACTEC
  
• Alternatives to Guardianship and the Verified Statement, Estate and Probate CLE Committee of the Palm Beach County Bar Association
  
• Authentication of Evidence for Admissibility Purposes, ACTEC

Representative Cases

• In re: Estate of Angeleri
  • Citation: App. 4 Dist. 575 So.2d 794
  • Court: 1991
• Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization Of America, Inc. v. Stephen G. Melcer, Trustee, Marsha E. Gelt, Roberta Gelt, Jerilyn Gelt And National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 268 So.3d 759 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019)
• Johnson v. Townsend, Lynch, Denecke and Einhorn, 259 So.3d 851 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)
• Thebaut v. Commissioner, 47 T.C.M. 400 (1983)
• Lightfoot v. Duval, 433 So.2d 607 (4th DCA 1983)

Published Works

Articles

• Intestate Succession Florida Bar Probate Litigation, 1980
  
• Evidence Presumptions in Estate/ Trust Litigation, ACTEC
  
• Post Death Application of the Attorney-Client Privilege Between the Decedent and Counsel, ACTEC
  
• Hearsay, ACTEC
  
• Medical Privileges in Trust and Estate Litigation, ACTEC
  

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1971
• New Jersey, 1971
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1971
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1974
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1974
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1974
• U.S. Tax Court, 1974
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982

Specialties and Certifications

• Estate Planning and Probate, Florida Bar Association

Other Affiliations

• Palm Beach County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow)
• Fiduciary Litigation Committee (Member)
• Martin County Bar Association (Member)
• Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, Florida Bar (Member)