Sarah S. Butters - Tallahassee, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 2001
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif

• Non Legal Education

  • Florida State University, 1993
    B.S.
    Major: Criminology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Past Positions

• Honorable Philip J. Padovano at the First District Court of Appeal, Judicial Intern

Classes and Seminars

• Podcast Guest, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Electronic Wills in Florida, April 13, 2021
  
• Speaker, Professional Fiduciary Council of Florida, Legislation Summary from 2021 Session, May 27, 2021
  
• Speaker, Florida Legal Education Association - Probate Team Seminar, Electronically Signed Documents, October 29, 2021
  
• Speaker, Tallahassee Estate Planning Council, Legislative Update on Laws Relating to Wills, Trusts, Estates and Tax, April 28, 2022

Pro Bono Activities

• The Community Foundation of North Florida, Board of Directors (2020)
• The Community Foundation of North Florida, Professional Advisor and Member of the Planned Giving Council (2008 - 2022)
• The FSU Foundation, Professional Advisor and Member of the Planned Giving Council (2008 - 2022)
• The FSU Seminole Boosters, Professional Advisor (2008 - 2022)

Published Works

Articles

• “Danger Will Robinson: The New Frontier of Remote Online Notarization and Electronic Wills”, Co-Authored with Jenna Rubin, The Florida Bar Journal, November/December 2019
  
• What’s Hot in Florida? Recent Developments in Florida Law (Co-Lecturers Shane Kelley and Elaine Bucher): University of Miami, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, FL, January 14 18, 2019
  
• "Powers of Appointment in the Current Planning Environment," Co-Authored with Prof. Thomas P. Gallanis and Turney P. Berry, in The Forty-Ninth Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, edited by Tina Portuondo. New Providence, NJ: LexisNexis, 2015
  

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 2001

Other Affiliations

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) - Co-Chair of Legal Education Committee 2020-2023
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) - Member of numerous substantive committees, including Fiduciary Litigation and State Laws
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) - Fellow since 2014
• Florida Bar - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL), Chair (2022-2023)
• Florida Bar - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL), Chair-Elect (2021-2022)
• Florida Bar - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL), Division Director – Probate and Trust Law (2019-2021)
• Florida Bar - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL), Officer on the RPPTL's Executive Committee (2016 to date)
• Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council, President (2010)
• Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council, Board Member (2006-2009)
• Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council, Member (2005 – 2022)
• Professional Fiduciary Council of Florida, Inaugural Chair of the Board of Directors (2020-2022)
• Professional Fiduciary Council of Florida, Founding Member (2020)