Attorney Bio
| Joseph W. Fleece, III Attorney jfleece@baskinfleece.com 727-572-4545 |
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Born:
St. Petersburg, Florida
Education:
Tulane University, B.A., 1977
Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1980
Practice Areas:
Trusts and Estates Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Estate and Trust Administration; and Estate Planning
Membership:
St. Petersburg and American (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee and Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member, Trial Lawyers Section).
Honors and Distinctions:
The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
Best Lawyers in America® 2010
Florida Super Lawyers in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Florida Trend Legal Elite in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
Bar Admissions:
Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court
Biography:
Joseph W. Fleece, III and Hamden H. Baskin, III joined together in 2004 to establish the law firm, BaskinFleece, Attorneys at Law. Prior to that, Mr. Fleece was a partner with the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. Mr. Fleece has been practicing law since 1980 and focuses his practice on estate and trust litigation. He has lectured on estate and trust litigation matters at local, state and national levels.
Mr. Fleece is an active member in the St. Petersburg community. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for All Children's Hospital, having previously served as the Vice Chairman. He is the past president of PARC, The Police Athletic League of St. Petersburg and the Sunshine City Jaycees. He also served as a board member of The Children's Dream Fund; American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter; the St. Petersburg YMCA and trustee of the Canterbury School of Florida. He is a past commodore of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and former Chancellor and current member of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida.
