Brian V. McAvoy

Brian focuses his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, business succession planning, Florida domicile planning, probate litigation, and fiduciary litigation. He is Board Certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates by the Florida Bar. His clients include individuals, trust companies, and closely held business owners throughout south Florida.

Experience

• Estate planning, wealth preservation and asset protection planning
• Lifetime gift planning using techniques such as grantor retained annuity trusts, life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, family limited partnerships
• Estate and trust administration
• Probate and fiduciary litigation
• Charitable planning
• Pre-marital and post-marital agreements

Services

• Wealth Transfer & Succession Planning
• Estate Planning
• Probate & Trust Administration
• Corporate & Transactional
• Probate, Trust & Guardianship Litigation

1. Hamilton College, B.A.
2. SUNY Buffalo Law School, J.D.
   • cum laude

Bar Admissions

1. Florida
2. New York

Certifications

• Board Certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates by the Florida Bar

Clerkships

1. New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department

• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Trust & Estates (2011-2024); Litigation - Trust & Estates (2011-2024); and Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2021-2024)
• Selected as Naples Illustrated "Top Lawyer" - Trusts and Estates (2019-2023)
• AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer" in the primary practice area of Estate Planning & Probate by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2013-2021)

Professional Affiliations

• The Florida Bar - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law section
• Collier County Bar Association, Trust and Estate section

Community Affiliations

• Naples Community Hospital, Professional Advisors Council
• The David Lawrence Center (A non-profit community mental health organization)
  • Director (2010-2017)
  • Vice-Chair (2015-2016)
  • Chairperson, Strategic Planning Committee (2013-2014)
• The Community Foundation of Collier County
  • Trustee (2012-2018)
  • Chairperson, Professional Advisors Council (2013-2018)
• Leadership Collier Class of 2000, Graduate
• Kiwanis Club of Naples
  • President (2001-2002)
• Immokalee Friendship House (A non-profit emergency homeless shelter)
  • Director & Secretary (2001-2007)