Jeffrey Skates | Attorney

Jeffrey Skates

Jeffrey Skates

Business Organization, Business Successions, Corporate Governance, Estate Administration, General Practice, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Living Wills, Merger & Acquisition, Partnerships

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About Jeffrey

Jeffrey P. Skates was born on October 18, 1968 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He earned his Bachelor of Science, with honors, from the University of Florida in 1990 and his Juris Doctorate, with honors, in 1993. Jeff Skates was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1994 and joined the Firm in March, 1998. He became a partner in November, 2001 and is a member of the American Bar, the Florida Bar (Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) and the Sumter County Bar.

Practicing in the Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate Administration and Trust Administration areas of the law, Jeff Skates works out of the Firm's Lake Sumter Landing office inside the retirement community of The Villages of Lake-Sumter, Inc.

In addition, Jeff Skates has an established corporate practice which handles corporate formation, maintenance and dissolutions, general business law and partnership matters. Many of the businesses in Lake and Sumter counties look to him for guidance.

Jeff Skates serves his community as a Director of the Boys and Girls' Club of Lake & Sumter Counties as well as donating his time to Habitat for Humanity.

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Education

University of Florida B.S.

Mclin & Burnsed PA Highlights

Administrative Law, Americans with Disabilities Act , Criminal, Business Successions, Class Action, Business Organization; Collection; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Banks; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Complex Litigation; Condominiums; Construction Contracts; Construction Liens; Contract; Conveyancing; Corporate Governance; Credit & Debt; Dissolution; Employee Rights; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Estate Administration; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Federal Trial Practice; Foreclosure; Garnishment; Government Contract; Housing & Construction Defects; Insurance; Joint Ventures; Land Use & Zoning; Landlord-Tenant; Lending; Limited Liability Companies; Living Wills; Workout; Mediation; Divestitures; Motor Vehicle; Car Accident; Municipal; Non-profit; Partnerships; Power of Attorney; Premises Liability; Private Schools; Property & Casualty; Property Damage; Public Finance; Public Schools; Public Utilities; Reorganization; Residential Real Estate; Banking & Finance; Sexual Harassment; Slip & Fall Accident; Waste & Pollution; State and Local; State Trial Practice; Title Insurance; Transactions; Trusts; US Courts; Uniform Commercial Code; Venture Capital; Employment; Whistleblower; Wills; Wrongful Death; Wrongful Termination

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