About me
Lester B. Law is a member of Franklin Karibjanian & Law PLLC and spends time in both the Naples and Washington offices. Lester is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC), serving on various committees. He has held many leadership positions at the ABA’s RPTE section, including being a past-chair of the Income and Transfer Tax Group. He is an active member of the Florida Bar’s RPPTL Section and is board certified in Wills Trusts and
Estates law by the Florida Bar. Lester has held many leadership roles at the Florida Bar’s Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, including chairing committees, being an editor of the Tax Notes for the Florida Bar Journal. Lester is also a member of the DC Bar. Lester is a nationally recognized speaker and author. Presentations and venues include; University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute, ABA-RPTE meetings, Washington School of Law – Annual Estate Planning Council, and Montana Tax Institute. He was an adjunct professor at
the Ave Maria School of Law, was an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, Graduate Estate Planning Program (for the past eight years), and has lectured at the Florida Banker’s Wealth Management and Trust School for the past 18 years. Lester’s writings have been published in many national journals and publications, including Trusts & Estates, The Florida Bar Journal, Probate and Property, Bloomberg/BNA Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal, Estate Planning, and LISI’s Newsletters. Lester is also a co-author of a book on estate planning titled Tools and Techniques of Trust Planning. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Lester was a CPA in Florida with Price Waterhouse (now PWC).