Drake & Drake, LLC is a unique husband and wife law firm located in Ponte Vedra Beach on Florida’s beautiful northeast coast. Janet’s practice focuses almost exclusively on estate planning. She employs a full array of estate planning instruments including revocable living trusts, marital and credit shelter trusts, charitable remainder and annuity trusts and charitable family foundations along with companion documents such as durable powers of attorney, health care surrogate designations and living wills. Through her skill and experience, Janet has saved her clients’ families millions of dollars in estate taxes and probate fees. She maintains current knowledge of new developments in the law by attending advanced estate planning seminars annually across the country and is a member of the Northeast Florida Estate Planning Council.

David’s practice focuses on real estate, probate, guardianship, commercial and probate litigation, creation of business entities and, when required by a client, family law. As part of Janet’s estate planning practice, David provides the necessary documents to seamlessly transfer the client’s property (regardless of the property’s location) from the individual client to the client’s trust, charitable foundation or business entity. He has the ability to establish or dissolve a corporation, partnership or limited liability company (LLC) anywhere in the United States.

Drake & Drake is a results-oriented firm where the attorneys are committed to providing quality legal services with integrity. Together, David and Janet have over 40 years of experience in the practice of law. Whether it is an issue involving title to real property, estate planning, a will contest or creating a limited liability company, the firm’s primary goal is to apply Janet and David’s considerable knowledge and experience to efficiently assist the client in achieving the desired result.

Drake & Drake does not maintain a support staff. The firm’s clientele typically does not want to deal with a secretary or executive assistant. When you call Drake & Drake, you will speak directly to either David or Janet, or you will be given the option of leaving a message. All of their clients receive direct and personal access to the attorneys.

The firm is able to offer these personal services in part because of their investment in technology. Through the use of Lexis/Nexis, they have the online ability to research statutes and case law for all 50 states as well as all federal statutes, regulations and case law. Many of the firm’s clients maintain a winter residence in Florida and a summer residence in a cooler climate. The firm regularly transmits documents to clients via e-mail anywhere in the world. To insure efficiency, the firm employs voice recognition software to handle all dictation and document preparation as well as the latest in word processing and accounting software.

If this information interests you in learning more about the benefits of becoming a client, contact either Janet or David today.