Overview
Nathan R. Brown focuses his practice on counseling individuals, families and business owners in the development and implementation of estate planning strategies designed to maximize and protect the transfer of wealth to future generations. Nathan also acts as a senior adviser and “general counsel” to many family offices, coordinating a wide array of legal services.
In addition to advising clients on tax planning strategies, Nathan works closely with multi-generational families to design and implement business succession plans and family governance structures (such as private trust companies and family offices).
Nathan speaks frequently across the country on many estate planning topics and has published articles in The Florida Tax Review, The Tax Lawyer, The Florida Bar Journal, Probate & Property Magazine (American Bar Association), Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal (Tax Management) and Trust & Estates, Taxes – The Tax Magazine and Estate Planning. Nathan focuses many of his speeches and articles on family office and private trust company structuring and planning with carried interest for investment fund principals.
In law school, Nathan served as an extern for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Recognitions
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
- Martindale Hubbell, AV Rated
Community
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, ACTEC Young Leader for the Class of 2017–2019
- American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust & Estate Section – Trust & Estate Fellow for the Fellows Class of 2015–2017
- American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust & Estate Section – Chair of the Investment Committee and Chair of the Estate & Gift Tax Committee
- Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, Member of the 2015–2017 Inaugural Class
Credentials
Education
University of Florida Levin College of Law, LLM, 2011, Richard B. Stephens Award Recipient
University of Maine School of Law, JD, summa cum laude, 2010
University of Southern Maine, BA, cum laude, 2007
Admissions
District of Columbia
Florida
Illinois
