William Battle McQueen
Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida
Practice Areas:
Estate planning & probate,
Business organizations,
Contracts,
Trusts,
Wills
Education Qualification:
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Practice Areas:
Estate planning & probate,
Business organizations,
Contracts,
Trusts,
Wills
100 2nd Avenue South, Suite 900St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701
First Admitted: 1988, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.legacyprotectionlawyers.com/our-team/william-bat...
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Suncoast Estate Planning Council (Past Director & Past President), 2023
- The St. Petersburg Salvation Army (Trustee & Finance Chair)
- The Florida Orchestra (Trustee)
- National Funeral Directors Association
- Cremation Association of North America
- WealthCounsel
- Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- American Bar Association (Elder Law and Estate Planning section)
- The Florida Bar (The Real Property, Probate and Trust section)
- Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer – State of Florida
- I served as the President of the St. Petersburg Bar Association for 2017 - 2018 association year, 2017
- I served as the Treasurer and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the St. Petersburg Bar Association, 2004
- I served as Vice-President of St. Petersburg Bar Association, 2016
Special Licenses / Certifications:
- Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by The Florida Bar, 2019
- I am a Certified Exit Planner (CExP) by the Business Enterprise Institute (BEI). This certification is given to individuals who demonstrate their expertise in exit planning for business owners, 2015
- I have been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida since 1984. I still have an active CPA license, 1984
- I obtained a LLM in Estate Planning from the Heckerling Program at the University of Miami School of Law, 2013
Pro bono / Community Service:
- Leadership St. Pete (Class of 1990)
- Dragon Club (President & Director)
- City of St. Petersburg Board of Adjustment (Member)
- St. Petersburg Yacht Club (Director & Secretary)
- Museum of Fine Arts (Trustee)
- I have served as a Trustee for the St. Petersburg YMCA from 2013-Present and currently chair the Philanthropy Committee, 2013
- St. Raphael’s Catholic Church (Capital Campaign Chairman for new church)
- I was the recipient of the St. Anthony's Hospital Foundation Leadership Award, 2011
- I have been a member of the Board of Advisors of The Salvation Army - St. Petersburg since 2015 and currently serve as the Chair of their Finance Committee, 2015
- I served as a member of the Board of Trustees for The Florida Orchestra from 2015 to 2018, 2015
- I participated in the Lawyers for Literacy where I tutored a 3rd grade public school underprivileged child in reading in preparation for his standardized testing, 2018
- I have been a Trustee of The Canterbury School of Florida Foundation since 2013 and currently serve as the Secretary for the Foundation, 2013
- I was a recipient of the West Coast Boy Scouts of America's Distinguished Citizen Award for the City of St. Petersburg, 2005
Honors:
- St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation Leadership Award, Recipient
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Report, 2023
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Report, 2022
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Report, 2020
- Best Lawyers in St. Petersburg - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Report, 2021
- West Coast Boy Scouts of America’s Distinguished Citizen Award, Recipient
- https://legacyprotectionlawyers.com/team/our-team/bill-mcqueen, Top Rated - 10.0, Avvo, 2014
- https://legacyprotectionlawyers.com/blog/id/844/best-lawyers-2019, Best Lawyers in America - Trusts & Estates, US News & World Report, 2019
- https://legacyprotectionlawyers.com/team/our-team/bill-mcqueen, AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell, 2014
- https://legacyprotectionlawyers.com/team/our-team/bill-mcqueen, Best Estate Planning Lawyers in St. Petersburg, Best Three Rated, 2018
Educational Background:
- BS in Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1983
- AS in Funeral Services, St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1994
- LL.M. in Estate Planning, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 2013
Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
- I was the author of a case comment on Coastal Petroleum v American Cyanamid Co., 492 So. 2d 339 (Fla. 1986), which was published by the University of Florida Law Review in their Summer 1986 edition, Author, Real Property: Legal Estoppel and Sovereignty Lands - Rough Waters Ahead, University of Florida Law Review, 1986
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