Julia L. Frey - Orlando, FL

Board-Certified Private Wealth and Estate Planning Counsel in Orlando

Securing substantial wealth and establishing enduring family legacies requires extraordinary legal precision and strategic insight. Julia L. Frey serves as a shareholder and chair of the Private Wealth Services Group at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., one of Central Florida largest and most respected law firms, founded in 1969. Board certified by The Florida Bar in wills, trusts, and estates, attorney Frey has practiced law since 1982 after earning her law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Recognized consistently in Florida Super Lawyers from 2006 through 2026 and Best Lawyers in America, she counsels high-net-worth individuals, business executives, physicians, and professional athletes. Clients seeking to hire an estate planning attorney or consult with a lawyer benefit from her decades of focused experience in minimizing wealth transfer taxes and shielding family assets.

Comprehensive Wills, Trusts, and Estate Structuring

Estate planning is not merely about drafting documents; it is about creating an integrated roadmap that safeguards family harmony and financial continuity. Functioning as experienced wills lawyers and trusts lawyers, attorney Frey develops customized estate strategies tailored to each client unique objectives:

• Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts: Creating living trusts to bypass public probate proceedings, alongside sophisticated irrevocable trusts, generation-skipping trusts, and irrevocable life insurance trusts designed to reduce taxable estate exposure.
• Custom Last Will and Testaments: Drafting precise wills that designate personal representatives, establish testamentary trusts, and ensure assets transfer in full alignment with the testator wishes.
• Incapacity and Advance Directives: Working as power of attorney lawyers to prepare durable powers of attorney, healthcare surrogate designations, and living wills that protect decision-making authority during unexpected incapacitation.

Fiduciary Guidance in Probate and Trust Administration

The loss of a loved one brings significant administrative and emotional burdens. As knowledgeable probate lawyers, attorney Frey and her team guide individual and corporate fiduciaries through formal Florida probate administration, summary proceedings, and ancillary probate for non-resident real estate holdings. The practice advises trustees on accounting disclosures, tax compliance, asset distributions, and resolving complex beneficiary claims while ensuring strict adherence to Florida statutory requirements.

Business Succession Planning and Asset Protection

Entrepreneurs and multi-generational business owners face unique risks when passing enterprise control to successors. Collaborating with tax advisors and corporate managers, the firm designs structured buy-sell agreements, voting trust arrangements, and recapitalizations that protect business continuity. In addition, attorney Frey implements advanced asset protection techniques to insulate wealth from future creditor exposure and litigation risks.

Charitable Giving and Incapacity Planning

Philanthropic goals play a vital role in comprehensive estate planning. The practice structures charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, private family foundations, and donor-advised funds that maximize charitable impact while securing substantial tax deductions. The firm also assists families with special needs trusts, guardianship proceedings, and long-term elder law concerns.

Renowned Leadership and Private Client Advocacy

Beyond her private client practice, Julia Frey has served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors, as president of the Orange County Bar Association, and as president of the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers. Whether you are establishing a foundational estate plan or structuring multi-tier wealth preservation vehicles, seeking legal counsel with Lowndes in downtown Orlando ensures that your family future rests in trusted hands.