Florida Planning & Probate - Sunrise, FL
Florida Planning & Probate delivers comprehensive estate planning, probate administration, trust execution, and asset protection counsel in Sunrise, Florida. Founded by tax attorney Geoffrey Langbart, LL.M., the firm crafts customized estate structures that safeguard family wealth and eliminate probate delays.
Strategic Estate Planning and Probate Services in Sunrise
Preserving your wealth and ensuring your family's future security requires proactive planning and thorough knowledge of Florida probate statutes and federal taxation rules. Located on Sawgrass Corporate Parkway in Sunrise, Florida Planning & Probate provides tailored legal solutions for individuals, families, retirees, and business owners across Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties. The firm is led by founding attorney Geoffrey R. Langbart, who graduated summa cum laude from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center and subsequently completed an advanced Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation with an estate planning concentration at Georgetown University. This advanced background allows the practice to handle high-net-worth estate planning, wealth preservation, and probate administration with exceptional technical precision. Whether you want to hire an estate planning lawyer in Sunrise to draft a custom revocable trust or need an attorney urgently to administer a loved one's estate, Florida Planning & Probate delivers attentive, reliable counsel.
Core Estate and Wealth Preservation Services
The firm concentrates on safeguarding family assets and providing seamless succession planning across several key areas:
Comprehensive Wills and Estate Planning
A well-crafted estate plan ensures your wishes are respected while minimizing administrative friction. As experienced estate planning lawyers and wills lawyers, the firm prepares customized last wills, durable power of attorney designations, healthcare surrogates, and living wills that protect you during incapacity and clarify asset distribution after death.
Revocable Living Trusts and Asset Protection
Florida probate can be time-consuming and public. Working as proven trusts lawyers, attorney Geoffrey Langbart designs revocable living trusts, irrevocable dynasty trusts, and spendthrift trusts to bypass probate completely, shield beneficiaries from potential creditor claims, and preserve privacy.
Florida Probate and Trust Administration
When a family member passes away, navigating formal administration or summary administration can feel overwhelming. Serving as skilled probate lawyers, the office assists personal representatives and trustees in filing court petitions, notifying creditors, conducting inventory evaluations, and distributing assets efficiently while avoiding fiduciary liability.
Tax Planning and High-Net-Worth Strategies
With an advanced LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University, Geoffrey Langbart advises clients as knowledgeable tax lawyers on generation-skipping transfer taxes, federal estate and gift tax returns (IRS Form 709), and trust decanting techniques under Florida Statute 736.04117 to maximize tax savings.
Business Formation and Succession Planning
Entrepreneurs must protect their enterprises against unforeseen life disruptions. Functioning as skilled business formation lawyers, the practice assists with LLC and corporate formations, buy-sell agreements, operating agreements, and structured succession plans that ensure commercial continuity.
Why Partner with Florida Planning & Probate
Estate planning is not a one-size-fits-all exercise. At Florida Planning & Probate, every client receives personalized attention directly from an attorney with elite academic credentials and real-world transactional experience. The firm offers free consultations to evaluate your current legal documents, identify potential gaps in asset protection, and structure a custom plan that brings lasting peace of mind. Serving Sunrise, Weston, Plantation, Davie, and surrounding South Florida communities, Florida Planning & Probate is committed to protecting your legacy for generations to come.
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Location & Access
Primary Address
Situated in the prestigious Sawgrass International Corporate Park in western Sunrise, a premier South Florida professional and business district.
Building Location
This is a modern four-story Mediterranean-style Class-A office building built in 1999, known as International Place I. The building is located in the well-maintained Sawgrass Corporate Park, just south of the intersection of Sawgrass Corporate Parkway and International Parkway.
Parking Details
A spacious private paved surface parking lot is available around the building with over 200 free spaces, offering client parking near the main entrance.
Public Transit
Served by Broward County Transit (BCT) Route 23 (Pembroke Lakes Mall); nearest stop is at Sawgrass Corporate Parkway & International Parkway.
Accessibility / Suite Access
Enter through the building main lobby at the front entrance and take the elevator up to the fourth floor. The office for Florida Planning & Probate is located on the Fourth Floor.