Justin K. Larson
PARTNER
- ESTATE PLANNING & TAX GROUP
Justin K. Larson is a Vero Beach estate planning attorney and member of the Trusts, Estates & Tax Group at Gould Cooksey Fennell. Justin assists high-net-worth clients with estate planning, estate and trust administration, and related tax matters.
He helps individuals and families formulate and implement customized, comprehensive estate plans based on each client’s unique objectives, assets, and circumstances. His work often involves sophisticated, tax-efficient strategies to preserve wealth across generations, including multi-generational dynasty trusts, irrevocable gift trusts, life insurance trusts, GRATs, QPRTs, family business entities, sales to grantor trusts, and spousal lifetime access trusts. He also advises clients on structuring charitable gifts and bequests through charitable trusts, donor-advised funds, and private foundations.
In estate and trust administration, Justin focuses on ensuring that planning strategies are executed effectively while minimizing income, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. He counsels fiduciaries and beneficiaries on their respective duties, rights, and responsibilities and is experienced in preparing and filing federal gift tax returns and federal estate tax returns, as well as related elections and strategic reporting.
Justin is board certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates by The Florida Bar, a level of professional distinction attained by only about five percent of Florida attorneys.
- University of Florida College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation (2015)
- Duke University School of Law, J.D. (2014)
- University of Florida, B.S.B.A. in Marketing, cum laude (2010)
- Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers “One’s To Watch”
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star”
- Duke University School of Law, Dean’s Scholar
- Florida Fellows Institute, ACTEC
- Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar
- Tax Section of The Florida Bar
- Indian River County Bar Association
- Indian River Estate Planning Council, President
- Planned Giving Council of Indian River
- Board of Directors of the Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of Indian River County
