Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Miranda M. Weiss
About Miranda M. Weiss
A member of the firm’s Estate and Succession Planning Practice Area, Miranda’s practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.
She is recognized for her experience researching and analyzing complex tax and estate planning issues, for advising and assisting clients with probate avoidance and tax efficient distribution of assets, including the transfer of closely held business interests. Miranda guides clients throughout the estate planning process and works closely with them to craft individualized wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare documents. Miranda also represents fiduciaries throughout the estate and trust administration process, including the preparation and filing of federal gift and estate tax returns.
- The Florida Bar, Tax Section
- The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Florida Fellows Institute Graduate – Class VI
- Freedom Waters Foundation – Past Board Member
- Collier County Bar Association
- Collier County Women's Bar Association - Board Member, 2021 – Present
- LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Taxation: University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
- - Research Assistant for Professor Dennis A. Calfee
- J.D.: University of Florida Levin College of Law, cum laude, 2016
- - Florida Law Review, Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Research Editor
- - Book Awards, Trusts & Estates and Florida Law Review
- - Accomplished Research Award, Florida Law Review
- - Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy Teaching Assistant
- B.S.: University of Florida, summa cum laude, 2013
- Recognized as a Top Lawyer in Naples, Naples Illustrated Magazine, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”, Trusts and Estates, 2022 - 2025
- Estate Planning & Probate Rising Star in Florida, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2024
- “The Circle of Trust: The Use of the Florida Directed Trust Act to Keep Business Decisions in Your Circle” - The Florida Bar Tax Section, September 2023, Co-presenter (Presentation)
- Perschel & Spurgeon, Federal Taxation of Trusts, Grantors & Beneficiaries (Third Edition), Annual Updates (2017 – Present)
- The New Florida Directed Trust Act, August 17, 2021
- The Tax Consideration for Marital Agreements, Commentator, Volume XXXII, No. 1 (Fall 2018)
- Florida
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