Marla DeVicente Bohlander

Overview

Marla DeVicente Bohlander joined the firm in August 2010. She is a Shareholder of the firm and Co-Leader of the Private Client Services Practice Group. Marla’s practice focuses primarily on estate, tax and wealth transfer planning, estate and trust administration, and pre-marital and post-marital planning matters. Marla has experience in corporate and business matters, including entity selection, formation, and business succession planning.

Representative Matters

• Preparation of wills, trusts, and other sophisticated estate planning instruments
• Legal advice concerning federal income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax issues
• Representation of individuals and corporate fiduciaries in complex probate and trust administration matters
• Tax and legal advice regarding business matters and closely-held business planning
• Preparation of pre-marital and post-marital agreements
• Tax controversies with Internal Revenue Service
• Tax-exempt and charitable organizations

Honors and Distinctions

• Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Up & Comer, Wills, Trusts & Estates, 2022
• Florida Super Lawyer, 2021-2024
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2019
• Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, 2021-2024
• AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• The Best Lawyers in America
  • Trusts and Estates, 2020-2025
    • Lawyer of the Year, 2021
  • Tax Law, 2024-2025

Professional Involvement

• American Bar Association
  • Tax Section
  • Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
• Florida Bar
  • Tax Section
  • Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Florida Fellows Institute, Class V Participant

Community Involvement

• Suncoast Hospice Professional Partners Council
• Tampa Connection, Class of 2014