Bach & Jacobs, P.A. is pleased to announce that Board Certified Elder Lawyer Babette B. Bach, Esq. is being recognized as a winner on Florida Trend’s prestigious Legal Elite list again this year. The July issue of Florida Trend magazine will feature the 2014 Florida Legal Elite special report. The Legal Elite special report recognizes the top attorneys in the state as chosen by their peers.
The awards keep pouring in! For the 5th year in a row, Babette B. Bach, Esq. has been selected for the 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list. Only 5% of Florida attorneys are chosen each year to receive this honor. The 2014 Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Starts will be published in July.
Babette B. Bach, Esquire
Bach & Jacobs, P.A.
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Sarasota, FL 34236
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Attorney Sean M. Byrne will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Suncoast Chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. on the topic of land conservation law in Florida. The meeting will be held on April 14. Byrne will present an overview of the federal and state laws governing conservation easements and identify the various financial incentives available to landowners who choose to conserve their land. The presentation will also showcase some of the local success stories of conservation land transactions, including donations and purchases of conservation easements through Sarasota County’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program. Byrne represented Sarasota County in the acquisition of conservation easements across privately owned working ranches in east Sarasota County. The presentation will give real estate lawyers options to provide landowner clients who are considering conservation as a part of their estate planning.
Babette Bach Esq. will be a keynote speaker for the Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sarasota at the 2014 Stroke Conference “Taking The Lead” in honor of National Stroke Awareness Month.
Ms. Bach’s presentation on “The New Medicaid and VA Benefits 2014” will take place from 12:45 – 1:45pm.
LOCATION: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sarasota, 6400 Edgelake Drive, Sarasota, FL. 34240.
DATE: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014.
TIME: 7:30am to 4:00pm.
To register for this conference, please call: 941-921-8795 or go online: www.healthsouthsarasota.com. Deadline for registration is April 26th, 2014.
Babette Bach Esq. will be a keynote speaker for the Pines Education Institute at a workshop entitled:
“Costs Considerations in Caring for Persons with Dementia throughout the End of Life”.
LOCATION: The University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
DATE: Friday, March 14th, 2014
TIME: 8am to noon.
You can reserve a seat at this free workshop online at www.pinesofsarasota.org/education-institute/programs-edu.html, or by calling JoAnn Westbrook, Director of the Pines Education Institute at 365-0250, Ext. 1114.
Attorney Sean M. Byrne will present a seminar at the annual national conference of the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) about the use of public trail easements to encourage support for land conservation. The LTA conference will be held in New Orleans next week from Sept 17-19. Byrne will showcase Sarasota County’s ‘river to river trail’—an interconnected network of outdoor recreational trailways stretching from the Peace River to the Myakka River that Sarasota County will be developing. Byrne represented Sarasota County in the acquisition of portions of the trail network, some of which are easements across privately owned working ranches. The seminar will give recommendations to real estate lawyers and land conservationists on how to incorporate trail easements in conservation easement transaction, particularly when public funds are used to acquire the conservation easements.
On August 14, 2013, Florida Board Certified attorney Fredric C. Jacobs was honored with the “Distinctive Service as an Adjunct Law Professor” award for his service to the students and community of Stetson Law over the past five years. Mr. Jacobs has been practicing law for over forty years and has been committed to the learning and development of the up and coming legal minds of Stetson Law. We appreciate his dedication and are proud to have him as part of our Bach & Jacobs team.
If you need legal advice for estate planning, probate and trust administration, Medicaid planning, or VA benefits, please contact our office at (941) 906-1231 for an initial consultation.
Bach & Jacobs, P.A. is pleased to announce that Sean M. Byrne will be joining the firm this summer.
Mr. Byrne’s practice focuses on trust & estate planning, probate, guardianship, and elder law litigation. Mr. Byrne begins with Bach & Jacobs on July 22. Prior to joining Bach & Jacobs, Sean was the in-house counsel for the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast where he provided options to landowners, high net worth individuals, and their financial advisors seeking to reduce federal income taxes and local property taxes through land conservation and philanthropy. Sean will continue to represent parties to real estate transactions involving environmentally sensitive lands.
Mr. Byrne is a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Counsel, the Sarasota County Bar Association and the Young Lawyers Division. He is a graduate of Leadership Sarasota County and is the founder of the nationwide Next Generation Conservation Attorneys network, currently sponsored by the national Land Trust Alliance.
“Sean combines a sharp legal mind and a diligent work ethic with his genuine concern for senior citizens and their families. He will be an outstanding addition to our strong team of professionals who put our clients’ interests at the heart of everything we do,” said Babette B. Bach, founder of Bach & Jacobs and a Board certified attorney by both the Florida Bar and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (CELA).
Bach & Jacobs practices estate planning, probate, guardianships, tax and business law, Medicaid, VA benefits and land conservation transactions.
Sean M. Byrne can be reached at (941) 906-1231 or at [email protected].
THE PROBATE & PUMPERNICKEL LUNCHEON
A Continuing Education Forum For Attorneys and CPA’s
LOCATION: The Francis- 1262 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236
DATE: May 23, 2013
TIME: 11:45 AM- 1:30 PM
TOPIC: Some Federal Income Tax Issues Frequently Affecting Elderly Clients
PRESENTED BY: Fredric C. Jacobs, Esq. L.L.M.–Bach & Jacobs, P.A.
Respond on or before May 19, 2013. Call Lisa Aaron, Probate and Pumpernickel Coordinator, at 561-803-2007. The above qualifies for CLER and/or Board Certification Credits.
