Edmund J. Gegan has practiced law since 1994, in New York first and in Tampa since 2009. Wills, living trusts and special needs planning on one side; contract, ADA, non-compete and franchise disputes on the other.
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“Mr. Gegan listened to my scenario and provided the most beneficial and applicable advice possible. The honesty and integrity exhibited by this firm was refreshing.”
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“Mr Gegan made it such an easy process. He took the time to get to know us, and educated us throughout the whle process.”
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“Throughout the 2 years they stayed in contact with me and when I returned they even maintained their initial quote even though rates had increased since then.”
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“Mr. Gegan treated me with respect, patience, and dignity. He explained everything clearly and made sure I understood my legal rights.”
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Brooklyn born, Tampa since 2009
“My favorite moments in my professional life are when I am able to cut through the legal fog for a client.”
Edmund has practiced law for over twenty five years, starting in 1994 in New York and continuing in Tampa since 2009. He calls himself a natural counselor who would rather come alongside someone and work with them, and he has been a litigator for his whole career. Clients use both sides.
His family fostered children for about three years, short-term respite for six and longer placements for two, and he still supports foster-care organizations. Planning for children is not an abstraction in this office. Read more about Edmund and the firm.
You do, if you plan for it. The practice has two halves: estate planning for families, and litigation for the family and small businesses they build. Eleven practice areas in all.
Good parents worry; great parents plan. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney and guardians for your children, designed with you after a short questionnaire, and the administration of an estate when the time comes.
Estate planning details
Business LitigationProtecting your success. If a claim should settle quietly, you hear that first. If a clear win is the priority, a litigator since 1994 fights for it.Business litigation
Special Needs TrustsProvide for a loved one without costing them SSI or Medicaid: third-party and self-settled special needs trusts.Estate planning
Living TrustsA revocable living trust keeps the house and the accounts out of probate, and lets your successor trustee act without a court.Estate planning
ADA DefenseDefense against Americans with Disabilities Act suits, including high-volume filings by serial plaintiffs.Business litigation
Probate AvoidanceJoint ownership, transfer-on-death designations and trusts, with the pitfall of each explained before you choose.Estate planningHow a matter moves
Most work never sees a courtroom. Here is the path, step by step, and where the fog usually lifts.
Before you meet
New estate planning clients get a short-form questionnaire to fill in at home, so the first meeting is spent on decisions, not on gathering paperwork.
The design meeting
Without a plan, the laws of Florida decide what happens to your assets. The meeting sets out that default, then designs the will, trusts and powers of attorney with your financial and insurance advisers in the loop.
Signing
You leave knowing what each one does and when: a will speaks only at death, a power of attorney works while you are living, a living trust works from the day it is funded.
If it comes to that
When a business is sued or wronged, the first answer is an honest one: if a quiet settlement makes more sense, you hear it. If a clear victory is the priority, the office takes it to mediation, arbitration or court.
Afterwards
The office's own promise: once you engage it for one project, you become a client for life. One reviewer came back after two years away and found his original quote still honored.
1005 N Marion Street, Tampa