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Lawyer Overview

Charles E. Willmott is a Board Certified lawyer, certified by the Florida Bar as an expert in marital and family law. The firm focuses exclusively on complex marital and family law matters involving all aspects of divorce and family law including the timesharing and support of children, distributions of property and businesses, and the support of spouses. The office also offers pre-marriage planning including prenuptial agreements. As one of only a handful of Board Certified marital and family law lawyers in the Jacksonville area, Mr. Willmott was recently a featured lawyer in Jacksonville Magazine's Northeast Florida's Top Law Professionals.

"For the last fifteen years, my philosophy as a lawyer has been to take care of the client as if they were family and to offer emotional as well as affordable legal support to families in their time of need. Further, our goal is to help provide amicable resolutions in divorces while at the same time aggressively protecting our client's rights."

As a leading lawyer in the Jacksonville family lawyer community, Mr. Willmott has served as Chairman of the Family Law Section of the Jacksonville Bar Association since 2003 and is a former member of the Executive Council of the Florida Family Law Inn of Court. In addition to representing clients as a divorce lawyer, Mr. Willmott has successfully mediated hundreds of family law cases as a Florida Supreme Court certified family mediator. As part of his commitment to fostering excellence in the legal profession, Mr. Willmott's experience as a lawyer allows him to enjoy teaching as an Adjunct Professor at the acclaimed Florida Coastal School of Law. Mr. Willmott is a popular guest speaker at Jacksonville University's Purses and Portfolios where he provides guidance on all aspects of marital law for women executives and professionals. He is also responsible for and lectures at the Jacksonville Bar Association's annual legal education seminar for lawyers specializing in family law.

Your family deserves an expert, Board Certified lawyer for matters of marital and family law. My office has the knowledge and the experience to get the job done for you. Much of my success is due to vast courtroom experience both as a lawyer and as a family mediator, a thorough familiarity with our family law judges, and a commitment to earning your trust and confidence.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Paternity

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Paternity

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1994

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified lawyer of Marital and Family Law, 2008
• Certified Family Law Mediator, Florida Supreme Court, 1999
• Social Investigator, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar, Family Law Section, 1994 - Present
• Continuing Legal Education, Mediation, and Domestic Violence Committees
• Jacksonville Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1994 - Present
• Jacksonville Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2003 - Present (Chairman)
• Florida Family Law Inn of Court, 2000 - Present (Barrister)
• Historian, Florida Family Law Inn of Court, 2002 - 2004 (Executive Council)
• Florida Family Law Inn of Court, 2004 - 2006 (Executive Council, Treasurer)
• Florida Family Law Inn of Court, 2007 - 2008 (Executive Council, Law School Liaison)

Classes and Seminars

• Nuts and Bolts of Divorce in Florida; Child Support, Lorman Education Services, April 16, 2002
• Nuts and Bolts of Divorce in Florida; Child Support/ Mediation, Lorman Education Services, April 8, 2003
• Nuts and Bolts of Divorce in Florida; Child Support/ Mediation, Lorman Education Services, April 20, 2004
• Combating Incivility in Mediation/ Administrative Paternity, Florida Family Law Inn of Court, 2004
• Nuts and Bolts of Divorce in Florida; Child Support/ Mediation, Lorman Education Services, January 25, 2006
• Child Support/ Lawyer Advertising and Ethics, 2006 Family Law Seminar, Jacksonville Bar Association Family Law Section, February 16, 2006 - February 18, 2006
• A Roadmap Through Divorce Proceedings; On the Road: Your Key to Getting Started, National Business Institute, November 17, 2006
• Disestablishment of Paternity and Relocation, Jacksonville Bar Association Family Law Section, November 21, 2006
• Child Suppor, 2007 Family Law Section Seminar, Jacksonville Bar Association Family Law Section, November 15, 2007
• Child Support and Equitable Distribution, 2008 Family Law Section Seminar, Jacksonville Bar Association Family Law Section, November 13, 2008

Education

• New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
  J.D.
• Rhode Island College
  B.A.

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Divorced Parent's Relocation, Jacksonville Bar Association Bulletin, October, 2007

Address

425 N. Liberty Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Office Hours

Monday through Friday, 8:30 am until 5:00 pm.

Phones

(904) 358-7818

Faxes

(904) 358-7815

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jaxdivorce.com