Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney at Law & Certified Mediator

Lawyer Overview

Rebecca M. Becker is a Daytona Beach native who has over 27 years' experience in estate, tax, business and family legal planning. She is a member of the Florida and National Academies of Elder Law Attorneys, the Elder Law, Tax, Real Property and Trusts & Probate sections of the Florida Bar. She is also a Supreme Court Certified Mediator in Civil, Family, Dependency, Appellate and County jurisdictions.

Areas of Practice

• Elder Law
• Financial
• Health Care
• Estate Planning
• Wills and Trusts
• Probate
• Medicaid
• Real Estate
• Guardianship
• Business Plans and Transactions
• Appellate Criminal Defense

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Transactions, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Trusts, Wills, Health & Health Care Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Mediator

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Volusia County Bar Association, 1999 - 2000 (President)
• Volusia County Bar Association, 1994 - 2001 (Board Member)
• Volusia/Flagler Association of Women Lawyers, 1997 - 1998 (President)
• Volusia/Flagler Association of Women Lawyers, 1994 - 1998 (Board)
• Volusia Real Property Council, 1998 - 2001 (Vice-President, Member)
• Seventh Circuit Committee on Professionalism in Law
• Seventh Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee (Chair)
• Florida and National Academies of Elder Law Attorneys (Member)
• Florida Bar Association, Elder Law & Real Property Sections
• Florida Bar Association, Probate & Trust, Tax & General Practice Sections
• Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• Executive Women's Council of Daytona Beach
• Executive Association of Daytona Beach
• Coquina Center Biomedical Ethics Board
• Dunn-Blount Inns of Court (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• University Professor of Philosophy
• Former Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics & Responsibility, Real Estate-Property Law, Family Law, Univ. of Central Florida, Daytona Beach Campus
• Estate Planning Made Understandable / Post-Mortem Tax Planning
• Corporate Buy-Out Options / Deferred Compensation Arrangements That Work
• Split Dollar and Executive Compensation Ideas / Pension Planning Made Simple
• Professionalism in the Marketplace
• How to Work with Other Professional Advisors
• Mediating with an Open Mind / Refresher Tips for Experienced Mediators
• How to Deal with the "Dealer-KIller" / Succeeding in an Adversarial Climate
• Everything You NEVER Wanted to Know About Taxes
• Selling in the Tax Field "Without Intimidation"
• What Professional Advisors Want to Know
• Dealing with Difficult People - Non-Confrontational Strategies
• Is it a (Wo)Man's World? Teamwork for Women
• Thinking is Entertaining - Continuing Education Beyond Job - Training
• Beware the "Buddha Complex" - Reality-Testing for Professional Advisors
• Medicaid: Welfare or Entitlement? The Underlying Philosophical Issues
• The ABCs of Medicaid Qualification & the Fiduciary's Responsibility
• What You Need to Know About Guardianship Practice
• CAVEAT: The Pitfalls of Estate Planning - Beyond "The Simple Will"
• Health Care and Estate Planning: Let Your Will Be Done

Past Employment Positions

• Metropolitan Life Insurance Companies, Counsel & Senior Advanced Underwriting Counsultant
• East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., University Foundation Attorney/Community Relations & Charitable Programs Director
• University of South Florida at Sarasota, University Foundation Attorney/Community Relations & Charitable Programs Director

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, May, 1978
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: President, Society of Trial Advocacy
  Honors: President, Phi DeltaPhi Legal Fraternity
  Honors: First Place Over-all, Writing and Speaking, Freshman Moot Court
  Honors: Outstanding Intern Commendation, State Attorney's Office
  Honors: Student Bar Association, Outstanding Service Award
  Honors: Second Place, Client Counseling Competition
• Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, May, 1969
  M.A. in Philosophy
  Honors: Henry A. Werkmeister Graduate Assistantship
  Honors: Member, National Philosphy Honors Society
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, December, 1966
  B.A. in History

Address

57 Nicholas Court
Ormond Beach, FL 32176-5496

Phones

(386) 672-4365

Faxes

(386) 676-7625

Emails

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Websites

http://www.beckerlaw.net
http://www.elderlawattorney.info