Richard L. Stockton is very active in estate planning and taxation, as well as probate administration. Mr. Stockton has been heavily involved in the computerization of the firm's drafting manuals and is currently serving as an author of Florida Wills and Trusts, a document assembly system published by Lawgic Publishing Company. He has significant experience and proficiency in post-mortem and generation-skipping planning, and has written and lectured on various estate planning topics, including several chapters in Estate and Personal Financial Planning published by West Publishing Company. Mr. Stockton is Board Certified in Wills, Trusts, and Estates, and has been a member of the Certification Committee in that specialty.

Mr. Stockton is a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, and is a member of the Estate and Trust Tax Planning Committee of that section. He is also a member of the Tax Section of the Florida Bar. Mr. Stockton holds the highest rating assigned by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Stockton earned his B.A. degree, with high honors, in 1971 from Princeton University and his J.D. degree, with honors, in 1979 from the University of Florida. He served as an aircrew member for five years in the United States Air Force and for four additional years in the United States Air Force Reserve.

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