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C. Randolph Coleman, the founder of the Coleman Elder Law and Estate Planning Center, with its primary office in Jacksonville, Florida,entered private law practice in Miami, Florida, in 1978 as a member of The Florida Bar. He moved his practice to Jacksonville, Florida in 1991. The Florida law firm's practice is limited to estate planning, Florida elder law and Medicaid planning, special needs planning, financial and tax planning, business succession planning including choice of business entity, wealth preservation and asset protection planning, guardianship, Florida probate and trust administration.

Mr. Coleman is a frequent lecturer and nationally recognized speaker in the areas of estate planning, financial planning, and asset protection. He is the co-author of "Animal Trusts and Estate Planning," The Florida Bar, continuing legal education program, 2008; "The New Florida Trust Code", published by Lorman Professional Seminars in 2008; "Pets and Pet Trusts," The Florida Bar, continuing legal education program, 2005; "Asset Protection Techniques in Florida", published by the National Business Institute in 2004; the author of "Family Limited Partnerships in Florida" (Chapter entitled "Ethical Considerations", published by the National Business Institute in 2002; "Key Issues in Estate Planning and Probate in Florida" (Chapter entitled "Protecting the Passage of Wealth"), published by the National Business Institute in 1997, and "Advanced Estate Planning Techniques in Florida" (Chapter entitled "The Use of Family Limited Partnership in Estate Planning") published by the National Business Institute in 1995.

He is a member of The Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, Elder Law Section, Tax Section, Business Law Section, and Animal Law Committee), the American Bar Association, the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, the Florida Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Estate Planning Council of Northeast Florida, and the Planned Giving Council of Northeast Florida. Mr. Coleman is the former Director of Asset Protection Planning for The Florida Physicians Association (FPA). He also is a past Chairman of the Planned Giving Committee for the Arthritis Foundation, Florida Chapter, Northeast Florida Region.

A graduate of the University of Florida (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in accounting, 1972) and the University of Florida College of Law, with Honors, 1978, where Mr. Coleman was awarded the American Jurisprudence Awards for academic achievement in Corporations Law and Commercial Paper. Mr. Coleman was a practicing CPA in Florida for six years prior to entering law practice.

Mr. Coleman and The Coleman Law Firm, PLLC, are "AV" rated, and have been continuously since 1989, by Martindale-Hubbell, the peer review rating service for lawyers and are listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers, which lists only those select lawyers and law firms who have earned the A-V® Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and have therefore been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field.