The Florida Domicile Handbook: Vital Information for New Florida Residents: 2nd Edition
The president of Kilbourn Associates in Naples, Florida, Mike Kilbourn is a Family Wealth Transfer Planning Specialist who enjoys taking the worry and mystery out of financial planning. Over the years, Mr. Kilbourn has positioned himself as a leading national authority on estate tax matters and local expert on the complexities of Florida domicile. His sophisticated estate planning abilities have produced remarkable results and secured the trust of hundreds of wealthy individuals and families.Mike Kilbourn is a decorated Vietnam veteran with five college degrees including four masters degrees cum laude and was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma. Accredited with fourteen professional designations including Chartered Financial Consultant and Accredited Estate Planner, he is founder and chairman of the Wealth Protection NetworkÃ Â®, a national network of estate planning professionals.Mike Kilbourn is also the author of Disinherit the IRS (Career Press 2001), and contributing author of Optimal Aging Manual (Optimal Aging, LLC, 2004), Giving Philanthropy for Everyone (Quantum Press, 2002), 21st Century Wealth: Essential Financial Planning Principles (Quantum Press, 2000), and Ways and Means: Maximize the Value of Your Retirement Savings (Esperti Peterson Institute, 1999).Ã ÂBrad A. Galbraith is a partner with Hahn, Loeser & Parks LLP in Naples, Florida, and co-partner-in-charge of the firm s Indianapolis office. His practice focuses exclusively on providing creative, cutting-edge estate, tax and business planning advice to business owners and other wealthy individuals. Brad is board certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by the Florida Bar Association.Brad began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant. After switching to the practice of law and seeing the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of traditional planning methods, he endeavored to find a better way to assist his clients with estate, tax and business planning. As an estate planning attorney, he developed a model designed to provide clients with comprehensive, personalized estate, tax and business succession plans that withstand the test of time.Brad maintains an Indiana CPA license and is a frequent presenter on estate and tax planning topics to CPAs and attorneys at conferences and continuing education events throughout the United States.Additionally, Brad is the coauthor of an extensive continuing education program for CPAs, which was published and distributed nationally. That program, titled Estate Planning for CPAs, has been presented to thousands of CPAs throughout the United States.Brad has been listed in FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Managers in 2010. He is active in several national and local charitable and religious organizations as well as organizations that support the arts.