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| | Address | | One Independent Drive, Suite 2301 | | Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5059 | | (Duval Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 904-356-6311 | | Fax: 904-356-7330 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.hacsr.com | | |
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| Holbrook, Akel, Cold, Stiefel & Ray, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Federal and State, Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation, Probate, Trusts, Partnership and Corporate Law. Bankruptcy. Income, Gift, Estate Tax Planning. Pension and Profit Sharing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Condominiums, Insurance, Labor, Construction, Family Law, Criminal Law, Professional Corporations and Agreements. | | Year Established: 1954 | Firm Profile:
Holbrook, Akel, Cold, Stiefel & Ray, P.A., was established in 1954 as Blalock & Holbrook. The firm has a general practice offering a wide range of legal services. The firm engages in an extensive program of continuing legal education and three of its members who are Certified Public Accountants also attend continuing professional accounting education programs. | | Firm Size: 9 | Representative Clients:
Ring Power Corporation; Acousti Engineering Company of Florida; W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.; Ring Power Corp.; Jack Wilson Chevrolet-Buick, Inc.; National Sheet Metal Co.; Paul Clark Ford-Mercury, Inc.; Florida Mechanical Systems, Inc.; Southern Marine Chemists, Inc.; Florida Asphalt Contracting, Inc.; J.B. Coxwell Contracting, Inc.; Duval Asphalt Products, Inc.; Vinyl Industrial Products, Inc.; Colliers Dickinson; North Florida Anesthesia Consultants. Lenders: First Union Mortgage Corporation; First Union National Bank; First South Bank n.a.; Bank of America n.a.; C N B National Bank; Cendant Mortgage Corporation; Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.; Farm Credit of North Florida, aca; First National Bank; Southtrust Mortgage Corporation; Southtrust Bank; Suntrust Bank; Adamec Harley-Davidson. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.; Compass Bank; First Union Mortgage Co.; Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.; Cendant Mortgage Corp.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.and Lawyers Title Insurance Company (both held by Landamerica). | | Edward C. Akel (Member) born Sumter, South Carolina, February 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Florida; 1976, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1972); Florida State University (J.D., with high honors, 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Florida State University Law Review, 1974-1975. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1975. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (Board Certified Tax Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trusts; Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Corporate Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Shareholder Agreements; Real Property; Real Estate Exchanges; Business Sales; Acquisitions; Professional Corporations; Health Care Agreements. Email: Edward C. Akel | | Kathleen Holbrook Cold (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, December 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia and Florida; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Auburn University and University of Florida (B.S.B.A., with honors, 1977); University of Florida (J.D., with high honors, 1980). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Corpus Juris Secundum Award. Tax Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1979-1980. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1980. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts; Probate; Taxation; Corporate and Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Kathleen Holbrook Cold | | Daniel D. Akel (Member) born Sumter, South Carolina, October 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1973); University of North Florida (B.B.A., 1977); Ohio Northern University (J.D., Willis Honor Society, 1980). Phi Alpha Delta. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1980. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Real Property Transactions; Estate Planning; Probate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Daniel D. Akel | | H. Leon Holbrook, III (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, July 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida and U.S. Tax Court; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1978; J.D., with honors, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Marital and Family Law; Real Property Law. Email: H. Leon Holbrook, III | | John R. Stiefel, Jr. (Member) born Gainesville, Florida, November 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1980); University of Florida (J.D., 1985). Member: Jacksonville, Fourth and Eighth Judicial Circuits and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Creditors Rights; Creditor Bankruptcy; Contract Law. Email: John R. Stiefel, Jr. | | Thomas R. Ray (Member) born Ashtabula, Ohio, August 31, 1949; admitted to bar, 1979, Florida and Ohio; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1971; M.A., 1976 ); Cleveland State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Associate Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Jacksonville and Federal (President, Jacksonville Chapter, 1988-1989) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Labor Relations (Management) Law. Email: Thomas R. Ray | | —————————— | | Bethany Ray Reichard (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2001, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Auburn University (B.A., with honors, 1996); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1999). Symposium Editor, Cumberland Law Review. Recipient, Cumberland Scholar of Merit Award in Contracts. Member: Jacksonville Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: General Practice; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation. | | Heather L. Visali (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, May 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1998); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Jacksonville Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Marital Law; Family Law. Email: Heather L. Visali |
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