Legislative Update
Michael A. Dribin is a partner in the Miami law firm of Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O'Connor Albert & Dribin LLP. Mr. Dribin obtained a B.A. degree from Northwestern University in 1972, a J.D. degree from Loyola University of Chicago in 1975 and a LL.M. degree in Taxation from the University of Miami in 1979.
Practicing since 1975, Mr. Dribin is a Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer since 1986; is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel since 1990 (member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee); is Secretary of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar; and serves on the Section's Legislative Committee, Probate Law and Procedure Committee (Past Chair), and Probate and Trust Litigation Committee. Mr. Dribin is Past Chair of the Section's Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Committee; and is a member of the Tax Section and Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. Mr. Dribin is an Estate Planning Advisor in the University of Miami Masters in Estate Planning program, an active member of the Probate and Guardianship Court Committee of the Dade County Bar Association and Past President of the Estate Planning Council of Miami.
Mr. Dribin has been designated a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine for four consecutive years, recognized since 1993 in Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward and White and designated a 2009 "Florida Legal Elite" in Florida Trend magazine by his peers. Mr. Dribin is a frequent lecturer on areas of probate, trust and guardianship laws and related areas of litigation, and in the area of estate planning.
