David Ottiner’s legal practice covers corporate transactions, taxation and estate planning.  David's experience includes forming business entities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and leasing transactions, employee and shareholder agreements, and general business or operational agreements.

David also provides personal estate planning, asset protection planning, and estate and trust administration.  David also focuses on planning to minimize income, estate and gift taxation, and structuring proper methods for family wealth transfers and succession of business ownership.

David’s work with businesse owners on mergers and acquisitions and business succession planning, has provided him experience in employee stock ownership plans, and administration of a significant number of ESOPs over the last 10 years.

Education

• University of Florida, B.S.B.A. accounting (with honors, 1976)
• Stetson University College of Law, J.D. (1980)

Expertise

•     Corporate
•     ESOPs
•     Estate Planning
•     Mergers & Acquisitions
•     Probate
•     Taxation
•     Trusts
•     Wealth Transfer