George Wilsey
Meet George Wilsey
Attorney & Founder
George Wilsey is a graduate of Florida State University and George Washington University, College of Law with honors where he was associate editor of the Law Review and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and the Order of Coif, Honor Societies. He is a Martindale-Hubbell Preeminent “AV” Peer Review Rated attorney. George has been recognized by Tampa Bay Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”, by Florida Trend as one of “Florida’s Legal Elite” and by Thomson Reuters as a “Florida Super Lawyer”. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1958 and is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Areas Of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Estate & Trust Administration
- Probate Litigation
- Will and Trusts Contest
Background
- Florida Bar, 1958
- George Washington University National Law Center, J.D., 1958
- Florida State University, B.S., 1953
Professional Memberships & Associations
- St. Petersburg Bar Association, Past President
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
George is a past president of both the St. Petersburg Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate counsel. He is the co-author of the Will and Trust Contest Chapter of the Florida Bar’s Litigation Under the Florida Probate Code practice manual and has also authored several other articles and given seminars on estate planning and will contests for the Florida Bar and other legal organizations. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, George is a long time resident of St. Petersburg, with three children, two of whom are also attorneys in the firm. George practices in the areas of wills, trust, estate planning, probate, estate and trust administration, will contests and probate litigation.
