AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Certified in Tax Law, The Florida Bar

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2005-2006; ranked in the top 2% of practicing Florida Bar Members

Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2007 

Thomas J. Ellwanger has experience with estate planning; trust and estate administration; personal tax planning; charitable tax planning; and the organization and representation of tax-exempt organizations.

Presentations

• "Trusts Drafting and Design 2008," Presenter, All Children's Hospital Tenth Annual Estate, Tax, Legal & Financial Planning Seminar, February 2008
• "Estate Planning Issues for Non-Traditional Couples," Moderator and Presenter, Hillsborough County Bar Association, February 2005

Publications

• "Planning for Revaluations of Prior Gifts in Taxation of Estates," Author, Journal of Taxation, January 1994
• "Delegating Health Care Decision in Florida," Author, Action Line, a Publication of the Florida Bar, May/June 1991
• "Florida Intangible Personal Property Tax," Author, book chapter, Florida Tax Service, Matthew Bender, 1985
• "Florida Intangible Personal Property Tax," Author, book chapter, Florida State and Local Taxes, Florida Bar, 1984
• "ERTA Gives New Impetus to the Use of Joint Tenancy in Planning for Gifts and Estates," Author, Estate Planning March 1982
• "Many Post-Death Decisions Can Greatly Reduce Estate and Income Taxes," Co-Authored with E. Jackson Boggs, Taxation for Lawyers, January/February 1979
• Gadsden County Times, Editor, Quincy, FL, 1970-1972