Barbara Buxton

Barbara Buxton is an estate planning attorney in Aventura, Florida, whose practice includes estate planning, probate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, Medicaid planning, wealth transfer, gift and estate tax planning, and asset preservation. She also advises individuals, physicians, and businesses on corporate structures, contracts, real estate, creditor protection, and succession planning. Her work helps clients organize assets and prepare for incapacity, transfer, and administration.

Buxton earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1974 and a J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1987. She later earned an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995. She also completed circuit civil mediation training at Florida International University. Her education supports a practice involving tax-sensitive planning, fiduciary matters, business structures, and family wealth transfer.

Buxton’s professional background includes service as an assistant district attorney, work as a civil mediator, trust administration for NationsBank, and service as a special master for the Broward County Value Adjustment Board. In private practice, she advises families on wills, trusts, incapacity planning, charitable giving, nursing-home and Medicaid issues, and estate administration. She also assists business owners with agreements, succession issues, and strategies for preserving family and business assets.

Barbara Buxton brings legal, trust-administration, mediation, and planning experience to estate and business matters. Her practice addresses the connected issues that arise when families own businesses, real estate, investment assets, or property requiring long-term planning. She helps clients develop structures for asset protection and transfer, prepare for incapacity, manage probate or trust responsibilities, and coordinate estate planning with business and tax considerations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, The Law Offices of Barbara Buxton, P.A.
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Florida State Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Elder Law & Tax Sections
• Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
• Member, Miami-Dade and Broward County Bar Association, Elder Law, Probate and Trust, and Real Property Sections
• Member, Professional Advisory Committee of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation on Estate Planning and Elder Law
• Member, Florida Association for Women Lawyers
• Member, Broward County Women Lawyers Association
• Member, Broward County Estate Planning Council
• Member, Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

Licensed State

• Florida
• Texas

Education

• University of Miami School of Law
  L.L.M. (Master in Laws of Estate Planning)
• St. Mary’s University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Michigan
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology
• Florida International University
  Circuit Civil Mediation Training

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