Two Hahn Loeser Attorneys Selected Among Florida Legal Elite 2017

Theodore L. Tripp Jr.

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP is pleased to announce that Theodore L. Tripp, Jr. and Andrew J. Krause have been named among Florida Trend magazine’s Florida Legal Elite 2017.

Now it its 14th year, this list recognizes a prestigious group of attorneys chosen by their peers across the state. Florida Trend asked lawyers in Florida to name attorneys they hold in the highest regard or whom they would recommend to others. The lawyers named to this year’s Florida Legal Elite 2017 represent fewer than two percent of the active Florida Bar members who practice in Florida.

Mark R. Klym, Partner-In-Charge of the firm’s Naples office stated, “Hahn Loeser is very proud of Ted and Andrew as they are recognized among Florida’s Legal Elite. Their commitment to excellence both in their practice and in service to their clients is exemplary, and they are certainly well deserving of this honor.”

Krause is a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Naples office, where he focuses his practice on family wealth transactions, including tax and estate planning, and estate and trust settlement and administration. He has experience in planning for charitable gifts, life insurance policy acquisitions, exchanges and sales, retirement plan distribution, qualified resident trusts, GRATs, CRTs, CLTs, FLPs, IDGTs and private foundations. Krause has his LL.M. in estate planning from the University of Miami and is Board Certified by The Florida Bar as Specialist in Wills, Trusts and Estates. He is listed in Florida Super Lawyers® and The Best Lawyers in America®.

Tripp is a partner in the firm’s Ft. Myers office and has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in complex business and civil litigation. Ted is Board Certified by The Florida Bar as a Specialist in both Business Litigation and in Civil Trial Law. He is certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Civil Mediator and as a Mediator in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Florida. Ted has been listed as a Florida Super Lawyer® and in The Best Lawyers in America® for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Probate Litigation.