Welcome to Cramer Law Center

Welcome to the Cramer Law Center. Our law office is conveniently located in the Mandarin area of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. I am Jeffrey Cramer and as an estate planning lawyer I focus my practice on all aspects of estate planning for individuals and their families, asset protection and business planning for professionals and owners of small businesses, including preparing wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, designations of healthcare surrogate, special needs trusts, revocable living trusts, buy-sell agreements, family partnerships, and family limited liability companies. The estate planning attorneys at the Cramer Law Center also focus on the legal needs of senior citizens, practicing in the area of elder law, including Medicaid planning and guardianships. In a guardianship proceeding, we can represent the interests of the person seeking to be appointed guardian or we can protect the interests of the ward, who is alleged to be incapacitated. We also are involved in all aspects of estate administration, including probate and trust administration. In situations where there has been no planning or ineffective planning, we also handle cases involving probate litigation, guardianship litigation, will contests, trust contests, disputes between heirs, removal of a trustee, removal of a personal representative, undue influence, probate fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, forged documents, trust reformation, or spouse’s elective share.

Our office is located in Duval County, but we also service the surrounding areas including Ponte Vedra Beach and St. Augustine in St. Johns County, Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island in Nassau County, Orange Park and Green Cove Springs in Clay County, Palatka in Putnam County, Palm Coast in Flagler County, MacClenny in Baker County, and Starke in Bradford County, in Northeast Florida. I hope you will find the information contained in this website useful and that you will feel free to contact an estate planning lawyer at the Cramer Law Center if you have any legal questions.

Our Mission

Our mission as estate planning attorneys is to ensure that our clients maintain control of their property while alive and well, plan for themselves and their loved ones if they become disabled and then give what they have, to whom they want, when they want and in the way they want, all while assuring their wisdom is transferred along with their wealth. We combine extensive client counseling with a continuing maintenance and education program to design estate plans that work. We focus not only on transferring financial wealth, but also on assisting clients to leave their wisdom and legacy to future generations. We do all of this in a caring and compassionate environment. Read and learn more about how we can help you in the menu under Areas of Practice.

Latest Post

WASTED WEALTH: $40 MILLION AND NO WILL

Roman Blum died last year in New York at the age of 97 with $40 million worth of assets. At first glance, that sounds like a wonderful way to leave the world. However, Mr. Blum passed away without a will or any other indication of who he wanted to receive his fortune. He also was a Holocaust survivor, and it appears that his unique history died with him

Mr. Blum left behind enough assets to really make a difference in the world. If he had planned, he would have had many options to improve the lives of others by making charitable contributions or leaving money to specific individuals. Unfortunately, without a plan or any obvious heirs (Mr. Blum died without a spouse or children), the $40 million may end up going to the state of New York rather than to the causes or people Mr. Blum cared about.

Perhaps the most tragic part of Mr. Blum’s failure to plan is that he died without preserving his life wisdom. Mr. Blum’s friends and acquaintances gave the media a rough timeline of his life, but no one seemed to know his exact experience during the Holocaust. He earned his fortune buying and developing property, but it does not appear that he ever shared his secret to success.

If you know anyone who has wealth to share with the world, whether it is assets or life wisdom, encourage them to plan before it is too late. A counseling-oriented estate planning attorney can help to preserve their individual legacy and ensure their wealth passes according to their wishes and not the state’s.

For more on Mr. Blum, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/holocaust-survivor-left-an-estate-worth-almost-40-million-but-no-heirs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0