Katharine G. Griffiths

Associate
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Overview

Katharine Griffiths is a private wealth services attorney in Holland & Knight's Tampa office. Ms. Griffiths focuses on complex estate planning, trust administration and probate matters.

Ms. Griffiths provides customized estate and tax planning services for high-net-worth individuals and families. These services include strategies for the minimization of wealth transfer taxes and implementation of sophisticated trusts and other estate planning documents to preserve wealth for future generations.

Ms. Griffiths also counsels corporate and individual fiduciaries in complex trust and probate administration, including contested matters. She regularly assists with formal probate administration, trust modification and preparation of gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax returns.

In addition, Ms. Griffiths regularly provides pro bono representation to clients in need. Among other pro bono matters, she has assisted new charitable organizations obtain their 501(c)(3) status and helped families with guardianship and incapacity matters.

Credentials

Education
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, with distinction
  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
  • Virginia Wesleyan University, B.A., Criminal Justice and Philosophy, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Florida
Memberships
  • The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL) Section
  • The Florida Bar, Tax Section
Honors & Awards
  • Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
  • Order of the Coif
  • Pro Bono Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2019
  • Book Award, Fiduciary Administration, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
  • Book Award, Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
  • Book Award, Law Review, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
  • Book Award, Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2018
  • Book Award, Appellate Advocacy, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
  • Book Award, Constitutional Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
  • Book Award, Professional Responsibility, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
  • Book Award, Trusts & Estates, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2017
  • Accomplished Research Award, Florida Law Review, 2017
  • Book Award, Introduction to Lawyering and the Legal Profession, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016
  • Book Award, Legal Writing, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016
  • Book Award, Torts, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2016

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