*Edwin M. Boyer, Esq.

Edwin M. BoyerEDWIN M. BOYER is a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney. He has practiced law in Sarasota, Florida since 1978. He received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1978 from Stetson University College of Law.

Mr. Boyer is Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a fellow in the Academy, a member of the council of advanced practitioners of the Academy, and is the past Editor of the NAELA QUARTERLY and the past Chair of the NAELA publications committee. He presently sits on the NAELA Journal Editorial Board. In 2004 he received the NAELA Presidents Recognition Award for extraordinary contribution to NAELA. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Immediate Past President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, the Florida Chapter of NAELA .

Mr. Boyer is past Chair of the Florida Bar Elder Law Certification Committee, past Chair of the Board of Governors of Senior Friendship Centers of Southwest Florida Inc., Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid Society of Manasota, Inc., Chair of the Florida Department of Children and Families Adult Protection Services Team for Manatee County, Florida, member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Attorney Generals Seniors vs. Crime, Inc., and Past President and current member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Guardianship Foundation. In 1994, he received the Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award for the 12th Judicial Circuit. Mr. Boyer served as a member of the State of Florida Long Term Care Ombudsman Council for 12 years. In 2001, he was appointed to the Florida Lt. Governors Task Force on Affordability and availability of Long Term Care.

Mr. Boyer practices in the area of Elder Law with an emphasis on guardianship, estate planning and administration, advance directives, end of life issues, nursing home resident’s rights, and elder exploitation. He is a co-author of the book Planning for the Elderly in Florida. He has written articles for the Quarterly Journal of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, other elder law organizations and speaks frequently on Elder Law issues. Mr. Boyer was also recently inducted into the Council of Advanced Practioners with the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Also, He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University where he teaches classes on Trusts and Estates.

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