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Lee-ford Tritt

Professor of Law
Director, Center for Estate Planning
Director, Estates & Trusts Practice Certificate Program
Associate Director, Center on Children and Families
Mailing Address: Box #117625 Gainesville, FL 32611
Email: Tritt@law.ufl.edu
Phone: 352.273.0952
Fax: 352.392.3005
Vita [PDF]

Education

LL.M. in Taxation, New York University
J.D., New York University
B.A., University of the South

Teaching and Scholarship

Wills, Trusts & Estates; Fiduciary Administration; Estate Planning; Property Succession; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation

Professional Activities

  • University of Florida: Joined College of Law in 2005 as Assistant Professor, Named as Director of the Center for Estate Planning, Director of the Estates & Trusts Practice Certificate Program, and the Associate Director for the Center on Children and Families in 2005; Promoted to Associate Professor in 2008; Promoted to Professor in 2011.
  • Prior Academic Experience: Adjunct Professor at Pace University School of Law (Estate & Gift Taxation).
  • Private Practice: Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York, NY)(2000-2005); Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP (New York, NY)(1997-2000).
  • Admitted to Practice: Florida Bar, New York Bar, New Jersey Bar and California Bar.
  • Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust; Florida Bar Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; AALS Section on Donative Transfers; The Copyright Society of the USA.

Honors

  • 2010 University of Florida’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Education
  • 2012 University of Florida’s Impact Award
  • College of Law Professor of the Year: 2008-2009; 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2011-2012
  • BALSA Mentor of the Year: 2007-2008; 2010-2011

Estates & Trusts (3 credits) – LAW 6430

Fiduciary Administration (3 credits) – LAW 6440

Estate Planning (3 credits) – LAW 6450

Advanced Topics in Estates & Trusts (2 credits) – LAW 6936

Advanced Topics in Estate Planning (2 credits) – LAW 6936

Law Review Articles

  • A Stewardship Theory of Trust Law (in progress)
  • The Limitations of an Economic Agency Cost Theory of Trust Law, 32 CARDOZA L. REV. 101 (2011)
  • Technical Correction or Tectonic Shift: Competing Default Rule Theories Under the New Uniform Probate Code, ALA. L. REV. (2010).
  • Sperms and Estates: An Unadulterated Functionally Based Approach to Parent-Child Property Succession, 62 SMU L. REV. 101, 187 (2009).
  • Liberating Estates Law from the Constraints of Copyright, 38 RUTGERS L.J. 109 (2006).
  • Other Articles:
    Parent-Child Property Succession, TRUSTS & ESTATES MAGAZINE, Aug. 2009, at 18.
  • Copyright Issues for Estate Planners, JOURNAL OF WEALTH PLANNING (forthcoming)
  • Estate Planning Issues for Copyright Holders, TRUSTS & ESTATES MAGAZINE (forthcoming).

Books

  • LEE-FORD TRITT, ESTATE PLANNING FOR AUTHORS AND ARTISTS, 815-2nd TAX MANAGEMENT ESTATES, GIFTS AND TRUST PORTFOLIOS (Bureau of National Affaris, Inc. 2011).
  • TRITT, WRIGHT AND WEISBERG, FLORIDA PROBATE CODE AND RELATED PROVISIONS WITH COMMENTARY (Aspen Publishers, 2010)
  • LEE-FORD TRITT, MORTAL REMAINS, TAX MANAGEMENT ESTATES, GIFTS AND TRUST PORTFOLIOS (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 2011)(forthcoming 2011)