David M. Garten

DAVID M. GARTEN has been practicing law for 38 years and concentrates his practice in the area of probate, trust, and guardianship litigation. Mr. Garten is the author of the “Probate Corner”, a monthly article published in the Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin pertaining to estate planning, probate, trusts, and guardianship issues. For the past 20 years, Mr. Garten has been awarded an AV rating in Matindale-Hubbell and has been recognized for his high professional legal standards and ethics in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Mr. Garten is a member of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL) Section of the Florida Bar, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the East Coast Estate Planning Counsel, and the Florida Probate Rules Committee (2022 – 2025) . He received his B.S. from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and his J.D. from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Mr. Garten has lectured and written extensively on estate planning, probate, trusts, and guardianships issues. Prior to law school, Mr. Garten was a financial analyst with Ford Motor Company in their aerospace division located in Newport Beach, California.