Philip Nodhturft III

Phil is a seasoned attorney with a strong business law background. He began his legal career as an associate attorney at Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. in Tampa. He practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, construction law, and complex commercial litigation.

Phil then served as a federal judicial law clerk at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida for over five years, during which time he clerked for the Honorable Catherine P. McEwen and the Honorable Caryl E. Delano. As a law clerk, Phil gained invaluable insight into the judicial decision making process.

Phil then decided to focus his practice on taxation and estate planning matters. He graduated first in his class from the prestigious University of Florida Graduate Tax Program, the nation’s # 1 public university advanced tax law program. After earning his LL.M. in Taxation, Phil joined the Johnson Pope family. Mr. Nodhturft’s primary areas of practice are estate planning, including gift, estate, and generation skipping tax planning for high net-worth clients, and estate and trust administration. As an estate planning attorney, he advises individuals, families, and business owners on strategies to achieve the conservation and transfer of wealth in the most tax-efficient manner. His practice includes advising on charitable giving options and strategies, business succession planning, family wealth planning, and asset protection strategies. As an estates and trusts administration attorney, Mr. Nodhturft also represents fiduciaries and surviving family members and beneficiaries in the probate estate and trust administration process. Phil has also served in the past as an adjunct professor of estate planning at USF.