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Megan Greene, a partner with Greene & Greene, was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and is happy to still call it home today. She attended the University of Florida, where she earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science, and a Juris Doctor degree. While in law school, Megan served as a member of the Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Estates and Trusts Society. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Community Service Certificate and the Pro Bono Outstanding Achieve...

Peter advises individuals and families with respect to estate planning, wealth preservation issues and business succession planning. He also represents businesses and entrepreneurs with respect to startup ventures, financing, and mergers and acquisitions. He further represents tax exempt organizations, foundations and charitable groups.

Rachael Wood is an employment and litigation attorney in Clearwater, Florida, who advises businesses and individuals on workplace matters and represents clients in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. As a partner in the Labor & Employment Group at Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP , she provides practical guidance on employment decisions, workplace disputes, and litigation strategy. Rachael handles a broad range of employment law matters, including disc...

Mary Jo Carney is a real estate attorney with more than 40 years of experience representing developers, property owners, landlords, tenants, and investors in commercial real estate matters throughout Florida. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, she serves clients through Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, where her practice focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions involving acquisitions, financing, leasing, development, redevelopment, and sales. Mary Jo regularly advise...

Nicholas joined Johnson Pope in 2014. Nicholas represents individuals and families with respect to estate planning, wealth preservation issues, business succession planning, state and local tax issues, the formation of businesses, and the purchases and sales of businesses. Nicholas also represents fiduciaries (personal representatives and trustees) and beneficiaries in the administration of probate estates and trusts.

Thomas B. Smith is a health care attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida, with more than 35 years of experience in the health care industry. He began his career in hospital administration and served in senior leadership positions at several Florida hospitals, including as Assistant Director of a 600-bed teaching hospital. His experience in hospital operations exposed him to the legal and regulatory challenges involving governance, reimbursement, and compliance, leading him to pursue a law degree ...

Attorney Timothy M. Ingram, Jr. is a personal injury attorney with Ingram Injury Law PA in Clearwater, Florida, representing individuals and families in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs matters. He focuses his practice on advocating for people who have suffered injuries due to negligence and wrongful conduct. Timothy earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the University of Florida in 2016, graduating Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He continued his legal ...

Over 30 years of estate and gift tax planning, and asset protection planning, mostly for high net worth individuals and estates. Consultation, planning and preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts, grantor trusts, family limited partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, LLPs; shareholder and other business continuation agreements, life insurance trusts; planned charitable giving; post-death tax planning for estates, trusts and the decedent’s family; complex probates.

Zachary D. Messa is a Board Certified Intellectual Property attorney. He has lived in Pinellas County since 1998 and joined Johnson Pope in the fall of 2001 after graduating from Stetson University College of Law. He is a member of the International Trademark Association and has served as an editor of The Trademark Report, The Law Journal of the International Trademark Association. Since joining the firm, Zachary has gradually focused his practice to all facets of intellectual property law, s...

Joel has over 40 years of experience in tax, business, asset protection, and estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs. He consults on business entities, including limited liability companies (LLCs), S corporations and limited liability partnerships (LLPs). He structures and prepares shareholder agreements, operating agreements and other business agreements. He also routinely handles sophisticated estate planning including the preparation of wills, revocabl...