Overview
Marla DeVicente Bohlander joined the firm in August 2010. She is a Shareholder of the firm and member of the Private Client Services Practice Group. Marla's practice focuses primarily on estate, tax and wealth transfer planning, estate and trust administration, and pre-marital and post-marital planning matters. Marla also has experience in corporate and business matters, including entity selection and formation and business succession planning.
Representative Matters
- Preparation of wills, trusts, and other sophisticated estate planning instruments
- Legal advice concerning federal income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax issues
- Representation of individuals and corporate fiduciaries in complex probate and trust administration matters
- Tax and legal advice regarding business matters and closely-held business planning
- Preparation of pre-marital and post-marital agreements
- Tax controversies with Internal Revenue Service
- Tax-exempt and charitable organizations
Honors and Distinctions
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2019
- The Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates), 2020-2021
- Lawyer of the Year (Trust and Estates), 2021
Professional Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Tax Section
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Florida Bar
- Tax Section
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Florida Fellows Institute, Class V Participant
Community Involvement
- Suncoast Hospice Professional Partners Council
- Tampa Connection, Class of 2014
News
- Fifty-Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021
- Shareholder Marla D. Bohlander Accepted Into the Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Forty-Six Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- Forty-Nine Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2019
- Marla Bohlander Authors Article on Estate Plan Review for Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine
- Trenam Law Elevates Marla Devicente Bohlander and Kelly J. Ruoff to Shareholder
- How to Make Sure You Don’t Lose Your Charitable Contribution Deduction
- IRS Releases New Form 1023-EZ for Smaller Charities Applying for Tax-Exempt Status
Thought Leadership
- "Reviewing Your Estate Plan," Author, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine, December 2018 Edition
- "How to Make Sure You Don't Lose Your Charitable Contribution Deduction," Author, Trenam Legal Update, January 2016
- "How to Make Sure Your Clients (and You) Don’t Lose a Charitable Contribution Deduction," Author, St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete, pp. 8-9, January/February 2016
- "IRS Releases New Form 1023-EZ for Smaller Charities Applying for Tax-Exempt Status," Author, Trenam Legal Update, September 2014
- "A Panel Discussion Seminar," Suncoast Hospice Foundation, Clearwater, FL, May 2013