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

• Tampa Magazine's Top Lawyers List, 2021
• 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