The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto is located in Daytona Beach, serving business owners, individuals, families, companies, personal representatives, and trustees throughout the surrounding communities.
The firm's practice brings together Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration, areas that often intersect when clients are building businesses, planning for the future, or navigating significant transitions.
Schedule a free consultation →Counsel for business owners, companies, buyers, and sellers in matters involving formation and governance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, outside general counsel, and business succession.
Explore Business Law →Planning for individuals, families, and business owners, from wills and revocable trusts to incapacity planning, asset protection, advanced planning, and the transfer of business and family wealth.
Explore Estate & Succession Planning →Representation for personal representatives, trustees, beneficiaries, and families administering Florida estates and trusts, including probate, homestead, fiduciary responsibilities, beneficiary issues, and distributions.
Explore Probate & Trust Administration →The firm works with companies, owners, and partners in Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, and across Volusia and Flagler counties. Some are forming a first LLC. Others run a closely held business that has been operating for decades.
In practice, that means business formation and governance, contracts and transactions, buying or selling a business, outside general counsel, and business succession planning.
The early questions are usually about ownership: who owns what, who makes decisions, and what happens if a partner leaves or dies. Those are easier to settle while everyone still agrees. In a Florida LLC, the answers belong in the operating agreement.
From there, the work follows the business: customer and vendor contracts, a purchase or sale, and the legal questions that come up between bigger decisions.
For a family business, the owner's estate plan and the company's succession plan should point in the same direction.
Explore Business Law →Individuals, couples, retirees, and business owners in Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Palm Coast, and throughout Volusia and Flagler counties work with the firm on a Florida estate plan built around their family and their assets.
The work includes wills and trusts, incapacity planning (a durable power of attorney and a health care surrogate designation, for example), asset protection as a planning area, advanced planning, and estate and succession planning for owners whose business is part of the estate.
A plan is only as good as the way assets are owned. Beneficiary designations, joint accounts, and trust funding can matter as much as the will itself.
Many clients have lived in other states or have family spread across the country. A plan signed elsewhere still needs a Florida review. So does one that has not been looked at in years. Families in DeLand and western Volusia work with the firm on the same planning, and a funded revocable trust can let assets pass without probate where a will alone generally cannot.
Explore Estate Planning →After a death, the firm advises and represents trustees, personal representatives, and family members in Daytona Beach, DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, and across Volusia and Flagler counties.
Volusia and Flagler are part of Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit, which also includes Putnam and St. Johns counties. In Volusia County, probate records are kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court's Probate & Guardianship division, which lists its contact at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand. The circuit also has court facilities in Daytona Beach. Flagler County's courthouse is the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in Bunnell.
Where does the case get filed? A Florida probate is generally opened in the county where the person who died was domiciled.
The firm handles probate administration, formal or summary, and trust administration. It also advises trustees and personal representatives on their fiduciary duties.
When a parent dies in Volusia County without a will, Florida's intestacy law decides who inherits, and probate is usually how the property is transferred. The first steps are to get certified death certificates, gather deeds, account statements, and insurance policies, and avoid moving or distributing assets until a personal representative has authority from the court.
Explore Probate & Trust Administration →The firm's work is inherently connected to the people and communities it serves. Closely held businesses support families and employ neighbors. Estate plans concern homes, businesses, and relationships built over decades. Probate and trust administration often begins during one of the most difficult periods in a family's life.
Located in Daytona Beach, the firm serves clients throughout Volusia and Flagler Counties, including Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Palm Coast, and surrounding communities.
Clients from Seminole County also meet with the firm at the Daytona Beach office. Brevard County clients can meet by appointment in Suntree through the firm's Melbourne, Viera, and Suntree location.
Veteran-owned. Family-run. Community-focused.
The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto works with owners in Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, and across Volusia and Flagler counties to form Florida LLCs and draft their operating agreements. Business clients meet with the firm at its Daytona Beach office. For what the agreement should say when an owner leaves, see Florida LLC Operating Agreements: Death, Divorce, Disability & Buyouts.
Yes. Business succession planning is part of the firm's work with owners in Volusia and Flagler counties, and it is coordinated with each owner's own estate plan. More detail is on the Business Succession Planning page.
The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto meets with estate planning clients at 1616 Concierge Blvd., Suite 100, Daytona Beach, FL 32117. The firm puts together Florida estate plans for people in Daytona Beach, DeLand, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, and across Volusia County. If you are not sure you need more than a will, start with Is a Will Enough in Florida?
Ask who will actually handle your matter, whether the firm also handles probate and trust administration, and whether it can coordinate a family business with your estate plan. The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto serves DeLand and Daytona Beach clients from its Daytona Beach office, brings business law, estate planning, and probate and trust administration together in one practice, and clients work directly with an attorney.
Yes. The firm works with individuals and families in Palm Coast and throughout Flagler County on wills, trusts, incapacity planning, and probate and trust administration. The firm's office is in Daytona Beach.
Yes. The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto handles probate administration, formal or summary, for Volusia County estates from its office at 1616 Concierge Blvd., Suite 100, Daytona Beach, FL 32117. The firm advises and represents personal representatives, trustees, and family members in Daytona Beach, DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, and across Volusia and Flagler counties.
Not always, because not every estate needs probate. Whether one does depends on what the person owned and how it was titled. When probate is needed, a lawyer can guide the personal representative through each step. In a formal administration, Florida Probate Rule 5.030 requires the personal representative to be represented by a Florida attorney unless the personal representative is the sole interested person. The firm handles Volusia County probate administration for families in DeLand, Daytona Beach, and across the county.
Yes. The firm advises successor trustees in Daytona Beach and throughout Volusia and Flagler counties on Florida trust administration, from reviewing the trust to notifying beneficiaries and making distributions. See What Does a Successor Trustee Actually Have to Do After a Death?
Yes. Seminole County clients meet at the firm's Daytona Beach office, and clients in Brevard County can meet by appointment in Suntree.
Yes. You can schedule a free consultation through the Contact page; consultations are available for Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration matters.
The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto
1616 Concierge Blvd., Suite 100
Daytona Beach, FL 32117
We return every call and email no later than the next business day, and often sooner.
Consultations are available for Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration matters.
