John J Grundhauser is a shareholder of the firm and focuses on estate planning; estate and trust administration; gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) taxation; and income taxation of trusts and estates.  He serves clients primarily in the firm’s Miami (Coral Gables) office, but he also serves clients in the firm’s Naples and Palm Beach offices.  John represents both individual and corporate fiduciaries in the administration of probate and trust estates, and has extensive experience representing fiduciaries of probate and trust estates in excess of $50 million.  John also represents beneficiaries in probate and trust matters.  John prepares estate plans for individuals from all walks of life, from entrepreneurs with extensive business holdings to retirees.  He also prepares gift and estate tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns for estates and trusts.  In conjunction with other firm attorneys, John has obtained private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service on a number of tax issues, including issues involving GST tax exemption allocations, protective alternate valuation elections, qualified terminable interest property trust elections and divisions, and qualified subchapter S trust status.

John is recognized for his trusts and estates expertise in The Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh and Smith (2007 through 2011).  John has also been recognized as one of South Florida's top lawyers in the South Florida Legal Guide (2005 through 2011), and initially as an “Up and Comer” in "The List: South Florida's Top Lawyers" in the 2001 edition of same guide.  John has also been selected for inclusion in the Florida Super Lawyers list (2006 - 2009, 2011) published by Law & Politics.

John graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1987 where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and he served on the University of Miami Law Review as an Associate Editor for two years.  John received his undergraduate degree from Lindenwood University in 1975, with a double major in mathematics and communication arts.  John is a co-author of “Estate Planning for the Solo Practitioner:  What Happens if I Die Tomorrow?,” Florida Bar Journal, January, 1994, and “Practice Alert: Private Letter Ruling Extends Availability of Protective Section 2032 Elections,” RIA Estate Planners Alert Newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 11 (Nov. 2, 1999), and the author of Note, "The DES Manufacturer Identification Problem: A Florida Public Policy Approach," 40 University of Miami Law Review 857, 1986.  John is a member of the American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Taxation and Law Practice Management sections), The Florida Bar (admitted 1987; Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Tax Sections), Dade County Bar Association, the Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami, and the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning.  John served as the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Miami Foundation, formerly The Dade Community Foundation. He also served two years as Chairman of the Program Committee of the same organization, and six years on the Board of Trustees before reaching the term limit.  John is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and a past Elder of Miami Shores Presbyterian Church.