Practice Experience

• Vernon Swartsel practices in the areas of wealth preservation and transfer, including estate planning, probate and trust administration and guardianship. For many years he has also focused on real estate, primarily on commercial and developer sales and purchases.

Professional and Civic Activities

• The Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Elder Law sections)
  Ninth Circuit Grievance Committee (1979-1982)
• American Bar Association (Taxation and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections)
• Orange County Bar Association (Estate, Guardianship and Trust Committee)
• Florida United Methodist Foundation (2004-present), Board of Trustees, where he serves on the Finance, Investment and Nominating Committees.
• Kiwanis Club of Orlando Foundation, Member, President (2007-present), Board of Directors (2006-present)
• Florida United Methodist Children's Home (1995-2004), Member, Board of Trustees, former Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, and former member of its Executive, Finance and Investment Advisory Committees.
• Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation (1991-1997), Member, Board of Directors
• Kiwanis Club of Orlando, Member
• First United Methodist Church of Orlando, Member, Board of Trustees, former Chair of Finance, Staff-Parish, Audit Recommendations, Budget and Financial Campaign committees

Professional Recognition

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1970)
• University of Florida (B.S., Journalism, 1965)