Gutman Skrande

Partner

  • Gutman Skrande
  • Phone: +1 305 960 2233

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    201 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3400
    Miami, FL 33131-4325
    USA

Gutman Skrande is a Miami native who specializes in probate, trust and guardianship administration and litigation across South Florida with a focus in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Collier and Monroe Counties. Mr. Skrande represents a diverse group of corporate and individual clients including fiduciaries, banks and trust companies, beneficiaries, creditors, children and surviving spouses. He has extensive experience managing these emotionally charged cases from inception through resolution over a broad spectrum of issues including will and trust contests, trust and will interpretation cases, fiduciary removal actions, breach of fiduciary duty cases, trust modifications and reformations, undue influence disputes, accounting actions, contested fiduciary appointments, disputed creditor claims, challenges to powers of attorney or healthcare surrogates, incapacity determinations, Baker Act cases and fiduciary fee disputes.

Mr. Skrande is a 2011 cum laude graduate of The George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of The George Washington International Law Review, and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. He is proficient in Spanish.

Areas of Practice

  • Estate and Trust Administration and Litigation
  • Guardianship Administration and Litigation

Admissions

  • Florida
  • New York

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2011
    - Member, The George Washington International Law Review

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2023-present
    - Associate, 2016-2022
  • Carlton Fields Jorden Burt P.A.
    - Associate, 2013-2016
  • Wargo & French LLP
    - Associate, 2012-2013
  • Office of the Nassau County Attorney
    - Clerk, Municipal Transactions Bureau, 2011

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Daily Business Review's "On the Rise" List, 2024
  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2021-2024
  • Listed in Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars