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Serving Palm City, Florida · Martin County · St. Lucie County Border
Estate Planning and Legal Services for Palm City, Florida
No law firm has a dedicated Palm City estate planning page. We built one — because Palm City families deserve more than a footnote on a Stuart firm's website.
Serving Palm City from Our Port St. Lucie Office
Simmons, Finney & Winfield serves clients in Palm City and the surrounding Martin County area from our Port St. Lucie office at 1961 SW Park Place, Suite 202 — ten miles north on US-1. Palm City sits at the Martin County and St. Lucie County border, close to Port St. Lucie and closer to our office than to most of the Stuart firms that nominally serve the area. Our Port St. Lucie office handles the full range of Florida legal services for Palm City clients with no referral, no secondary status, and no routing through a firm that treats Palm City as an afterthought.
Evett L. Simmons — 58th President of the National Bar Association and past President of the Port St. Lucie Bar Association — leads estate planning, probate, and guardianship for Palm City clients.
Linnes Finney Jr. — 64th President of the National Bar Association and Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer — handles personal injury and business matters.
Louis M. Thermilus handles family law, criminal defense, and property matters.
Advance directives
Written instructions for your medical care if you are unable to communicate them yourself
Healthcare surrogates
Florida-specific designation naming the person authorized to make medical decisions on your behalf
Estate Planning — wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives for Port St. Lucie families and individuals across St. Lucie County. Lead attorney: Evett L. Simmons.
Practice Areas Available to Palm City Clients
Breach of contract, commercial disputes, and business litigation. Lead attorney: Linnes Finney Jr.
Business Law
Estate Planning
Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives. Florida law determines what happens to your estate if you do not. An estate plan replaces that with your actual instructions.
Probate
Administration and litigation for Jensen Beach estates moving through Florida probate court.
Guardianship
Court-supervised guardianship for incapacitated adults and minors in Martin County and St. Lucie County.
Conservatorship
Court-supervised financial management for incapacitated adults in Florida.
Personal Injury
Auto accidents, slip and fall, wrongful death, and premises liability for Palm City residents and families.
Family Law
Divorce, timesharing, child support, and alimony for Palm City families.
Breach of contract, commercial disputes, and business litigation. Lead attorney: Linnes Finney Jr.
Business Law
Criminal Defense
DUI, drug charges, misdemeanor and felony defense, and federal criminal matters.
Commercial & Residential Law
Lease review, real estate transactions, and commercial property disputes.
Property Law & Landlord-Tenant
Eviction, security deposit disputes, habitability, and lease enforcement.
Estate Planning for Palm City Families
Palm City is an established Martin County community — waterfront homes, long-term residents, families with property accumulated over decades, and retirees who came to the Treasure Coast and stayed. It is exactly the community where the gap between having an estate plan and not having one matters most.
Florida probate applies to assets titled in a deceased person's name alone without a beneficiary designation. For Palm City property owners, that means real estate, financial accounts, and personal property can be subject to court-supervised administration before passing to the people intended to receive them. A revocable living trust holds those assets during your lifetime and transfers them at death without probate — no court, no public record, no delay for your family.
Evett L. Simmons handles estate planning for Palm City clients from our Port St. Lucie office. Her practice covers
wills and trusts,
powers of attorney, and
advance directives — the complete set of documents a Palm City family needs — and extends to guardianship and conservatorship matters for clients managing both estate planning and incapacity.
Common Questions From Palm City Clients
Is there an estate planning attorney serving Palm City, Florida?
Yes. Simmons, Finney & Winfield serves Palm City and Martin County border clients from our Port St. Lucie office at 1961 SW Park Place, Suite 202 — ten miles north on US-1. Our Florida attorneys handle estate planning, probate, personal injury, family law, criminal defense, and property law for Palm City clients. Call (772) 873-5900 to schedule.
Do I need to go to Stuart for a probate attorney near Palm City?
No. Our Port St. Lucie office handles Florida probate administration and litigation for clients across St. Lucie County and the Martin County border area including Palm City. Call (772) 873-5900 or use our contact form to discuss your matter.
Does the firm handle wills and trusts for Palm City residents?
Yes. Evett L. Simmons handles wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives for Palm City clients from our Port St. Lucie office. For Palm City property owners, a properly funded revocable living trust keeps your estate out of Florida probate entirely — assets pass directly to your beneficiaries without court involvement.
Does Simmons, Finney & Winfield handle personal injury cases in Palm City?
Yes. Linnes Finney Jr. handles personal injury matters for clients across the Treasure Coast including Palm City. He is Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and has litigated personal injury cases in more than 20 states.
Is Palm City in Martin County or St. Lucie County?
Palm City is in Martin County, Florida. Our Port St. Lucie office is in St. Lucie County, ten miles north of Palm City. We serve clients in both counties and along the Martin County and St. Lucie County border — Palm City, Jensen Beach, and the surrounding area are within our regular service territory.
Contact Us Today
Simmons, Finney & Winfield, LLC serves Palm City and the surrounding Martin County area from our Port St. Lucie office at 1961 SW Park Place, Suite 202, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986. Our Florida attorneys handle estate planning, probate, personal injury, family law, criminal defense, and property law for Palm City clients. Evett L. Simmons is a former President of the National Bar Association and past President of the Port St. Lucie Bar Association. Learn more about the firm on our
Our Firm page.