Dominic Kouffman
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 2 : Private Wealth Disputes
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About
Provided by Dominic Kouffman
Practice Areas
Trusts, Estates and Fiduciary Litigation, Trusts and Estates Administration
Career
Dominic Kouffman is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Tampa and West Palm Beach offices, focusing his practice on fiduciary dispute resolution and trust and estate administration. He is an accomplished litigator and trial lawyer practicing in both federal and state courts in Florida and other jurisdictions. His broad range of experience includes representing both fiduciary and beneficiary clients in complex trust and estate administrations, trust and will challenges, and disputes involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, undue influence, tortious interference with expectancy, lack of capacity, accountings, fiduciary removal, and other related claims. He works closely with his clients to find cost-effective and creative solutions to legal concerns and is skilled at finding resolutions both prior to and after the filing of legal proceedings. In addition, Mr. Kouffman is actively involved in the firm's pro bono efforts, including the launch of the Mickey Rooney Elder Financial Abuse Pro Bono Project in the Tampa office, representing individuals and families in guardianship proceedings, representing individuals victimized by mortgage fraud, advocating for children's legal rights and reuniting families under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction international treaty. He participates in a number of bar- related organizations and sits on the Board of Directors for Voices for Children of Tampa Bay, an organization dedicated to supporting and advocating for children in the dependency system in Hillsborough County, Florida. After graduating from Georgetown University with honors, Mr. Kouffman worked for the U.S. Department of Justice assisting with federal government investigations and civil enforcement actions. While attending the University of Virginia School of Law, he was a senior editor for the Journal of Law and Politics.
Professional Memberships
The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, 2010-present; Real Property, Probate, & Trust Law (RPPTL) Section, 2012-present; Thirteenth Circuit Grievance Committee B, 2020-2024; Constitutional Judiciary Committee, 2013-2019; J. Clifford Cheatwood American Inn of Court; Hilsborough County Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section, Business Law Section; Voices for Children, Board Member; Tampa Connection Alumni; National Association for Urban Debate Leagues, Tampa Chapter, 2012, Board Member
Personal
The Best Lawyers in America guide, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, 2023-2024; Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2015-2018; Up and Comer, Tampa Bay Business Journal, 2014; Supreme Court of Florida Pro Bono Award, 2012-2018
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Dominic Kouffman is a partner in Holland & Knight's Tampa office. Kouffman is well regarded for contentious trust and estate matters, and also handles commercial disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dominic is very good at communicating with the client and including their input in the representation. One of his biggest strengths is that he commands respect but remains civil with the other side."
"Dominic is very good at communicating with the client and including their input in the representation. One of his biggest strengths is that he commands respect but remains civil with the other side."
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