Robert C. Segear

Robert Segear is a Partner at Kelley Kronenberg and concentrates his practice in Elder Law, estate planning, probate litigation, and guardianship. Robert is admitted to practice law in Florida, New York, and New Jersey. One of his areas of expertise is “snowbird planning”.

Robert works closely with clients, wealth advisors, financial planners, and accountants to prepare estate planning documents including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, insurance trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and living wills. He also assists clients with funding and administering trusts, administering estates, making family and charitable gifts, and titling assets to avoid probate court.  Robert has developed a niche advising clients with respect to residency and domicile planning and he has extensive experience advising multinational clients with pre-immigration and post-immigration tax planning as well as issues involving U.S. and non-U.S. beneficiaries.

Robert has also served as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Miami School of Law, Heckerling Graduate Program, and taught Introduction to Probate and Estate Planning to students seeking an LL.M. in Estate Planning.

Robert received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Emory University and then went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law. He holds a Legal Master’s degree (LL.M.) in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law.