Virgil & Rubel LLP

Publications & Seminars

Eric Virgil

Seminars

  • Confidentiality In the Age of Technology, The Probate Team, October 2023
  • Recent Case Law Update, The Florida Bar Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section, Attorney-Trust Officer Conference, August 2023
  • Evidentiary Presumptions in Undue Influence Cases, ACTEC, Fiduciary Litigation Committee, June 2023
  • Recent Case Law Update (Semi-Annual), Dade County Bar, April 2023
  • Standards of Capacity for the Rights Addressed by the Examining Committee, The Florida Bar Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section, Guardianship CLE, April 2023
  • Panel on Ethics for Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorneys, The Florida Bar Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section, Wills, Trusts & Estates Certification Review Course, April 2023
  • Annual Case Law Update, Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, January 2023

  • Probate, Trust, Guardianship, and Estate Planning Case Law Updates
    (Semi-Annual) – Presented to the Dade County Bar Association – 2007 to
    Present
  • Virgil’s Top Ten Legal Trusts, Financial Planning Association of Miami, Annual Symposium, November 2021
  • Annual Case Law Update, Elder Law Section of The Florida Bar, January 2021
  • Recent Case Law Update – Estate Planning Council of Broward County, May 2020
  • Restoration of Rights in Guardianship, Elder Law Section of The Florida Bar – 2020 Essentials of Elder Law, January 2020
  • Is there Substance to My Anxiety – Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues and Solutions, Judge’s Panel Discussion, The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Attorney-Trust Officer Conference, June 2019
  • Is He My Lawyer or is She – When a Private Attorney Appears on Behalf of the Alleged Incapacitated Person – The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Guardianship Seminar, February 2019
  • Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency – Estate Planning Council of N.E. Florida, September 2018
  • Decision-Making Standards in Guardianship – Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers 2018 Training Symposium, August 2018
  • Recent Case Law Update – The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Wills, Trusts & Estates Certification & Practice Review Course, April 2018
  • “The Post-Mortem Trust Litigation,” – Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Litigation and Trust Law Symposium, March 2018
  • Annual Case Law Update – Florida Bar Elder Law Section, January 2018
  • “How Does the Guardian Decide? Best Interest Standard v. Substituted Judgment Standard,” -Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Guardianship Seminar, November 2017
  • “Confidentiality in the New Technological World,” FLEA Probate Team Conference, October 2017
  • “Did Someone Just Take a Byte Out of My Client’s Digital Assets?” – Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, June 2017
  • Bringing to Life End of Life Directives – Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation, May 2017
  • “Protecting Digital Assets – With Great Power Come Great Responsibility,” – Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Legislative and Case Law Update Seminar, December 2016
  • “Tangibles – Pots, Pans and That Rauschenberg,” – FLEA Probate Team Conference, October 2016
  • “The Mad Hatter’s Case Law Update; Why Sometimes I’ve Believed as Many as Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast,”- Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Guardianship Seminar, January 2016
  • “Effectively Amending and Revoking Trusts,” Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Litigation and Trust Law Symposium, January 2016
  • “Digital Assets, AMEX Points, LLCs, and Other Cool Stuff” – The Probate Team Seminar (FLEA), October 2013
  • “Till Death Do Us Part – Marital Agreements in Probate and Trust Litigation” – Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section Litigation and Trust Law Symposium, May 2012
  • You Won the Case, Don’t Lose to the Calendar – Attorney’s Fees and Rule 1.525 (Trust & Estate Symposium 2011) – Florida Bar Real Property, Probate
    & Trust Law Section Litigation and Trust Law Symposium, 2011
  • Avoiding the Wiretapped Necktie – Legal Ethics in Probate and Guardianship – March 11-12, 2010, Dade County Bar Association/Put Something Back Pro Bono Project
  • Just Over the Horizon – New Hot Button Issues for You and Your Clients – Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami, October 16, 2008 Virgil’s Favorite Fee Cases – Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, September 25, 2008
  • Ethical and Legal Considerations in the Incapacity Process – Basic Probate and Guardianship – The Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division -2007
  • Managing Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance in Florida – Presented to Attorneys, Paralegals, and Real Estate Agents through National Business Institute, Miami, Florida -2003
  • Setting Up a Guardianship or Conservatorship in Florida – Publication of Seminar Materials for National Business Institute, Miami, Florida session -2002
  • The Probate Process from Start to Finish in Florida – Presented to Attorneys, CPAs, and Trust Officers through National Business Institute, Miami, Florida – 2001
  • What’s New in Probate – A Review of Recent Changes in the Law – Presented to the SunTrust Bank Trust Department -2001
  • Benefits of Enhanced Life Estates for Estate Planning – Presented to CPAs and Enrolled Agents, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -2000
  • Basic Probate Administration in Florida – Presented to Attorneys, CPAs, and Trust Officers through National Business Institute, Miami, Florida -2000
  • Estate Planning and Probate Law – Presented to the Dade Association of Legal Assistants (DALA) CLA Review -1999
  • Settling Claims Involving Minors/Appointment of Curators – Presented to the Dade County Bar Association, Miami, Florida -1997

Publications

  • LexisNexis, Florida Guardianship Practice, 12th Edition, “Health Care Surrogates, Living Wills, and Related Issues” 2023
  • LexisNexis, Practice Under Florida Probate Code, 11th Edition, “Probate
    Litigation,” 2022
  • LexisNexis, Florida Guardianship Practice, 11th Edition, “Health Care
    Surrogates, Living Wills, and Related Issues,” 2021
  • Substituted Judgment – How Do You Prove What an Incapacitated Person Would Want?, ACTEC Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, Fall 2020
  • Is My Judgment in Your Best Interest? How Decisions are Made in
    Guardianships and a Suggested Reform, J. Eric Virgil and Stacy B. Rubel, The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 93, No. 1, January/February 2019
  • The Florida Digital Assets Act – Ethical Issues In Representing Spouses In The Brave New Digital World, J. Eric Virgil, Michael S. Singer, and Marjorie E. Gallagher, ActionLine, The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, 2017
  • The Morgenthau Creditors’ Claim Trap, J. Eric Virgil and Hung V. Nguyen,
    ActionLine, The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, 2012