Estate Planning

Lake City, Florida, Wills and Trusts Estate Planning Lawyer

The right estate planning attorney knows that protecting your personal, family, and business assets requires more than just drafting a simple will. At Clayton-Johnston, P.A., we understand that owners of high value assets need an attorney who takes the time and does the necessary work to determine what will truly meet your immediate and long-term planning needs. Our estate planning attorneys can help you understand the importance of a sound asset preservation and distribution plan.

Complex Estate Planning

Our particular focus is on meeting the sophisticated estate preservation needs of individuals with complex family and business assets. We have the experience and resources to help you with all of your estate and business valuation, probate, taxation, and trust administration needs. For eighty years, Clayton-Johnston has been a prominent estate planning law firm, meeting the needs of individuals and business owners with unique estate planning needs.

Contact the estate planning law offices of Clayton-Johnston, P.A., in Gainesville, Florida, to discuss your personal asset preservation and estate planning goals. We will schedule a consultation to discuss your current financial picture, your goals, and how we can help protect your surviving spouse, children, and other inheritance beneficiaries from probate court.

We offer complete estate planning legal services for matters such as:

  • Testamentary wills
  • Financial and medical powers of attorney
  • Asset protection trusts
  • Business succession planning
  • Charitable trust administration
  • Living wills, health care proxy, directives for long-term care needs
  • Estate administration

Retirement Planning

The estate planning lawyers of Clayton-Johnston, P.A., don't try to do it all on our own. We will work closely with your financial advisor, your family business shareholders, and tax advisors to develop a reliable plan to protect the financial assets you will need for a comfortable retirement. By working as a team, we will give you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your spouse and children will be protected in the future.

Contact the estate planning lawyers of Clayton-Johnston to discuss your retirement planning and all of your estate planning and probate needs. We offer confidential, ethical solutions to your estate preservation needs.


Clayton-Johnston, P.A, provides quality representation and legal counsel for residents of Gainesville, Florida, and communities throughout north central Florida, including communities such as Ocala, Williston, Chiefland, High Springs, Alachua, Lake City, Starke, Lake Butler, Crystal River, Keystone Heights, Dunnellon, Interlachen, Palatka, and Hawthorne, Florida.

Alachua County • Marion County • Levy County • Columbia County • Bradford County

Gilchrist County • Dixie County • Suwannee County • Union County • Lafayette County • Putnam County

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