R. Kellen Bryant, Jacksonville Attorney at Law

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Kellen Bryant is the founder of Law Office of R. Kellen Bryant, P.L. and a Jacksonville, Florida native. Kellen focuses his law practice on estate planning and elder law with a particular focus on asset protection and preservation from long term care costs, creditors, and predators. Kellen works with families with special needs adults and children, small business owners, newlyweds, octogenarians and their respective parents and children in between.

Comprehensive Planning Strategies

Kellen strives to provide his clients with responsive, professional and complete client services through timely returned communications and office procedures to ensure that your planning is timely completed. Kellen’s approach to estate and elder care planning seeks a comprehensive and collaborative involvement, not only with himself and you, but with the important folks involved in your life such as your children, financial advisor, accountant and professional caregivers.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Kellen is passionate about practicing law and constantly enhancing his practice for his clients. Kellen is a member of national estate planning and elder law organizations such as WealthCounsel, Medicaid Practice Systems (MPS) and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). Locally, Kellen is a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association and the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. Kellen is also a VA accredited attorney, licensed to apply for VA aid and attendance benefits and practice in front of the Veteran’s Administration. The law firm maintains a blog, http://kellenbryantlaw.wordpress.com, focusing on answering common estate planning and elder law questions and providing relevant responses the estate planning and elder law information in the news. The firm maintains current information about it, estate planning, and elder law on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Education and Achievements

Kellen graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts at Florida State University (2003), and cum laude with a juris doctorate at Stetson University College of Law (2007). While at Stetson Law, Kellen earned the highest grade in Property Law, which sparked his passion and interest in estate planning. Kellen was also hired as a summer associate at a highly regarded Florida law firm, GrayRobinson. During his time at Stetson, Kellen interned for the Honorable Judge Scriven at the Middle District of Florida, Federal Court, and for the Honorable Judge LaRose at the Second District Court of Appeal, a Florida appellate court. The judges’ mentoring of Kellen help develop his professionalism, legal analysis and writing.

On a Personal Note

Kellen and his wife Megan (as of June 25, 2011) are involved with their church and with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Jacksonville, Florida. Kellen’s other passion is soccer: beware – if you mention soccer, the conversation will go off topic.