Sandra Fascell Diamond

Phone: 888-326-0460  |  E-mail  |  Fax: 727-393-5458

Attorney Sandra Fascell Diamond is a partner at the firm. She has been admitted to practice law in the state of Florida since 1979.  She graduated from Smith University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969, from Trinity College with a Master of Arts in Teaching in 1970 and from Villanova University with a Juris Doctor in 1978.  Her areas of practice include estate planning and estate and trust administration. Her notable professional accomplishments include:

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated^SM by Martindale Hubbell®
• Certified by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education in Wills, Trusts and Estates
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame
• Member, The Florida Bar
  • Appointee, Florida Supreme Court Taskforce on Residential Foreclosures (2008–2009)
  • Author, Role of the Attorney in Guardianship Proceedings (Florida Guardianship Practice: Fla. Bar CLE 5th ed. 2005)
  • Member, Elder Law Section
  • Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections
    • Chair (2008–2009)
    • Probate Division Director (2005–2007)
    • Legislative Chair (2001–2005)
    • Member, Probate Law and Procedure Committee (present)
    • Member, Trust Law Committee (present)
    • Member, Guardianship Law Committee (present)
    • Member, Ad Hoc Homestead Life Estate Committee (2008–present)
    • Member, Durable Power of Attorney Committee redrafting Florida Statute 709 (2007–present)
    • Member, Ad Hoc Trust Revision Committee which drafted Chapter 736 Florida Statutes (2004–present)
    • Recipient, William S. Belcher Life Time Professional Award (2009)
    • Recipient, Annual Service Award (2001–2002)
• Past Chair, Clearwater Bar Probate, Guardianship & Trust Law Practice Committee
• Recipient, All Children's Hospital William Belcher Award recognizing service to the hospital and as an advocate for children's healthcare (2008)
• Recognized among the Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers
• Recipient, Codicil Award, American Red Cross, Pinellas Chapter (1991)
• Recipient, Soroptimist International of Upper Pinellas, Women Honoring Women, 2001 Law Award

  Proudly serving the Tampa Bay region, including
Seminole, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Pinellas County and Hillsborough County