Attorney at Law
Background: Born in Detroit, Michigan,
Ms. Preddy, formerly Rose Marie Karadsheh, graduated from the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and received a BA in Near Eastern
Studies and Journalism. She is also a graduate of the Institute
on Political Journalism at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
after which she managed the State Senate campaign of the late Douglas
Carl in Michigan. After the successful campaign, she worked at Habitat
for Humanity International in Americus, Georgia. She received her
JD from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
While in law school, Ms. Preddy interned for the Honorable Richard
F. Suhrheinrich of United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit and the Estate and Gift Tax Division of the Internal Revenue
Service.
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Private Practice
As a member of the Michigan Bar, Rose Marie K.
Preddy, began legal practice in Birmingham, Michigan, with the firm
of MacDonald and Goren, P.A., after graduation from law school.
Areas of practice included sophisticated estate and tax planning
including, marital and credit shelter trusts, family limited partnership,
private charitable foundations and trusts, planning for business
succession, and off-shore planning. Ms. Preddy secondarily practiced
in the area of commercial litigation in both state and federal trial
and appellate courts.
As a member of the Florida Bar, Ms. Preddy moved
to Jacksonville, Florida and joined the firm of Anderson & Stevens,
P.A. The scope of practice was primarily in federal and estate tax
planning and controversies for individuals, partnerships, corporations,
estates and trusts. This included the planning and preparation of
wills, trusts and other estate plan documents. Further areas included
estate administration, before and after death, and guardianships.
Ms. Preddy further practiced in estate, business and guardianship
litigation in both state and federal courts.
Since founding her own firm, Ms.
Preddy has limited the scope of her law practice to
probate and guardianship, estate, tax, charitable, business
planning, and Medicaid planning. Matters beyond the
scope of practice, such as personal injury or wrongful
death matters will be referred to distinguished attorneys
who specialize in those areas.
Author, "Creating an International
Criminal Court: Confronting the Conflicting Criminal Procedures
of Iran and the United States," 14 Dickinson Journal of International
Law 212, 1996.
Member
Jacksonville Bar Association (Chair, Jacksonville Bar Association Trust and Probate Section, 2004-2007); Member, Sections on: Trust and Probate, Tax and Elder Law), The Estate Planning Counsel of Northeast Florida, Christian Legal Society of Jacksonville (Board Member and Past President, 2003), State Bar of Florida (Member, Sections on: Tax, Elder Law, Trust and Probate), State Bar of Michigan, Jacksonville Women Lawyer’s Association, and Rotary Club International.
Courts And Tribunals
United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida, Supreme Court of Michigan, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
Personal
Rose Marie K. Preddy is married to Lewis L. Preddy of Waco, Texas, a Commander in the United States Navy. They have two children, Abraham, age 9 and Sara, age 7. They have lived in Jacksonville since 1997.
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