Attorney Matthew A. Linde

Estate Planning
Guardianship
Probate
Wills
Elder Law

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Get to Know Matthew A. Linde of Linde, Gould & Associates

Florida Bar Board Certification in Elder law and in Wills, Trusts and Estates:

As of December 2024, Matthew A. Linde is one of only 10 Florida lawyers (out of approximately 110,000 current members of the Florida Bar) who have attained board certification by the Florida Bar in Elder Law and in Wills, Trusts, and Estates and is the only lawyer in Southwest Florida to attain this status.

Certification is the Florida Bar’s highest evaluation of an attorney's competency, experience, and professionalism in the areas of law approved for specialization. If you need legal assistance to achieve a goal in these areas of Florida law, then you want an expert in elder law, and wills, trusts, and estates. You can take comfort knowing that the Florida Bar has evaluated Matthew A. Linde for professionalism and tested him for expertise!

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Education and Court Admissions

In 1989 Mr. Linde received a B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin Summa Cum Laude, and in 1993 he received a Doctor of Law, J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1999 he received his post-doctorate degree in taxation (Master of Legal Letters or LL.M.) from Golden Gate School of Law in San Francisco, California.

Mr. Linde was first licensed to practice law in May 1993. He is currently licensed to practice law in California, Minnesota (inactive), and Florida. Mr. Linde is also admitted to practice law in the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

In California, Mr. Linde worked for one of the largest professional service firms in the world and gained significant experience in preparing income and estate tax returns for wealthy individuals and estates, as well as estate and tax planning.

Military Service

Matthew A. Linde was born in Minnesota and graduated high school in Janesville, WI. Mr. Linde then entered the U.S. Air Force and was trained at the U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape (S.E.R.E.) School at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington.

After intense training, Mr. Linde became a certified S.E.R.E. Instructor in the 3636th Combat Crew Training Wing. For several years Mr. Linde taught global survival, evasion, rescue and escape techniques to Air Force flight crews at Fairchild AFB in Washington and Homestead AFB in Florida.

Mr. Linde also served in the Resistance Training Branch of the U.S. Air Force S.E.R.E. School teaching flight crews various methods of interrogation they could expect to see if captured and effective ways to resist interrogation. Mr. Linde was awarded the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal for his service at the Resistance Training Branch in the 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron.

Mr. Linde served more than ten years in the U.S. Air Force, which includes six years in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. While in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, Mr. Linde was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for developing and presenting S.E.R.E. lectures to 128th Tactical Fighter Wing (then the home of the A-10 Warthog) Aircrew Members. Mr. Linde was honorably discharged from the Wisconsin Air National Guard in 1992.

Community Involvement

In January of 2002, Mr. Linde moved from San Francisco, CA to work for the largest law firm in Lee County. Within a year Mr. Linde founded Matthew A. Linde, P.A., which does business as the Linde, Gould & Associates. Mr. Linde has been practicing law continuously in Florida since January of 2002.

Currently, Mr. Linde is a member of the Collier County Bar Association, Lee County Bar Association, Estate Planning Council of Lee County, the Florida State Guardianship Association, the State Bars of California, Minnesota (inactive), and Florida.

Mr. Linde is a member of the Florida Bar sections of Appellate Practice and Advocacy, Business, Elder Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Trial Lawyers and Taxation. He is a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys and the Florida Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

From 2011 through 2014, Mr. Linde was a Barrister at the Calusa Chapter of the American Inns of Court. The Calusa Inn of Court's main purpose is to promote excellence in legal advocacy, as well as professionalism, civility and ethics in the legal profession through educational experiences.

Mr. Linde also was a co-chair of the Lee County Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section for three years ending in 2018 and also served for three years on the Board of Directors of the Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc. Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation formed in 1986 in response to the Florida Supreme Court’s mandate that a program is created to identify and offer assistance to bar members who suffer from substance abuse, mental health, or other disorders which negatively affect their lives and careers.

Mr. Linde has recently been appointed by the new President of the Florida Bar to serve as Chair of the Elder Law Certification Committee for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This committee is responsible for processing applications for board certification and preparing and grading the certification exam. It is an honor to serve on this committee.

Mr. Linde lives in the Moorings in Naples, Florida with his beautiful wife Michelle.

Additional Resources

See Matthew A. Linde at the Florida Bar:

www.floridabar.org/mybarprofile/Floridaprobatelitigator

See Matthew A. Linde's profile at AVVO.com:

https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/33907-fl-matthew-linde-347734.html

http://nelf.org/member/probatelitigator

http://www.aginginplace.org/guide-to-recognizing-elder-abuse/

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