Professional Credentials

  • Admitted Attorney: Florida
  • Member, Trusts & Probate Committee, Florida Bar Association
  • Member, WealthCounsel, LLC – Estate Planning & Asset Protection attorneys
  • Member, ElderCounsel, LLC – Elder Law attorneys

Neil R. Covert

Estate Planning
Attorney at Neil R. Covert, P.A.

Neil is President of the law firm, Neil R. Covert, P.A.
He has practiced law for 43 years and has focused his legal practice exclusively in the areas of Estate Planning, Elder Law, Asset Protection and Probate since 1988.


A featured speaker and frequent author on the topics of Estate Planning, Business Planning and Asset Protection Planning, Neil has written for and been quoted in numerous industry publications. He is a contributing author to four books:

  • Estate Planning Strategies – Collective Wisdom, Proven Techniques;
  • Strictly Business -- Planning Strategies for Privately Owned Businesses;
  • Giving -- Philanthropy for Everyone; and,
  • Love, Money, Control -- Reinventing Estate Planning.

In addition to serving as a guest lecturer on personal estate planning and business planning throughout the country, Neil is an approved instructor for over 20 Continuing Education courses on estate and business planning, from beginning to advanced planning techniques for Certified Public Accountants and Certified Financial Planners.


He graduated cum laude from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. He was an Associate Editor of the law review and was published in the law review with the treatise: The Marital Deduction Dilemma of the Surviving, Renouncing Spouse. Neil also holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Simpson College, located in Indianola, Iowa.

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