Harrison LLP

Estate Planning & Trust Administration

Partner

Patrick Mize works with a variety of clients and provides individualized and thoughtful guidance on estate planning, wealth transfer, probate administration, and trust administration. He has extensive experience in all forms of probate, including those involving international non-resident decedents.

Patrick served on the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar from 2014 to 2020. An active member of the Florida Bar, Patrick continues as a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar by serving on the Probate Law and Procedure Committee and Guardianship and Power of Attorney Committee. As part of his service to the Probate Law and Procedure Committee, Patrick Chaired a Subcommittee tasked with studying Florida Statute Section 731.106. Based on a proposed statutory amendment from the Subcommittee, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section proposed legislation to clarify the governing law for dispositions of real estate in Florida. That proposal was enacted in 2016 as new Florida Statute Section 731.1055.

Florida Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust & Trust Law Section, Co-Vice Chair, Information and Technology Committee (2019 –2020); At Large Member of the Executive Council (2014 –2020); Probate Law and Procedure Committee (2013 – Present); Chair, Subcommittee Studying § 731.106, Florida Statutes (2013 –2018)

Guardianship and Power of Attorney Committee (2014 – Present)

Collier County Bar Association, Chair, Trusts and Estates Section (2014 –2015); President, Young Lawyers Section (2016 –2017); Board Member, Young Lawyers Section (2012 –2018)

Levin College of Law, University of Florida, J.D.

Palm Beach Atlantic University, B.S.