Over 100 years of
combined experience


with estates, wills and trusts

Our Legal Team

Grimsley Marker & Iseley PA in Jacksonville and Tallahassee, FL is a specialty estate law practice, working on will drafting and trusts. Our legal team has years of experience practicing estate law. Apart from that, we help the legal community by serving on the committees of the Florida Bar and giving talks for continuing legal education initiatives. Below are brief profiles of our legal team.

John G. Grimsley

John G. Grimsley – jgrims@bellsouth.net

Shareholder

Mr. Grimsley has concentrated his practice in wills, trusts, estates and fiduciary law since 1963, with an emphasis on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and related estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters. Mr. Grimsley is a shareholder with the law firm of Grimsley Marker & Iseley, P.A.

Education

  • B.S., Florida State University
  • LL.B., Duke University

Organizations and Activities

  • The Florida Bar:
    • Chairman - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (1973-1974)
    • Director - Probate and Trust Law Divisions of Real Property, Probate and Law Section and Committee Chairman
    • Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law
    • Chairman - Certification Committee (1989 - 1990)
    • Chairman - Continuing Legal Education Committee (1979 - 1980)
    • Chairman - Steering Committee - Seminar Lecturer and author (1969 - 1993)
    • Designation Coordinating Committee (1979 - 1981)
  • Uniform Probate Code Study Commission of the Florida Legislature (1973 - 1975)
  • Co-Author of Florida Law of Trusts - 2010 Edition and Annual Supplements
  • The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - Past Regent and Fiduciary Litigation Committee; Florida State Chairman
    (1988 - 1993)
  • Duke University Estate Planning Council (1982 - 1987)
  • Duke University - Chairman - Duke Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee for Jacksonville area (1972 - 1984)
  • Recognized in "Best Lawyers in America"

Additional Writings

The Florida Bar CLE:

  • Practice Under Florida Probate Code - Belcher Edition (and prior editions) Chapter Two
  • Practice and Procedure, Chapter Sixteen - Curators
  • Administration of Trusts in Florida, Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, Chapter One - Introduction
  • Numerous CLE Lecture Outlines

Practice Areas

  • Wills, Trusts & Estates
Randall L. Marker

Randall L. Marker – rmarker@bellsouth.net

Shareholder

Mr. Marker has concentrated his practice in wills, trusts, estates and fiduciary law since 1985, with an emphasis on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and related estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters. Mr. Marker is a shareholder with the law firm of Grimsley Marker & Iseley, P.A.

Education

  • B.S., University of Central Missouri
  • J.D., Florida State University, with High Honors
    • Articles and Notes, Editor - Law Review
    • Order of the Coif

Professional Activities

  • Author, Initial Steps in Probate and Administration, Practice under Florida Probate Code Manual
  • Member, The Florida Bar
  • Member, The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar
  • Member, Estate Planning Council of Northeast Florida
  • Member, Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council

Recognition

  • Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates Law
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney Rating

Practice Areas

  • Wills, Trusts & Estates
Robert F. Iseley, Jr.

Robert F. Iseley, Jr. – biseley@bellsouth.net

Shareholder

Mr. Iseley has concentrated his practice in wills, trusts, estates and fiduciary law since 1990, with an emphasis on estate planning, estate and trust administration, federal estate and gift taxation, advising corporate and individual trustees and beneficiaries, and litigation involving trusts and estates. Mr. Iseley is a shareholder with the law firm of Grimsley Marker & Iseley, P.A.

Education

  • B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • J.D., with honors, University of Florida College of Law

Professional Activities

  • Author, two chapters, Practice and Procedure, and Curators, published in The Florida BarContinuing Legal Education, Practice Under the Florida Probate Code
  • Adjunct Professor, Florida Coastal School of Law
  • Member, The Florida Bar
  • Member, The Jacksonville Bar
  • Member, The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar
  • Member, Estate Planning Council of North East Florida
  • Member, Elder Law and Estate Planning, Probate and Tax Law Committee of the Jacksonville Bar Association

Recognition

  • Florida Bar Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates Law
  • Martindale Hubbell Rating - AV Preeminent
  • Super Lawyers Magazine Top Lawyer

Practice Areas

  • Wills, Trusts & Estates