Mary Beth Crawford is a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and is based in the Bonita
Springs office. She focuses her practice on estate planning, tax planning and probate and trust administration.
Mary Beth brings a caring and comprehensive approach to estate planning and provides her clients and their
families with both the technical and personal guidance they need in developing the proper plan.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Private Clients Group
- Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Fiduciary and Trustee Services
- Wealth Protection Planning
- Philanthropic Giving
- International Estate and Tax Planning
Business Succession Planning
EDUCATION
- University of Florida, Levin College of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1998)
- University of Florida, Levin College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997)
University of Florida (B.A., 1992)
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Florida, 1997
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Florida Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Member
- Collier County Bar Association, Trusts and Estate Section, Member
Collier County Women’s Bar Association, Member
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts and Estates – 2004-present
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2018-Present
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
- Gulfshore Business, “40 Under 40” Award, 2004
- Distinctive Women, 2011
- 2017 Women of Initiative Honoree, Women’s Foundation
- Naples Illustrated Top Lawyers, 2019-2020
Florida Legal Elite, 2020
CIVIC AND PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITY
- Southwest Florida Community Foundation, Board of Trustees
- Gulfshore Playhouse, Planned Giving Council
- Angels Undercover of Collier County, Inc., Board of Directors
- David Lawrence Center & Foundation, Board of Directors, Past President; Planned Giving Committee,
- Chairman
- Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs, Board of Directors, Past President
- American Red Cross, Planned Giving Committee, Past Chair
- Speakers Assembly of Southwest Florida, Membership Committee
- Leadership Bonita, Class of 2004
Junior League of Fort Myers, Past Member
ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS
- Probate: Florida, Practical Law Guide, co-author, Thomson Reuters