Background
Krause, Andrew James was born on October 19, 1954 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Seymour S. and Melba Violet Krause.
Krause, Andrew James was born on October 19, 1954 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Seymour S. and Melba Violet Krause.
Central Michigan University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1977). Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1980). University of Miami (Master of Laws, Estate Planning, 1981).
Worked at Myers Krause & Stevens, Chartered (Naples, Florida) specializing in Estate Planning, Charitable Giving, Retirement Planning, Taxation, Trusts, Wills, Estate Administration, Trust Administration. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Florida. Lecturer/Author: Florida Bar, 1984 and 1987, Continuing Legal Education Advanced Estate Planning Programs and 1988 Columbus Tax Conference.
Author: "Integration of Individual Retirement Account Balances into the Client"s Estate PlanBeneficiary Designations, Payout Options, and Payout Elections,"The Florida Bar Journal, November, 1995.
Company-Author: "QTIP Trusts As Ireland Republican Army Beneficiary: Is There An Alternative To 89-89?", 11 Trusts & Estates 16, November 1992. "GRITs Created Under Prior Law Offer Unique Opportunity," 19 Established
Plan. 82, March/April, 1992.
"The Homestead Devise Trap," 64 Florida Bar Journal 17, 1990. Author: "Florida Homestead Laws: Planning to Maximize Unified Credits," Taxation of Trusts and Estates, Volume 1, Number.
3, Spring, 1989. President, Estate Planning Council of Naples, Incorporated., 1992-1993.
Member, American Cancer Society (Florida Division. Member, Income Development Committee, 1986-1995.
Chairman: Legacy and Planned Giving Sub-Committee, 1993-1995. Planned Giving Committee).
Member: Collier County and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Taxation). (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
Board directors Collier County unit American Cancer Society, 1983-1993, president, 1991. Board directors Estate Planning Council Naples, 1989-1993, president, 1993. Member Florida division, legacy and planned giving committee American Cancer Society, since 1986, chairman, 1993-1995.
Member endowment board Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1994. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Collier County Bar Association.
Married Susan Retta Pirret, August 18, 1954. Children: Sara, Andrew Junior.