Biography of
Tom Wells
Tom is a corporate, tax, transactional and estate planning attorney who has resided in Coral Gables since 1994. He graduated from:
The Citadel, cum laude, in 1985 in the top 3% and was selected as captain his Junior and Senior Years, named to the first-team all-conference in soccer his Senior Year and was elected class Vice-President his Junior and Senior Years.
The University of South Carolina School of Law in 1988 in the top third of his class.
The Graduate Tax Program at the University of Florida College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation in 1992 where he graduated #2 in his class.
Tom served as an officer in the Ordinance Corp of the United States Army until honorably discharged in 1994 as a First Lieutenant. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is a Board-Certified Tax Law Lawyer with The Florida Bar. He was named the Outstanding CPA of the Year for 1999 in Business and Industry in Florida by the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“FICPA”). He is a past-President of the FICPA’s Miami-Dade Chapter, former member of the FICPA’s Board of Governors and past-President of the Miami Tax Institute. Tom passed all parts of the CPA exam the first time he took it in 1985. He served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, Graduate Estate Tax Program, teaching Partnership and Other Pass-Through Entity Taxation. He was named Top Dealmaker in 2007 in Real Estate – Retail/Entertainment by American Law Media’s Daily Business Review.
Tom chaired a Florida Bar Grievance Committee which reviewed the conduct of local attorneys under The Florida Bar’s ethical rules. He also served on the Executive Counsel of Tax Section of The Florida Bar as Vice Chair of Partnerships Taxation Subcommittee. He has published numerous articles in The Florida Bar Journal, spoken nationally on various legal topics and named to multiple lists of top attorneys and lawyers.