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Nicholas ChristinNicholas Christin Nicholas E. Christin joined Wicker Smith in 1997 and is a Managing Partner in the Miami office. He maintains a general commercial practice with an emphasis on estate planning, estate administration, probate litigation, employment contracts, and the representation of professionals and other individuals in their professional practices and business entities. Since 1979, Mr. Christin has been an adjunct professor in the University of Miami LL.M Program in Estate Planning. He has taught Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates almost every year for nearly 30 years. Mr. Christin also co-authored a Tax Management Portfolio of Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates. Over the course of his 30+ year career, Mr. Christin has handled estate planning and estate administration and its related tax matters and probate litigation for several high profile cases. Most notably, he handled the administration of the Rebozo estate and litigation that occurred between the Rebozo Trust and the Nixon Library, as well as the Estate of Gregory H. Hemingway, who was the son of Earnest Hemingway. An AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Christin is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations. In a 1999 national survey on Trust and Estate attorneys by Bloomberg Personal Finance magazine, Mr. Christin was only one of two lawyers in South Florida mentioned and the only one in Miami. In 2005 and 2006, he was listed among Florida’s “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine and named Florida Super Lawyers in estate planning and probate from 2006 to 2016. He was named a “Top Lawyer” from 2011 to 2015 by the South Florida Legal Guide and among the “Best Lawyers in America” from 2008 to 2024 including two categories in 2012, Trusts & Estate Litigation and Trusts & Estate. Mr. Christin has a Bachelor of Business Administration (1970), a Masters of Science (1971), a Juris Doctor (1974), and a Masters of Law in Estate Planning (1978) from the University of Miami. He is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is an active member of the American, Florida and Miami-Dade County Bar Associations, and the Florida and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Florida certified public accountant.
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Nicholas E. Christin - Partner

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Nicholas E. Christin joined Wicker Smith in 1997 and is a Managing Partner in the Miami office. He maintains a general commercial practice with an emphasis on estate planning, estate administration, probate litigation, employment contracts, and the representation of professionals and other individuals in their professional practices and business entities.
Since 1979, Mr. Christin has been an adjunct professor in the University of Miami LL.M Program in Estate Planning. He has taught Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates almost every year for nearly 30 years. Mr. Christin also co-authored a Tax Management Portfolio of Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates.
Over the course of his 30+ year career, Mr. Christin has handled estate planning and estate administration and its related tax matters and probate litigation for several high profile cases. Most notably, he handled the administration of the Rebozo estate and litigation that occurred between the Rebozo Trust and the Nixon Library, as well as the Estate of Gregory H. Hemingway, who was the son of Earnest Hemingway.
An AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Christin is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations. In a 1999 national survey on Trust and Estate attorneys by Bloomberg Personal Finance magazine, Mr. Christin was only one of two lawyers in South Florida mentioned and the only one in Miami. In 2005 and 2006, he was listed among Florida’s “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine and named Florida Super Lawyers in estate planning and probate from 2006 to 2016. He was named a “Top Lawyer” from 2011 to 2015 by the South Florida Legal Guide and among the “Best Lawyers in America” from 2008 to 2024 including two categories in 2012, Trusts & Estate Litigation and Trusts & Estate.
Mr. Christin has a Bachelor of Business Administration (1970), a Masters of Science (1971), a Juris Doctor (1974), and a Masters of Law in Estate Planning (1978) from the University of Miami. He is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is an active member of the American, Florida and Miami-Dade County Bar Associations, and the Florida and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Florida certified public accountant.
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Credentials
Education
- University of Miami (LL.M, 1978; J.D., 1974; M.S., 1971; B.B.A., 1970)
- Certification: Florida Certified Public Accountant
Practices
Professional Credentials
Admitted to Bar
- 1974, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Honors
- Recipient, Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Trusts and Estates & Trusts and Estates 2008 – Present
- Florida Super Lawyers 2006 – 2016
- South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Lawyers in Florida for Estate Planning, 2011-2012
- Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite 2005-2006, Tax
Professional Affiliations
- The Florida Bar
- American Bar Association – Fiduciary Income Tax Committee
- Dade County Bar Association
- Florida and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Perspectives
- WICKER SMITH ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED BY BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2024: 17 NEW HONOREES
- WICKER SMITH ATTORNEYS NAMED TO 2023 FLORIDA SUPER LAWYERS LIST
- WICKER SMITH FEATURED IN ATTORNEY AT LAW MAGAZINE: 70 YEARS OF UNPARALLELED SERVICE
- WICKER SMITH ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED BY BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2023
- WICKER SMITH O’HARA MCCOY & FORD P.A. CELEBRATES MILESTONE 70TH ANNIVERSARY
- Wicker Smith Welcomes Partner to Trusts and Estates Group in the Miami Office
- 16 Wicker Smith Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® 2022
- 11 Wicker Smith Attorneys Named Among 2021 Florida Super Lawyers And Rising Star Lists
- Wicker Smith Opens Palmetto Bay Office, Making it the Firm’s Third Location to Open This Year
- Wicker Smith Announces New Firm Partner, Renee L. Brant
- 13 Wicker Smith Attorneys Recognized By Best Lawyers In America© 2021
- Wicker Smith Ranked Among Top 10 in Florida Trend Magazine’s 2020 “Biggest Law Firms In Florida”
- Twelve Wicker Smith Attorneys Recognized by 2020 Florida Super Lawyers
- Update: Wicker Smith’s ‘A Slice for a Life’ Effort to Aid Local Pizzerias and Healthcare Workers Continues
- Wicker Smith Launches ‘A Slice for a Life’ Effort to Aid Local Pizzerias and Healthcare Workers
- Wicker Smith Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- 12 Wicker Smith Attorneys Named 2019 Florida Super Lawyers
- Eight Wicker Smith Partners Listed in the Best Lawyers In America© 2017
- Wicker Smith Receives 2014 Best Lawyers in America