Mark A. Schaum, P.A.
Board Certified Attorney at Law

Mark A. Schaum is  Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates, and is also a Florida Certified Public Accountant.

Primary Areas of Practice: Estate, wealth transfer, and charitable planning including tax planning for individual income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping matters; estate and trust administration; business formation and planning including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. 

Education: Graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (1985) and Board Member of the Law Review.

Bachelor of Business Administration, University of South Florida (major in accounting).

Membership & Affiliations:

  • Florida Bar (member Real Property & Probate Section) 
  • Member Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
  • Past Chair, Tax Section of South Palm Beach Bar Association  
  • Jewish Community Foundation of South Palm Beach County (Chair and past chair of Professional Advisory Committee, past Treasurer); 2010 Mitzvah Society Honoree recognizing long-term commitment to endowments benefitting the organization  
  • Endowment Committee of Temple Beth El (Boca Raton)
  • Boca Raton Estate Planning Council-Board Member 
  • Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County -Board Member 
  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL)- Professional Advisory Committee, Member
  • Admitted  United States Tax Court  

Personal:

  • Born- New York, New York
  • Married to Trish for over 30 years and they have two daughters, Samantha and Sydney.
  • Hobbies include swimming, biking and running (sometimes in that order racing in triathlons, and various running and cycling events), and playing guitar.