Joy Marler Masters shareholder 221 McKenzie Ave. Panama City, FL 32401 Telephone: (850)769- 1414 Facsimile: (850) 784-0857 jmasters@burkeblue.com

Joy Marler Masters is an shareholder with Burke Blue who works primarily in the firm's Panama City office. Her practice focuses on Estate Planning, Probate, Business Law (including Business Entity Formation), Tax Law, Guardianship, and Real Estate Transactions. Mrs. Masters assists clients in all levels of estate planning, including drafting simple wills and ancillary documents such as Powers of Attorney, Health Care Surrogates and Living Wills as well as more complex tax planning with wills and trusts. She also assists clients by representing them in Florida domiciliary and ancillary probate administrations and Florida trust administrations.

Mrs. Masters is a native of Northwest Florida. Prior to beginning law school at Florida State University, she worked as an accountant in the areas of pension plan administration and tax return preparation. While at Florida State, Mrs. Masters served on the Business Law Review, held membership in Phi Delta Phi and graduated in the top one-third of her class. After receiving her J.D. from Florida State University, she has focused her law practice primarily in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate and Tax, including returning to school to earn her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Alabama in August of 2010. She is actively involved in the Northwest Florida community, currently serving as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for Chautauqua Charter School in Bay County, serving on the Board of Directors for the Jr. Museum of Bay County and is a member of both the Bay County Bar Association and St. Andrews Bay Inns of Court.