239.649.3178 Office(s) Naples Practice Areas(s) Asset Protection Planning Private Clients Group Trusts and Estates Education University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D., with honors, 2000 University of Florida, Levin College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2001 Florida State University, B.S., cum laude, 1996

Robert L. Lancaster, a Principal of Cummings & Lockwood, is a member of the Firm’s Private Clients Group in Naples, Florida.  Rob focuses his practice on sophisticated wealth accumulation and preservation planning strategies for high net worth entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and other professionals.  Rob’s personal practice emphasizes foreign and domestic wealth preservation planning.

Rob has authored and co-authored publications on estate planning and wealth protection matters, including:

·    Co-Author, “Lessons Learned From a Creditor Attack on a Third-Party Spendthrift Trust” Steve Leimberg's  Asset Protection Planning Newsletter #155, June 2010

·    Co-Author, “Chames v. DeMayo - Waiver of Homestead Right,” Steve Leimberg’s Asset Protection Planning Newsletter, March 2007

·    Co-Author, “In re Lawrence - Momma, I’m Coming Home,” Steve Leimberg’s Asset Protection Planning Newsletter, December 2006

·    Author, “Asset Protection with Foreign Wealth Preservation Trusts,” Florida Neurosurgery Newsletter, June 2006

·    Co-Author, “Wealth Protection Planning Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Preservation and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” Vol. 30, No. 5, Sept.-Oct., Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trust Journal 269

·    Co-Author, “New Bankruptcy Act - What Planners Really Need to Know,” Steve Leimberg’s Asset Protection Planning Newsletter, April 2005

·    Co-Author, “Oklahoma’s Family Wealth Preservation Trust Act,” Leading Practitioner Commentary, Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trust Journal, Vol. 29, No. 6, November-December 2004

Rob received his Master of Laws in Taxation from The University of Florida, where he worked as a graduate assistant to Professor Dennis Calfee in connection with the renowned Federal Estate and Gift Tax Treatise.  He received his Juris Doctorate with honors  from The University of Florida and his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Business Management from The Florida State University.  During law school, Rob served as a teaching assistant, a research assistant, and a member of the Florida Law Review.

Rob is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, as well as a member of the Asset Preservation Committee of the Florida Bar.  Additionally, he is active on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers’ Section of the Collier County Bar Association.