Because The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education confirms zero (0) Board Certified Specialists (B.C.S.) in Elder Law or Wills, Trusts & Estates physically headquartered in Dixie County (32628, 32680, 32648, 32692, or 32359) or anywhere in the 3rd Judicial Circuit, Dixie County families requiring complex Florida Bar Board Certified representation rely on the two closest Board Certified specialist firms in DOEA Planning and Service Area 3 (just east of Old Town/Cross City via US-19/SR-26 in Gainesville): (1) Miller Elder Law Firm, P.A. at 6020 NW 43rd Street, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32653 ((352) 379-1900, https://www.millerelderlawfirm.com; Florida Sunbiz Document #P12000083605), led by Shareholder Shannon M. Miller, Esq., B.C.S. (Florida Bar #35556, admitted April 16, 2007, 0 discipline), a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law and Past Chair of The Florida Bar Elder Law Section who specializes in crisis Florida ICP and SMMC Long-Term Care Medicaid qualification (for admissions to Cross City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center #SNF130470998 or Tri-County SNFs), Qualified Income Trusts (QITs), Medicaid-compliant promissory notes/annuities, Special Needs Trusts, contested guardianship, and elder financial exploitation recovery under F.S. § 825.1035; and (2) White & Crouch, P.A. at 2814 SW 34th Street, Suite 1, Gainesville, FL 32608 ((352) 377-7411, https://www.whiteandcrouch.com; Florida Sunbiz Document #P97000018150), led by Richard M. White, Jr., Esq., LL.M. (Taxation), B.C.S. (Florida Bar #203300, admitted November 10, 1975, 0 discipline), a 50-year Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Wills, Trusts and Estates handling high-net-worth timberland, agricultural, and coastal estate taxation, dynasty trusts, and complex probate administration.