SUNCOAST ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

We’ll cover when a traditional Will or Revocable Living Trust is the wrong tool for clients who own firearms, why certain assets should never pass through probate, and how a properly drafted Firearms Trust can streamline transfers, preserve privacy, and keep clients on the right side of the law. Attendees will learn how to evaluate client goals, identify red flags, and recommend the right structure without falling into the common traps that show up in this niche.

By the end, you’ll know exactly when a Firearms Trust is the safer and smarter option, how to explain it in plain language to your clients, and how to integrate it into your existing estate planning workflow with minimal friction.

Get to know your presenter:

Angela Tormey is the CEO and founder of ACEMaven Legal, P.A. just outside of Tampa Bay in  Brandon, Florida. Her primary practice areas include Probate, Trusts and Estates and Firearms  Planning where she helps families protect their loved ones, their wealth, and their firearms. She  is well-versed in addressing the needs of military and civilian families and individuals at all stages  of life from heading off to college, purchasing or inheriting their first firearm, welcoming their  first child, all the way to providing a nest egg, including that heirloom arsenal for great 

grandchildren and other loved ones. 

Air Force Retiree and North Georgia native, Angela moved to the Tampa Bay area in 2014 with  her husband (who is also an Air Force Retiree), and their two daughters to enjoy the Florida  sunshine and reconnect with the area’s numerous Veterans. When they aren’t cheering on their  favorite hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, you can find them spending time with family and  friends and their English Mastiff.  

Attorney Tormey has been featured in Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law  School’s Professionalism Panel Series, Bay Area Legal Services Pro Bono Spotlight, Women of  the Military Podcast Series, Great American Teach-in Presenter, and at Bell Creek Academy’s  Financial Literacy Panel. She is a past President of Business Networking International’s (BNI)  Prosperity in Action’s Chapter, former board member for the Florida Association of Veteran  Owned Businesses Tampa Chapter and served on Bell Creek Academy’s Inaugural School  Advisory Committee. She published her first article on Firearms Planning in the Hillsborough  County Bar Association’s Lawyer Magazine in 2021 and has been a featured speaker on numerous  other podcasts about her experience as a female Veteran and Firearms Planning Attorney.  

Angela holds 2 associate degrees and a Professional Manager Certificate from the Community  College of the Air Force, an undergrad certificate in Explosive Ordnance Disposal and B.A. in  Homeland Security from American Military University, where she focused on Terrorism Studies,  and a Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.