Adam Czaya is a partner at the Keith Taylor Law Group and is admitted to the bar in Florida and Maine. He focuses his practice on estate and succession planning, probate and trust administrations, and trust and estate litigation. He has extensive experience drafting complex trusts, including multi-generational trusts, and has represented clients in matters involving will and trust contests, elective share proceedings, the removal of fiduciaries, and numerous other disputes involving trusts and estates.
Adam attended the University of Florida, where he obtained a B.A. in History and in Russian. In 2005, he studied Russian literature and Russian language at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. After graduating from the University of Florida in 2007, he earned his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2011. Adam was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2011 and the Maine Bar in 2019.
He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Maine Bar, the Citrus County Bar Association (FL), the Cumberland County Bar Association (ME), the Marion County Bar Association (FL), the Florida Bar Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section (RPPTL), the Maine Estate Planning Council, the American Bar Association (ABA) Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Adam has also been named a Guardian of Justice numerous times for his pro bono work by Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, served on the board of directors of Nature Coast Rotaract, and is a Past President of the Citrus County Bar Association. He regularly volunteers as a mentor to other attorneys through Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida’s Estate Planning and Probate Peer Academy, as well as the Florida Bar’s Counsel to Counsel mentoring program.
In 2020, Adam was named Citrus County Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida. From 2021-2024, Adam was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine, a publication that reviews attorneys and designates the top 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 as “Rising Stars.”
In 2024, Adam was recognized as one of the “40 Under 40” by the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce.