Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: Groover Law
- Phone: (407) 325-9925
- Website: groover.law/
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Banking and FinancialSpecialty Focus:
professional fiduciary, trust administration, probate administration, fiduciary duty, complex estate plans, executorEducation:
Banking and Finance, B.A./B.S., Wilkes University; M.B.A., University of Central Florida; J.D., Florida A&M University College of LawYears in Practice:
6Additional Information
Lea Anne Groover possesses over 30 years of experience in fiduciary, legal, wealth management, business, and personal finance services. She is recognized for her exceptional proficiency in estate planning, trust administration, and fiduciary litigation support. Ms. Groover most recently served as the Vice President and Senior Fiduciary Advisor for PNC Bank in Orlando. During her tenure, she was responsible for engaging in fiduciary decision making by executing the terms of any plan or document in which PNC served as trustee. She successfully managed complex, litigious relationships involving various assets, multiple internal departments, and outside counsel. Before joining PNC Bank in 2017, Ms. Groover acted as an Attorney with Shuffield, Lowman, and Wilson. Prior to this position, she held an executive officer position at Seaside National Bank & Trust, a de novo bank, as Chief Fiduciary Officer, where she developed policies and procedures by working with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). She also held a corporate officer position at SunTrust Bank, N.A.