Dominico “Nico” R. Palma is an associate attorney with Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. in the Marco Island location. Nico’s legal practice focuses on:

  • Florida estate planning, including preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts, family limited liability companies, special needs trusts, wills, powers of attorneys and advanced medical directives
  • Probate and trust administration
  • Probate and trust litigation
  • Business planning including formation and dissolution of limited liability companies, corporations and related filings.
  • Business transactions including stock and asset sales/purchase
  • Real estate transactions to include deed preparation and residential real estate closings

Nico’s passion for helping clients and the community led him to serve as a First Lieutenant in the Florida Army National Guard as well as in multiple roles for organizations such as a Graduate of Leadership Marco, the National Italian American Bar Association, the Florida Italian-American Bar Association, and the Estate Planning and Probate Committee of the Elder Law Section of The Florida Bar. Additionally, Nico is an active member of the Naples Italian-American Society and Young Professionals of Naples.


    • Craft specific and focused estate plans to meet each client’s unique needs.
    • Prepare Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts.
    • Prepare ancillary Estate Planning documents, including, but not limited to, Health Care Surrogate designations, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills.
    • Conduct probate and Trust Administration proceedings.
    • Litigate complex and/or contested probate and Trust administration.
    • Facilitate asset and stock purchases or sales; formation and dissolution of business entities.
    • Serve as closing agent for residential real estate closings.
    • Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, FL
      • Juris Doctorate, May 2022
    • Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
      • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (AACSB Accredited), Marketing, 2019
      • Minor in Military Science
    • Florida, 2022
    • Florida Army National Guard, Arcadia, FL August 2019 – August 2023
    • First Lieutenant; Served as Platoon Leader requiring responsibility and accountability of 24 Soldiers; Top 20% of Quartermaster Basic Officer Leadership Course Class; Ranked 1st out of 32 Platoon Leaders in The 927th Battalion
    • Planned, organized, and executed various missions including state activations for 2022 Hurricane Ian Mission, 2020 COVID mission, and 2019 Dorian mission.
    • The Florida Bar
      • Elder Law Section
        • Estate Planning and Probate Committee
      • Young Lawyers Section
    • Collier County Bar Association
      • Young Lawyers Section
    • Italian American Bar Association
    • Florida Italian American Bar Association
    • Young Professionals of Naples
    • Naples Italian-American Society

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