About Our Firm
The Tessier Law Firm’s mission is to empower our clients to take charge of their most challenging life transitions. We provide empathetic legal counseling services for Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Probate and Administration of Estates, Elder Law and Long-Term Care Planning. We are located in Winter Haven and proudly serve all of Central Florida, including Polk, DeSoto, Hardee, and Highland counties.
The Tessier Law Firm Commitments
- Offer a unique combination of experience and services which allows us to achieve innovative and cutting-edge solutions, tailored for each client’s unique circumstances.
- Understand and respond to our clients’ ever-changing needs brought on by life’s challenges, proactively, and on a regular, ongoing basis, with formal systems and communication strategies in place to ensure regular follow ups with both prospects and clients.
- Serve our clients with the highest degree of excellence, confidentiality and reliability, whether in person or through technology – leveraging the strengths of membership within several national networks of experienced estate planning attorneys.
- Provide an advantage to our clients and community through insightful web-forward education, advocacy and leadership.
- Work with a local and national network of allied non-legal professionals and organizations to coordinate comprehensive life and business management strategies.
Attorneys Profile
About Attorney Denise Tessier
Denise Tessier has been a lawyer for over 25 years, admitted in Massachusetts and Connecticut. For many years, Denise served diligently as in-house counsel for large multinationals, international and start-up operations, rising to General Counsel and Compliance Officer roles. She has extensive expertise in highly complex areas such as global insurance and corporate law, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. Now residing in Lake Wales, Florida, she has enthusiastically transitioned her practice to passionately educate and serve her new community on how to protect their children, their families, their legacy and wealth. Her continuous goal is to achieve peace of mind for her clients, whether handling elder concerns or crafting solid estate plans.
Education and Associations
Denise is a graduate of Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts. in addition to the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, she is an active member of many legal and community organizations including the:
- Estate Planning and Real Property Chapter of the Florida Bar Association
- National Academy of Elder Law Lawyers (NAELA), and Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys (AFELA)
- American Bar Association, Real Estate, Trust & Estates Section
- Polk County Estate Planning Attorney Bar Association
- Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL) and American Business Women’s Association (ABWA: Lakeland Chapter)
- Denise has a particularly strong desire to enable and promote other women-owned businesses, and is a LGBTQ+ community ally
Life Outside the Office
On a more personal note, Denise is happily married to a former British citizen, and enjoys international travel. She is an amateur painter and supports a wide range of museums, concerts, visual and performing arts. She enjoys pickleball, yoga, golf, and Brittany Spaniels, and volunteers as a Child Guardian Ad Litem for children in the foster care system.
About Attorney David Fall
David Fall began practicing law in Florida in 2013. He primarily practices estate planning, elder law, probate, trust administration, and Medicaid planning. He has a diverse legal background and has represented a wide variety of clients in state, federal, and tax court. He has helped clients achieve their business dreams by helping to create and manage business entities and has represented clients in various business transactions. He loves being able to use his legal knowledge to help people and their families by creating and implementing estate plans and other legal protections that help secure a brighter future for the next generation. Most of his legal background is in transactional work and he is also involved with litigious issues, which provides a holistic perspective to every matter. He focused most of his extensive legal education on resolving estate planning and taxation issues.
Education and Associations
David received his Juris Doctor degree from Washburn University School of Law in 2011. He received his Masters of Law degree (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2012 and his LL.M. in Estate Planning and Elder Law from Western New England School of Law in 2016. He is an active member of many legal and community organizations, including the:
- Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar Association
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys (AFELA)
- Lakeland Bar Association (Board of Governors, 2024 – 2025)
Life Outside the Office
Family is of the utmost importance to David. He has five siblings and three children, who are on the autism spectrum. When not working or spending time with his family, he loves reading and staying active, mentally and physically. The beach is his happy place.
About the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
The Academy is a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in estate planning by providing its exclusive membership of attorneys with up-to-date research on estate and tax planning, educational materials, and other important resources to empower them to provide superior estate planning services. The Academy expects members to have at least 36 hours of legal education each year specifically in estate, tax, probate and/or elder law subjects. To ensure this goal is met, the Academy provides over 40 hours of continuing legal education each year. Since 1993, the Academy has also been a highly regarded and sought after resource for attorneys and consumers alike, and has been recognized by Consumer Reports, Suze Orman in her book, “9 Steps to Financial Freedom,” and numerous times by Money Magazine.
For more information, or to schedule a consultation, call us at 863-220-7927.