Laird A. Lile named to Florida Trend’s Top 500 Most Influential Business Leaders for eighth consecutive year

Laird A. Lile, a board-certified wills, trusts and estates attorney in Naples, has been named by Florida Trend magazine as one of the state’s Top 500 Most Influential Business Leaders for 2025. Lile has earned the distinction each year since the list’s inception in 2018.

Released in October, the Top 500 publication highlights influential leaders across Florida’s industries, including law, real estate, healthcare and finance.

Lile is currently serving his sixth term on the Florida Courts Technology Commission and is also a longtime member of the Florida Judicial Management Council. He previously served nine consecutive terms on the Board of Governors for The Florida Bar, representing the 20th Judicial Circuit, which includes Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties.

Lile was inducted into Florida Trend’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame in 2010. Lile is a past chair of the Second District Court of Appeal Nominating Commission and the 11,200-member Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, where he has served as a two-term past Regent and state chair.