Trip Maygarden is a member of the real estate practice group based in the firm’s Pensacola office. His primary focus is real estate law, including the acquisition, sale, leasing, financing, and development of real property. His secondary areas of emphasis include real estate litigation, community association law, probate, and estate administration.
Trip received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and subsequently received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law. After graduating from law school, Trip returned to his hometown of Pensacola and joined the law firm of Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, P.A. where he worked from 2008 until the end of 2019. Trip was subsequently a partner in the law firm of Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC, before joining Moorhead Law Group in September 2021.
As a native of Pensacola, Trip is proud to serve the legal needs of the community in which he was raised. He and his wife, Adrienne, live in Gulf Breeze and are the proud parents to one child. In his limited free time, Trip serves on several charitable and civic organizations and enjoys Alabama football.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Shell, Fleming, David & Menge, Partner, May 2008 – December 2019 (attained partner status in 2015)
- Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, Partner, January 2020 – September 2021
HONORS
- AV Preeminent Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Independent News Rising Star 2010
- Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2011
COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT
- Director of the University of West Florida, Foundation, Inc.
- Member and Past Director of the Rotary Club of Pensacola
- Past Director of the United Way of West Florida, Inc.
- Director of the University of West Florida, Foundation, Inc.
- Member and Past Executive Council Member of the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association
- Member and Former Trustee of First United Methodist Church of Pensacola
- Past Member of the Judicial Nominating Commission for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Past Member of Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Past Member of the Grievance Committee of the First Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Past Member, Director, and Legal Counsel for Pensacola Young Professionals
- Past Director of the Baptist Health Care Foundation, Inc.
- Past President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association