Trusts & Estates

Estate Disputes

1. Represented executors and beneficiaries in proceedings to interpret ambiguous will and trust provisions.
2. Represented family members in intra-family disputes over rights in estates and trusts.
3. Represented estates and potential beneficiaries in kinship proceedings.
4. Represented heirs and interested parties in will contests, including trial of objections.
5. Represented children and spouses in proceedings concerning rights under old separation agreements.

Judicial Accountings

1. Represented major institutional trustees and charitable remainder beneficiaries in trust accountings involving literary properties and complex issues of rights of termination of copyright.
2. Represented remainder beneficiaries of trust involving trustee's neglect of fiduciary duties.
3. Represented interested parties in the trial of contested estate, trust, guardianship and guardianship accountings.

Recovery of Artwork Stolen by Nazis

1. Represented heirs in proceedings to establish rights to artworks expropriated by Nazi Germany.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.