Litigation

Totally committed to client service

Although administering wills, guardianships, or any estates in the probate court necessarily involves legal proceedings, these proceedings only become litigation if they are contested. Contested estates are often the result of inadequate estate planning. Indeed, many disputes involving trusts, wills, real estate, intellectual property rights, asset protection, business and corporate law—even tax law—could be avoided by careful advance planning. These are the best preventive measures against unnecessary litigation and are far better than "no contest" or similar clauses.

Through careful planning and draftsmanship, even those disputes that you cannot anticipate can be resolved through arbitration or mediation. Across the nation, these private, relatively informal, and expeditious means of dispute resolution are already in the widest use for transactional matters and are encouraged by judges and reputable practitioners in many other contested cases. The attorneys of our firm are experienced in arbitrations and mediations and can assist you in the process.

If court or administrative litigation ever becomes necessary, our attorneys vigorously assert and protect our clients’ interests at every turn. Litigation is simply at one end of the continuum of client representation—astute advance planning being at the other. Our firm is totally committed to client service across the entire continuum of professional services in all the areas in which we concentrate.