Trust and Estate Litigation

Buchalter’s Trust and Estate Litigation practice team has extensive experience representing individual, professional, and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries in the full panoply of contested Trust and Estate matters, including:

  • Trust and Will Contests
  • Breach of Fiduciary (Trustee) Duty
  • Trustee Liability and Removal
  • Appointment Proceedings (Executors, Trustees)
  • Interpretation of Ambiguous Wills and Trusts
  • Modification and Termination of Trusts
  • Determinations of Beneficial Interests
  • Accounting Disputes
  • Creditor Claims
  • Conservatorships
  • Financial Elder Abuse
  • Property Claims
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Appeals and Writs

Our Trust and Estate Litigation attorneys are sought after for their expertise in handling matters ranging from relatively routine disputes to multi-million, multi-party, multi-jurisdictional disputes with active litigation in several court departments, counties, or states. As necessary, Buchalter’s attorneys adopt a cross-disciplinary approach, tapping into additional skill sets and knowledge bases within our firm in such areas as real estate, tax, corporate, and family law.