Overview

The distinguishing strength of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s trust and estate litigation services lies in the close collaboration between the Litigation Practice Group and the Asset Planning & Preservation Service Group. Representation in trust and estate litigation requires a unique combination of knowledge and experience in trust and estate law, administration of complex trusts and estates, probate procedure, estate taxation, civil litigation and trial practice. The depth of our litigation experience in these areas, enhanced with the broad knowledge and experience of our Asset Planning & Preservation attorneys, make our litigation services to trust and estate fiduciaries, beneficiaries and other interested parties a prominent component of our firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Whether in private mediation or arbitration, or in court, our services cover a wide range of circumstances in which skilled and aggressive advocacy is needed, including the following:

• Will and Trust contests (lack of capacity or undue influence)
• Trust and estate accounting disputes
• Determination of heirship
• Discovery of estate assets
• Construction of Wills and Trusts
• Property rights disputes
• Trust revocation or reformation
• Valuation disputes
• Removal of fiduciaries
• Tax disputes