Our Trusts and Estates Litigation team pairs our highly skilled trusts and estates lawyers with experienced litigators. This provides our clients access to trial lawyers who are as proficient at representing clients in the courtroom as they are at resolving issues out of court. These lawyers are also adept at employing strategies to avoid litigation altogether.
Our comprehensive approach offers clients knowledge of the estate, probate, tax, and business law issues necessary to navigate the complex fiduciary legal issues that can arise when representing:
- Individuals
- Families
- Beneficiaries
- Executors
- Trustees
- Guardians
- Nonprofit entities
- Banks and trust companies
We bring to our practice the proper sensitivity required when disputes arise among family members, as well as experience in dealing with professional fiduciaries, such as banking institutions or family offices. Many Nixon Peabody attorneys act as fiduciaries themselves, which provides perspective and understanding of issues from the client’s point of view.
Trusts & Estates Litigation services
- Will contests
- Probate and estate litigation
- Trust disputes
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Federal and state tax disputes (individual and fiduciary income taxes; estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes)
- Breach of buy/sell agreements
- Business and asset valuation disputes
- Undue influence claims
- Challenges to investment decisions and results
- Cy pres petitions, trust reformation proceedings, and complaints for instruction
- Guardianship issues, including Rogers guardianships
- Actions taken by agents under powers of attorney
- Removal and surcharge of fiduciaries
- Disputes involving charitable trusts and foundations