Trust & Estate Litigation

Our goal in handling these disputes is to secure a fair and reasonable outcome for our clients as quickly as possible, while minimizing the disruption to their lives.

Our firm's extensive litigation capabilities differentiate Sonnenschein from most law firms, and complement our planning and administration work. Attorneys in our Trusts & Estates Practice Group have substantial experience in litigating trust and estate disputes on behalf of Executors, Personal Representatives, Trustees, beneficiaries, claimants, surviving spouses, heirs and even other lawyers. We also have thorough experience representing individuals, banks and trust companies in connection with litigation of tax disputes involving estates, trusts, gifts and valuations.

Our litigation experience includes will contests, will and trust construction cases and challenges to (or defending) accountings. We also have litigated actions alleging fraud, undue influence and mental incapacity, as well as the validity of marital agreements, determinations of heirship and cases involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.