Trust Litigation

From time to time, disputes arise between trustees or executors and the beneficiaries of an estate or trust, or between various factions of those parties. Disputes may relate to the interpretation and validity of an estate planning document, or the particular way in which an estate has been administered, for instance. Stradling attorneys have decades of experience representing trustees, executors, conservators, beneficiaries, and family members in all aspects of litigation before state and federal courts, mediators, and arbitrators.

Stradling’s estate planning attorneys often pair with litigation specialists on these cases, so that the unique knowledge and skillsets of each are brough to bear. Although the best strategy for managing litigation in a trusts and estate case may include extending a case all of the way through trial, in many cases opportunities for an advantageous settlement can be fostered and identified.