Tampa probate litigator Russell R. Winer was kind enough to point me
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Ethics & Malpractice Claims
FL SCT: Florida will-drafting attorney at center of $1.5-million estate battle has law license suspended
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This is a follow-up to a case I previously wrote about here…
Malpractice insurance carrier: wills and estates-related legal malpractice claims on the rise
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I’ve received a number of inquiries regarding the $1 million estate-planning/probate malpractice…
Do the beneficiaries of an estate have standing to sue the decedent’s estate planning attorneys for malpractice?
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North Carolina tax attorney cleared of all tax-fraud charges related to off shore trust scheme
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Attorney’s license suspended for 90 days due to botched probate administration
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The Florida Bar v. Maurice, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 1074948…
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New York Probate Court Rejects Will Leaving $5 Million to Former Lawyer
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The will contest reported on in Surrogate Rejects Will Leaving $5 Million…
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The Attorney-Client Privilege and the ‘Complete Lawyer’: More than Mere Legal Advice
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In order to be effective, trusts and estates attorneys must not only tell their clients what…
Attorney Retaining Liens
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$71 million Texas jury verdict against estate planners reversed on appeal
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Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. Cailloux, — S.W.3d —-, 2007 WL 460643…
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