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Will contest casts a shadow on a prominent St. Petersburg estate-planning lawyer who stands to gain millions

By Juan C. Antúnez on August 26, 2008

Tampa probate litigator Russell R. Winer was kind enough to point me…
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FL SCT: Florida will-drafting attorney at center of $1.5-million estate battle has law license suspended

By Juan C. Antúnez on December 18, 2007

This is a follow-up to a case I previously wrote about here…

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Malpractice insurance carrier: wills and estates-related legal malpractice claims on the rise

By Juan C. Antúnez on October 3, 2007

I’ve received a number of inquiries regarding the $1 million estate-planning/probate malpractice…

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Do the beneficiaries of an estate have standing to sue the decedent’s estate planning attorneys for malpractice?

By Juan C. Antúnez on August 24, 2007

Case Study

Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. v. McAdam, — So.2d —-…

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North Carolina tax attorney cleared of all tax-fraud charges related to off shore trust scheme

By Juan C. Antúnez on April 22, 2007

In a blog post entitled Offshore trust scheme leads to former U.S.

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Attorney’s license suspended for 90 days due to botched probate administration

By Juan C. Antúnez on April 16, 2007

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

By Juan C. Antúnez on March 30, 2007

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

By Juan C. Antúnez on March 7, 2007

In order to be effective, trusts and estates attorneys must not only tell their clients what…

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Attorney Retaining Liens

By Juan C. Antúnez on February 26, 2007

As reported in Politician’s Heirs Snare Thelen Reid in Complex Estate Battle…

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$71 million Texas jury verdict against estate planners reversed on appeal

By Juan C. Antúnez on February 25, 2007

Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. Cailloux, — S.W.3d —-, 2007 WL 460643…
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