Practice Areas
Estate Settlement
We do the work so our clients can focus on grief and healing, rather than filing fees and endless forms.
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Wealth Preservation
So many people work hard, invest wisely, and save smartly throughout their lives with the intention that they are planning for their retirement, special things or events in their lives, the inheritance than they are leaving to their heirs, childrens…
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Litigation
We are proud to serve as our clients’ counselors and support through the oftentimes difficult personal trauma surrounding estate litigation.
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Estate & Trust Litigation
Suffice to say, the overarching motivation for all estate planning efforts boils down to peace of mind—knowing that you have minimized tax implications, maximized the net inheritance to your beneficiaries, ensured that all conditions of inheritance…
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Lack of Capacity
Under the law, any person executing a last will and testament and/or a trust document is required to have the requisite legal capacity to do so. Relatively speaking, legal capacity is not an extremely high threshold. Nonetheless, it is almost always…
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Undue Influence
When a person is compelled or coerced to execute a last will and testament and/or a trust document by a relative, friend, loved one, or trusted advisor, there is a potential for under influence. In most instances, the person exerting the undue influe…
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Lack of Formalities
Proper execution (signing) of a last will and testament and/or a trust requires that the will and/or trust be signed by the client, properly witnessed, and compliant with all statutory requirements. Having handled estate litigation for many years, th…
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Civil Litigation
Searles & Gornitsky, PLLC also represents clients in a wide-array of civil litigation, which include but are not limited to commercial and contractual disputes, employment claims, negligence actions and real estate litigation. Searles & Gorni…
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