Your resource for probate dispute matters.
51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's seasoned team of Estate and Trust litigators routinely handles disputes that involve probate, estate and guardianship matters. Learn more about the complex arena of probate, trust, and estate litigation by reading our blog posts, legal insights, law updates, representative cases, resources, and more.
Paul Shugar and Michael Brody published Dissecting an Undue Influence Claim: A Practical Guide for Ohio Probate Litigators in the March/April 2025 edition of the Probate Law Journal of Ohio. The article explains how to pursue undue influence claims from initial intake to appeal.
Paul and Michael were asked to write the article after giving a presentation on the same topic at the 2025 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advanced Probate Law Institute for the Columbus Bar Association.
Please use the links below to read the latest articles from our Estates, Trusts, and Probate Litigation shareholders.
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Breach Of Fiduciary Duty: A Growing Source Of Probate Litigation
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How to Help Clients Avoid (or Weather) the Probate Litigation Tsunami
Reprinted from Probate Law Journal of Ohio, with permission from Thomson Reuters. Copyright © 2025. Further use without permission of Thomson Reuters is prohibited. For further information about this publication, please visit , or call ... Read More ›
Please join us in welcoming Adam Taylor as an associate in 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Columbus office. Adam specializes in probate estate and trust disputes, undue influence and financial exploitation, guardianships, and estate planning.
Since joining 51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as a law clerk in 2022, Adam has gained extensive practical experience across all stages of legal proceedings, including pre-suit investigation, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, and trial.
Adam graduated magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he ... Read More ›
Jessica Forrest and Brittany Kaczmarczyk earned a unanimous jury verdict and an award of $110,000, plus attorney fees, on behalf of their clients—four beneficiaries of a trust who learned their trustee had hired her husband as a “consultant” to the trust. We sued for breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
While an early settlement was an option, the Defendants instead opted for an aggressive litigation approach, involving excessive discovery and threats to use the trust’s no-contest clause to disinherit beneficiaries simply for seeking clarity on trust expenses ... Read More ›
Breach of fiduciary duty is becoming a more frequent issue in probate litigation, often involving estate mismanagement or misconduct by executors and trustees, and is expected to rise with increasing wealth transfers. Shana DeMooy, an associate in our Columbus office, recently discussed this trend in the Columbus Bar Association's Lawyers Quarterly. Read More ›
51ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Co., LPA is pleased to announce that 13 of our Trusts and Estates lawyers have been included in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America® list are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. </