Purchasing habits and personal taste have changed drastically in recent years. Members of the Greatest Generation were collectors, and Baby Boomers loved to buy things as status symbols and trophies. Now, Gen X and Millennials are living much less formal lives and therefore are not interested in most of the personal property that was once […]
This April on Gwinnett BusinessX Radio, partners Adam Gaslowitz and Craig Frankel participated in a lively discussion on estate dispute resolution and the issues surrounding fiduciary litigation. Here are some highlights from this month’s show. What is your number 1 tip to avoid estate disputes? Craig Frankel: Talk to your beneficiaries. Talk to your partners. […]
Adam Gaslowitz presented a speech entitled “Will Contest, Probate, and Fiduciary Litigation Trends: A Bird’s Eye View” at the recent ALI-ABA Advanced Estate Planning Techniques seminar in San Francisco. Lecturing to an audience of attorneys, practitioners and advisers from around the nation, Adam spoke about his observations, experiences, and predictions about the changing landscape of […]
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently decided another in a long line of cases on the issue of undue influence over a testator (in Prainito v. Smith, 2012 WL). As is the rule in Georgia, undue influence can be proved by circumstantial evidence, particularly when the subject, in a weakened state, is under the dominion […]
On October 8, 2009, watchers of courtroom drama everywhere reeled at the news that Anthony Marshall, son of Brooke Astor, had been convicted of one count of grand larceny in connection with the plundering of Mrs. Astor’s $198-million-dollar estate. Attorney Francis X. Morrisey, Jr., Mrs. Astor’s estate planning attorney, was convicted of one count of […]
