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We are very pleased to announce that we will be speaking on probate litigation issues at an upcoming seminar Estate Administration From Start to Finish sponsored by the National Business Institute. The program will be offered twice: April 28 in Portsmouth at which Alexandra will present and April 30 in Manchester at which Andrea will present. […]
I am happy to report that I will be presenting at the Probate Process From Start To Finish, a full day seminar for paralegals on October 4, 2019. My presentation will cover probate disputes and litigation, including: Elder Exploitation; Will and Trust Contests; Pretermitted Heir Claims; and Power of Attorney and Constructive Trust Claims I […]
At the February 6 meeting of the Trust & Estates section of the NH Bar Association, Alyssa Graham Garrigan and I will be reprising our recent presentation at the 36th Annual Tax Forum of the NH CPA Society and the NH Bar Association on trust decanting and pretermitted heirs. Here is a link to our slides from the […]
On December 5, 2018, NH Probate Court Judge David King, Retired Judge and Judicial Referee Gary Cassavechia, and Court Counsel Beth Kissinger gave a highly informative and interesting presentation to the T&E bar on significant probate court decisions of the past year and some pending appeals. The comments were strictly factual and, because Probate Court […]
I have the pleasure today of presenting at the 36th Annual Tax Forum of the NH CPA Society and the NH Bar Association with Alyssa Graham Garrigan on trust decanting and pretermitted heirs. Here is a link to our slides. (Note: Ralph Holmes is currently retired from McLane Middleton. For information on this or other […]
I have the pleasure today of presenting with other panelists on “Trust Litigation: Trends and Developments” hosted by the New Hampshire Trust Council. The slides for my presentation are available here.
I presented on April 18 at a National Business Institute education program for New Hampshire lawyers “Probate Administration From Start to Finish“ I was to cover the following probate litigation topics, but as sometimes happens ran out of time. Will and Trust Contests Power of Attorney and Constructive Trust Claims Pretermitted Heir Claims Creditor Claims and […]
My colleague George Cushing and I will be joining Joseph Bierwirth, Jr. as panelists in the MCLE 19th Annual New England Estate Planning Conference 2018. Our presentation is entitled “Fiduciary Risks in Exercising or Not Exercising the Power to Decant Trust Assets.”
I had the pleasure of presenting at a seminar for NH lawyers this week entitled “Probate: Everything You Need to Know” and spoke about probate litigation issues, including will and trust contests and POA accounting, constructive trust, pretermitted heir, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Here are my NH Probate Litigation Seminar PP Slides Feb. […]
Kevin W. Rethore of DLA Piper and I will be presenting on trust litigation at the 2017 New Hampshire Trust Conference sponsored by New Hampshire Trust Council. The Council is a leader in efforts to develop and maintain New Hampshire’s advantage as a situs for trusts and is active both in our legislature and courts […]
