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Sometimes, families disagree over how to carry out an estate plan. Leeds Morelli & Brown will litigate these disputes between executors, administrators, trustees, family members and beneficiaries. If an executor, administrator or trustee fails to act in the best interest of the estate or heirs, litigation may be necessary to protect assets. The lawyers at Leeds Morelli & Brown have the litigation experience and expertise to bring a lawsuit to protect your interests. They have assisted some of the most famous and wealthy heirs in recent history to obtain the millions promised to them.
The lawyers at Leeds Morelli & Brown will use their litigation experience to ensure that your estate plan and your estate are implemented and administered properly. Moreover, they can help you avoid litigation by working with you to define your goals and drafting effective estate and trust documents. Over the last two decades, Leeds Morelli & Brown became known and respected in New York and across the nation for our ability to litigate will and probate contests. We have a reputation for outstanding New York estate planning services. Lenard Leeds is known for his work representing Anna Nicole Smith in her battle with her husband’s billion-dollar estate (Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshal II). Jeff Brown and his team at Leeds Morelli & Brown have become so adept at successfully representing their clients that Newsweek magazine called Jeff “the foe of Wall Street.” Rick Ostrove is lead trial counsel for the firm, and his litigation skills have been reviewed by a federal judge on the record as “fantastic, superb and excellent.”