Comprehensive legal counsel backed by decades of experience handling complex trust, estate and fiduciary disputes.
At Mitchell Williams, we understand that complex legal issues can arise during a difficult time. That’s why clients involved in trust, estate and fiduciary disputes look to our team to handle litigation matters in Arkansas and surrounding states. Our team of lawyers have extensive experience representing trust companies, banks, institutions, corporations and individuals in their capacities as trustees, personal representatives and agents on the fiduciary side. We also represent individuals, charities and other stakeholders on the beneficiary side. Our breadth of experience on both sides of fiduciary relationships gives our team the insight needed to develop effective strategies to resolve disputes efficiently.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Extensive experience handling complex trust, estate and fiduciary disputes
- Creative strategies for dispute resolution
- Integrated team to leverage in-depth knowledge and experience across the firm
CAPABILITIES
- Interpretation of wills, trusts and other governing instruments
- Administration of trusts and estates
- Family settlement agreements and judicial settlements
- Will and trust contests including alleged lack of capacity and undue influence
- Trust and estate mediations
- Trustee removal and succession matters
- Probate of estates
- Breaches of fiduciary duty including misconduct, malfeasance, mismanagement of investments and fraud
- Removal of personal representatives (executors), trustees, agents, and other fiduciaries
- Disputes regarding beneficiary designations for life insurance policies, retirement accounts, joint and transfer on death accounts, and other non-probate assets
- Disputes involving accountings and other reports
- Disputes involving title or ownership to estate or trust property
- Disputes regarding proper estate and trust administration
- Termination and distribution of estates and trusts
- Guardianship, conservatorship, and related incapacity proceedings
- Modification, reformation and termination of trusts
- Elective shares and rights of surviving spouses disputes
- Nonjudicial settlements and judicial reformation or modification of wills and trusts