First And Foremost, We Are Trial Attorneys
Buffington Law Firm's Trust Litigation attorneys have been serving Southern California's trust litigation legal market since 1998. Until perhaps 15 years or so ago, most families conveyed the inheritance by way of a will, i.e. "Last Will and Testament." Wills...
Buffington Law Firm's Trust dispute attorneys have broad experience in dealing with cases in which a trust successor-trustee is failing to properly carry out his or her duties as trustee. As many people know, trusts are a legal device that can allow a decedent's...
Buffington Law Firm's trust litigation team won a significant courtroom victory in a 2017 case "Orange Catholic Foundation versus Rosario Arvizu." In this case, Buffington Law Firm defended the trustee of a trust, Rosario Arvizu, against various breach of fiduciary...
Buffington Law Firm's trust litigation team has broad experience in litigating trust disputes. In last week's Blog article we noted that a recent Court of Appeal case, Barefoot v. Jennings, will provide controlling authority requiring significant changes to how...
With the prominence of the #MeToo movement, sexual harassment and other forms of abuse have been in the spotlight lately. There can be no doubt that sexual harassment continues to be pervasive in workplaces in California and elsewhere. However, few people consider the...
Buffington Law Firm's Trust Litigation team has noted some important trends concerning trust litigation during 2018. In California trust litigation has become vastly more common in recent years because most families utilize trusts rather than wills to transfer their...
One strategy some people in Orange County use in their estate plans to protect their interests and wishes is designating more than one person to serve as the executor of their estates. Some executors are appreciative of the testator's consideration to help them split...
This week complete a two-part Blog article dealing with the considerations that counsel and client must consider when deciding whether to demand trial by jury or, by contrast, accede to a judge-only ("bench") trial. This is often a complex decision with no sure right...
Buffington Law Firm's business and real estate trial attorneys are often faced with the question as to whether the case should ultimately be decided by a judge or by a jury. In most types of civil trials (probate proceedings being a notable exception) a party is...
Buffington Law Firm's breach of contract and investment fraud attorneys have successfully handled numerous cases involving investment fraud. Last week we described the nature of a typical fraudulent investment scheme. The red flag indicator that one's investment is...