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By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. California living trust litigation often involves claims by beneficiaries against the presently-serving successor-trustee. As is well-known, a successor-trustee of a trust that has become irrevocable owes serious and strict fiduciary...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Buffington Law Firm's business litigation attorneys have often dealt with lawsuits involving Unfair Competition claims against former employees. These lawsuits are common and can represent an unpleasant surprise to a former employee. ...
Our Firm's Trust litigation attorneys often deal with disputes concerning three key components of a California living trust. These are, specifically the trust provisions that determine: 1) who the beneficiaries of the Trust are and how each of them will take; 2) who...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Buffington Law Firm's real estate dispute attorneys have dealt with numerous cases in recent years dealing with encroachments and boundary disputes. In the context of a homeowners' dispute these are often situations in which one party...
In breach of contract lawsuits, one of the most dangerous provisions that a contract can have is an attorney's fee provision. This is a provision that provides that in the event of litigation concerning disputes on the contract between its parties, the loser in the...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. In California Trust litigation one of the most common issues that Buffington Law Firm's trust litigation attorneys deal with involves the potential removal of a trustee or successor-trustee of a trust. Normally, the trustor (the original...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Buffington Law Firm's Breach of Contract litigation attorneys often deal with contract disputes involving an arbitration clause. An arbitration clause is a provision in a contract that provides that the parties have agreed to conduct any...
By: Roger J. Buffington Buffington Law Firm's breach of contract attorneys have litigated many breach of contract cases involving California businesses. If a dispute erupts and one side files a lawsuit, it is important that the parties have given careful thought to...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Buffington Law Firm is a litigation firm, and our largest practice area is trust litigation. We often get calls from the public in which it is apparent that the prospective client is unclear as to the difference between an estate...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. In this brief Blog article, we will explain what a Trust petition is, and what it does. We will also explain how this relates to "avoiding probate" which of course is one of the main objectives of creating a trust. While this may sound...