Michael Brody and Paul Shugar secured a positive result for their client in a trust dispute. After the trustee failed to communicate, manage the trust, or leave the trust property, they brought the breach-of-Trust case to an evidentiary hearing. When the trustee unexpectedly didn’t appear, Michael established damages from the breach of trust. The Court removed the trustee, appointed an independent fiduciary, and awarded the client a $15,900 estate debt, $24,000 in unpaid rent for the trustee holding over in the trust property, full reimbursement of the client’s trust expenses, and the client’s attorney’s fees.
Michael Brody is an associate in Reminger’s Cleveland office, where he focuses his practice primarily on litigating private and family wealth disputes arising from wills, trusts, power of attorney and fiduciary misconduct, and ...
As a shareholder and Co-Chair of Reminger's Estates, Trusts, and Probate Litigation Practice Group, Paul has statewide experience involving an array of million-dollar estate, trust, and guardianship issues such as undue ...
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