Overview
Reminger is widely recognized as an experienced provider of legal services involving estates and trusts. We handle a full spectrum of needs, including estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianships, elder law and special needs planning, and probate litigation. Several of our lawyers have been recognized as best in their field and location.
Reminger’s Estates and Trusts practice groups are comprised of teams of professionals who are focused on matters that deeply impact individuals and families:
- the preservation of wealth,
- the proper transfer of wealth from generation to generation,
- the well-being of those who are unable to care for themselves through planning and advocating, and,
- the resolution of disputes that arise when there is contention over matters involving probate, estates, and trusts, and the transfer or management of wealth.
Our multidisciplinary background helps us achieve great results for both our individual and corporate clients, with practice groups including:
Estates, Trusts, and Probate Litigation
Estate and Trust Administration
Elder Law and Special Needs Planning
Guardianships and Guardianship Disputes
Honors & Recognitions
Reminger’s Estates and Trusts Group was ranked by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” as Metropolitan Cleveland Tier 1 for 2022.
Results
- Bohinc, et al. v. Scholtz, et al.Oct 6, 2021, Plaintiff VerdictCuyahoga County Probate Court
We obtained a Plaintiffs’ verdict at trial for the decedent’s sisters invalidating, on the basis of undue influence, changes made to their decedent brother’s beneficiary designations for bank accounts, retirement accounts, a car title, and real estate executed two months before the decedent died and were contrary to the decedent’s expressed intent in his estate planning for more than 20 years. The trial victory resulted in $800,000 being returned to the benefit of Plaintiffs and their family members.
- Aug 30, 2021, DismissalU.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Defense of an attorney-trustee in trust lawsuit. The Federal Court dismissed the Plaintiff’s federal lawsuit on res judicata grounds.
- Sep 10, 2014, Motion to Remand Case DeniedUnited State District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division