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In Appellate First, Attacks on Wills Barred After Estate Owner Dies
For the first time, a California appellate court has said that when a conservator seeks court approval of an estate plan, while the subject is living, any challenge to the will must be raised at that hearing -- not when the person dies. The appellate decision is the first in the country to say attacks on wills would be barred after the estate owner dies, if there has been a court-approved substituted judgment, according to an attorney in the case, David Baer of Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy.San Francisco Lawyer Practices the Art of Recovery
For some law firms wrestling with nonpaying clients, San Francisco lawyer Joel Adler is the final stop. Adler, whose current clients include the dissolved Heller Ehrman and Thelen firms, has specialized in law firm fee disputes for 22 years. He's one of a small number of lawyers working alongside non-attorney collectors in the field. Adler says that, while as a litigator he is able to "escalate the conversation," persuasion is part and parcel of the job, too.Limbo Over for Estate Planning Attorneys - at Least Until 2012
Firm extends repayment schedule after departures
Bullivant Houser Bailey management notified some former shareholders that it needs more time to return their investments in the firm — 10 years instead of the usual four — because of the loss of 22 equity shareholders this year.Civil Rights Defendants Going After Attorneys Fees
In at least three Bay Area cases this year, successful civil rights defendants have moved for six- or seven-figure fee awards. The Impact Fund's Brad Seligman sees an effort to deter other litigants.Help Wanted at Holland & Knight
Holland & Knight is in the hunt again. Though scarred by its last growth campaign, the Tampa, Fla.-based firm is looking to pick up another 100 lawyers for its 30-lawyer San Francisco office, part of a larger West Coast expansion effort. The firm hopes to acquire one or more regional firms or cart off a local branch from a national firm. Managing Partner Howell Melton Jr. said he wants to bring the firm's West Coast offices from their present 125 lawyers to 500 lawyers before his term expires in 2008.Trending Stories
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