WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — The Pankauski Law Firm PLLC won a trial on attorneys fees and a Florida charging lien this past Monday, in the downtown Probate Court in West Palm Beach, Florida. For more on charging liens and attorneys fees, please read on.
Trial on Attorneys Fees in Palm Beach Will Contest
- The trial or evidentiary hearing involved attorneys fees and costs from a will contest, sometimes referred to as a Palm Beach will challenge
- The Palm Beach probate law firm argued Florida law on charging liens
- The hearing involved testimony by John Pankauski, the senior probate litigator of the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC, a West Palm Beach probate law firm
- The firm is located 3 blocks from the main courthouse and the 4th Floor Probate Court
- Probate trials and evidentiary hearings on estate attorney fees has almost become a subspeciality of the probate litigation world.
- There are special rules and procedures which need to be followed
- Evidence was introduced at the fee trial
- Detailed invoices and a written legal services contract with a charging lien and a prevailing party provision were introduced
- Testimony about litigation services for a will challenge in the Palm Beach Gardens probate court was offered
- There was also testimony about two Palm Beach trust lawsuits
- Pankauski was cross-examined
- The probate law firm won as the Probate Court announced the decision orally and will issue an order
- Charging liens are a unique area of the law with very special rules and procedures.