West Palm Beach probate litigation attorney, John Pankauski, is the author of Pankauski’s Trustee’s Guide: 10 Steps to Family Trustee Excellence. This book provides insight for those individuals who may serve as trustee of a family trust in Florida. This book on trusts and trustees was featured in USA Today and USA Today online.
- Mr. Pankauski is Pankauski Hauser PLLC’s Managing Member.
- He is also a Senior Trial Attorney.
- He is rated AV®Preeminent by independent legal authority Martindale Hubbell.
- Mr. Pankauski’s AV®Preeminent ranking is the highest rating available, which means that his peers, lawyers and judges rank him at the top for professional excellence based upon legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communications and legal experience.
- He has been selected as one of South Florida’s “Top Lawyers” in the field of trusts & estates (Legal Leaders, 2015).
- As a trust and estates litigator, he spends most of his time in the courtroom trying case, such as will contest cases, and in evidentiary hearings.
- When he is not in the court room, he devotes considerable time to detailed trial preparation & intense litigation strategy, including high level, high dollar negotiations on behalf of clients.
- His practice is restricted to “probate litigation”: disputes, controversies, litigation & lawsuits involving wills, trusts, estates, inheritances and guardianships.
- To read about Pankauski’s Trustee’s Guide in USA Today, click here.