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If you are involved in a Florida probate administration matter, a Florida trust matter or a Florida contested guardianship, do you need more than just a probate lawyer.   Do you need a litigator?  Many Florida attorneys in Palm Beach and Broward are excellent probate lawyers.  These Florida lawyers know the law, are intelligent and hard working. But when matters can’t be resolved, when you have to exercise your rights, when you have to go to court to argue your case, consider whether you need a litigator.   A trial attorney. 

Are you involved in probate litigation? ….. A dispute involving an inheritance, a trust , a bank account or Florida real property?   If you are, the law does not help those who sit on their rights, but rather assists those who exercise those rights.  Many know that one must file a lawsuit to enforce your rights to a probate, in an estate, or to property within the appropriate statute of limitations.  Failure to timely file a lawsuit prevents you from seeking relief. 

Dealing with an appeal of a Florida probate matter?  Talk to Allison R. Sabocik of the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC, who leads this probate litigation and estate administration law firm’s appellate practice in Palm Beach County, Florida.  Florida probate appellate attorney Allison R. Sabocik prevailed at the appellate court for Palm Beach County, Florida, obtaining success and a significant victory for her client.  Attorney Sabocik represents an estate and the personal representative of an estate being administered in probate court at the South County Courthouse, Delray Beach, Florida. 

Involved in Florida litigation involving wills, trusts and estates?  I’m sure that your attorney has advised you that should you lose, or not prevail, on one or more issues throughout the case, let alone your entire case or matter, you may be responsible for paying the other side’s attorney fees. 

South Florida probate litigator John Pankauski will speak today in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and address Broward County probate attorneys who prepare wills and trusts and who administer estates.  Pankauski, and Boston attorney Joe Bierwirth of Hemenway & Barnes, will present the following Florida law topic:  Ethics & Estate Planners, 10 Things to Preserve & Protect Your Practice.   The topic will include Florida probate matters, ethical challenges involved in wills, trusts, estates and guardianships, and how Massachusetts law differs. 

In Florida, all you ever wanted to know, just about, of powers of attorney is contained in Chapter 709 of Florida Statutes.   Florida probate attorneys know that this chapter was “re-created” last year and that this past legislative session saw some slight changes to the POA statute.   Now, there are so-called “super powers” which a client may, or may not, grant to his or her attorney in fact.  Since a power of attorney in Florida is a fiduciary relationship, estate and trust attorneys, and guardianship attorneys, know that a fiduciary is prohibited from “self dealing.” 

Florida probate litigator John Pankauski will speak at and facilitate conferences on elder abuse and financial exploitation of the elderly at today’s 2013 Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys Elder Concert, held in Boca Raton, Florida at Florida Atlantic University. Pankauski’s law firm represents wards, guardians and family members who have been the victim of financial abuse.  His firm also handles a number of contested guardianship proceedings in Florida. Pankauski is expected to lead a discussion of topics to include mis-use of powers of attorney and trusts, lawsuits involving financial and economic wrongs and torts,and how family members may be involved in Florida guardianship proceedings when dealing with one’s property and personal rights.

Florida trial attorney John Pankauski, a member of the Probate and Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, was recently chosen as the Vice-Chair of the Litigation, Ethics & Malpractice Group. Pankauski is a trial lawyer with the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC in Florida, and restricts his practice to trials and disputes involving probate, wills, trusts, estates and contested guardianships.