Trust & Estate Disputes
We have a depth of experience in successfully navigating the complexities of trust and estate litigation. We handle will contests, claims against fiduciaries, estate-tax audits and controversies, suits involving trust interpretation, and other complex cases involving trusts and estates. We represent individual and charitable beneficiaries, personal representatives, individual and institutional trustees, and other fiduciaries in all types of disputes. Our firm is one of the most knowledgeable about the Washington Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act because we helped draft this law.
- Stokes Lawrence Trust and Estate Attorneys Ranked as Leaders in the 2024 Chambers High Net Worth Guide
- Refundable Entrance Fees for Continuing Care Retirement Communities Increasingly Not-So-Refundable
- Thirty-seven Stokes Lawrence attorneys are honored in the 30th Annual 2024 The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch edition
- Stokes Lawrence Attorneys Named to 2023 Washington Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- ICYMI: Stokes Lawrence Presents - Beneficiary Disputes, Will and Trust Contests, Probate Litigation
- Stokes Lawrence Named a "Ceiling Smasher" by Law360
- 2023 The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Honor 23 Stokes Lawrence Attorneys
- ICYMI: Karolyn Hicks presented "Trust & Estates Disputes" to Stokes Lawrence Clients
- Stokes Lawrence Presents: Trust and Estate Disputes