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Trust Administration Dispute

Represented a co-trustee/beneficiary against her co-trustee/beneficiary brother and their beneficiary sister in a complicated trust dispute regarding assets.  The matter involved three lawsuits in varying jurisdictions:  Los Angeles Superior Court; Fauquier County, Virginia; and, the District of Columbia.  Client claimed her brother had mismanaged the development of several parcels of land and an apartment building in Bealeton, Virginia; paid himself exorbitant development fees; and, reimbursed himself for expenses unrelated to the trust.  Settled favorably for client in the third day of mediation in Washington, D.C.