Alexander Rich assisted a client with closing the sale of a commercial property that was waylaid by a title defect.  The client’s father had included the property in his estate plan, but the grant deed that transferred title into his trust had failed to include the legal description for one of the property’s two parcels. ...Read More

Alexander Rich successfully negotiated a settlement agreement to conclude a probate that involved an action to recover moneys taken from the decedent by a child. The child accompanied the parent to a local bank, where more than $200,000 was withdrawn over the course of several months. Had the decedent had an estate plan that included...Read More

Brian Carter helped the firm’s clients negotiate and consummate a sale of a family ranch on the Mendocino coast, which ranch had been in the clients’ family for generations and had been bequeathed to several siblings upon the death of the parents.  Such an arrangement is very common, but, unfortunately, so are disputes and divergent...Read More