Wills, Trusts and Estate Litigation, Probate Litigation
For wills, trusts and estate planning, our lawyers’ expertise is focused on the litigation aspects of these areas, rather than the preparation of the official documents. For a variety of reasons, lawsuits arise from disagreements on management and allocations of trusts, wills and other complex arrangements such as charitable foundations. Whether your need is to defend an official document or challenge it, it is critical to have attorney representation who not only understands how these documents are utilized, but how to navigate the litigious process.
HowryBreen, L.L.P. has been involved in a wide range of probate litigation matters. From litigation involving family trusts and charitable foundations to will contest matters, HowryBreen has the experience necessary to handle any type of dispute involving wills, trusts and/or estates.
Our firm made headlines over a recent probate and estate planning dispute. Randy Howry had a very successful outcome for his client, the former executor of the much publicized Cailloux Foundation, based in Kerrville. Howry’s client was part of the defense, along with the law firm Baker Botts and Wells Fargo Bank in a lawsuit filed by the Cailloux family. Before the trial started, Howry negotiated a favorable settlement for his client that relinquished his client of any financial responsibility for the case. The lawsuit then mushroomed into a trial that ordered the defendants to pay $71 million in damages.
Sean Breen secured a jury verdict and judgment in Wichita Falls against a defendant who committed fraud against his own wife. Breen represented two adult sons whose parents had been married for 40 years and worked together shoulder to shoulder to build an estate. When the father died, the mother's health and mental condition deteriorated and she remarried. Her new husband worked to separate her from her family and advisors, and then from her money, re-doing her will shortly before her death to disinherit her sons. After the jury verdict, the culprit filed for bankruptcy in hopes to escape it, but Breen pursued him there, ultimately collecting a house, an SUV, an IRA and personal property and an excess judgment.
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Randy Howry
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