Cases

GMSR has an enviable record of success on appeal. For your convenience, the firm has provided a simple search tool for guests and clients to search that record.

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Meiri v. Shamtoubi (2022) 81 Cal.App.5th 606

Court of Appeal affirms order enforcing No Contest clause, making new law on the probable cause standard

2021

Estate of Arnold Marks (Oct. 1, 2021, B303281) 2021 WL 4487721 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms ruling in interpretation of a hand-written will

Estate of Sun Mi Choi (Mar. 27, 2020, B298467) 2020 WL 1482403 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms GMSR clients’ appointment as general administrators of a large estate

Bleich v. Bleich (June 17, 2018, B287236) 2019 WL 2498119 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal holds that plaintiffs’ exclusive remedy for defendant’s intentional interference with inheritance expectancy was in probate court

Estate of Jackson (May 16, 2019, B282375) 2019 WL 2136114 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal rejects claim that Michael Jackson gave away 15% of his business at a middle-of-the-night meeting

Estate of Duke (2015) 61 Cal.4th 871

California Supreme Court fundamentally alters probate law

Perez v. Wiesand (May 12, 2015, B251199) 2015 WL 2250495 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR’s client was a defendant in a quiet title action between family members over ownership of two rental properties. A grandson successfully moved for summary judgment, claiming his grandfather had transferred the properties to him before the grandmother attempted to transfer the properties to herself

Novak v. Fay (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 329

Court of Appeal reverses probate court order dismissing GMSR’s client’s petition for failure to file a creditor’s claim

Sterling v. Sterling (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 185

Successfully obtained affirmance of Probate Court order requiring sale of Los Angeles Clippers from Donald Sterling to a new owner. Metropolitan News-Enterprise: Panel Rejects Donald Sterling’s Bid To Regain Los Angeles Clippers

Crowe v. Tweten (Dec. 29, 2014, E056920) 2014 WL 7402401 [nonpublished opinion]

An elderly couple devised an estate plan with the assistance of counsel. They repeatedly stated that their intent was for the surviving spouse to inherit everything except for a “token,” tax-free gift to their children. Their attorney drafted the trust documents using a formula so