Estate & Trust Litigation
Demidchik Law Firm represents heirs, beneficiaries, and other interested parties in contested probate, trust, and estate matters. We handle will contests on grounds of capacity, undue influence, fraud, and improper execution; trust disputes including trustee misconduct, accounting actions, and beneficiary claims; and civil financial elder abuse claims. Our practice is focused on litigated matters; we do not draft estate plans in this practice area.
Will contests, trust disputes, trustee misconduct, and elder financial abuse claims.
Capacity, undue influence, fraud in the execution, and revocation challenges by heirs and beneficiaries.
Trustee misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, removal, and beneficiary claims.
Civil claims under state financial elder abuse statutes including recovery of misappropriated assets.
New York State law regulates several rent-related issues, including rent control and stabilization, and how much time a tenant has to pay overdue rent or move before a landlord can file for eviction.
Constriction disputes arise during a construction process. The most common one is the dispute over the cost of construction.
Intellectual property dispute involves disputes relating to the protected creations of the human mind, including discoveries, inventions, artistic works, processes, and products. Trademarks and copyrights also can be infringed.
Sexual harassment is considered to be a form of sexual discrimination (See Title VII employment discrimination). Sexual harassment claims have been traditionally divided into two kinds of harassment.
The term "wrongful termination" is ambiguous because in New York, employment is viewed as "at will". This means the law allows your employer to fire or terminate you for any reason or for no reason at all, except: ...