First Admitted: 1994, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Lawsuit for removal of trustee, breach of trust, and double damages for wrongful against trustee. Trustee was removed. Combined surcharge and double damages award of $1,005,292.44., 2024

Videos:

In this article, you will learn 20 ways your Trustee can be breaching their fiduciary duty. , 20 Ways Your Trustee Can Be Breaching Their Fiduciary Duties, Trust Beneficiaries, 2022
How to know if a hand written will is valid, 2018
Getting Copy of Trust in California, 2017
Will I be disinherited under a no contest clause, 2018

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 2009

Honors/Awards:

Southern California - Estate and Trust Litigation, Superlawyers, superlawyers.com, 2024
Southern California - Estate and Trust Litigation, Superlawyers, suerlawyers.com, 2021
Southern California - Estate and Trust Litigation, Superlawyers, superlawyers.com, 2023
Southern California - Estate and Trust Litigation, Superlawyers, superlawyers.com, 2022
Southern California - Estate and Trust Litigation, Superlawyers, Superlawyers, 2020
Super Lawyers, 2019
Super Lawyers, 2015-2017

Educational Background:

White Papers:

Consumer oriented book that explains how to correctly perform probate and post-death trust administration in California, The Insider's Guide to California Probate and Trust Administration, 2009
Why Am I Being Denied My Rightful Inheritance?, 2017
Consumer oriented book explains how heirs and beneficiaries can obtain their rightful inheritance., Winning The Inheritance Battle, 2015

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Speaker, Probate and Trust Litigation, National Business Institute, 2018
Obtaining Letters, Administration of the Probate Estate and Special Administration, and Marshaling the Estate's Property, Presenter, Probate - First Steps, Initial Petition, and Opening the Estate, National Business Institute, Legal, 2020

Scott M. Grossman