• Successfully defended the integrity of a hand written will that had been challenged as ambiguous.  After trial, litigation attorneys from Ferguson Law Group obtained a determination from the Sixth District Court of Appeal that our client is sole beneficiary of an estate valued at approximately $20 million.
  • Obtained an appellate court order upholding a lower court’s trust interpretation that was favorable to our client, a co-trustee acting with two of his brothers in the management of a trust that owned multiple commercial properties and was valued in excess of $30 million.
  • Representing a client whose wife passed away during divorce, we were able to negotiate the return of assets taken by the wife including the client's share of a home valued in excess of $4,000,000. 
  • Suspended a trustee who lent himself $400,000 of a beneficiary's assets held in trust
  • Successfully admitted to probate a will that had been shredded after the Decedent’s death.  Then negotiated the settlement of a contest to the will whereby our client and is siblings inherited the estate, valued in excess of $5,000,000.
  • Asserted the rights of a client whose ex-husband died prior to transferring assets awarded to her in their divorce.  On the eve of trial, San Jose litigation attorneys from Ferguson Law Group secured a settlement valued at more than $700,000 for the client.
  • Obtained a judgment for a trust beneficiary against the trustee who breached his duty of loyalty to the beneficiary.  The judgment was in excess of $130,000 and included an award of attorney fees.
  • Represented an estate administrator in defending the Decedent’s will against allegations of forgery.  The settlement upheld the validity of the will and a gift of more than $2,000,000 to the Gates Foundation.
  • Without filing any legal pleadings, attorneys from Ferguson Law Group negotiated a settlement worth more than $1,000,000 to our clients as beneficiaries of their mother’s IRA account.
  • Negotiated the return of annuities valued at $400,000 to a 90 year old client who had been taken advantage of by an annuity salesman.
  • Attorneys from Ferguson Law Group represented a husband sued for allegedly stealing millions of dollars while he was acting as conservator of his wife’s estate. We negotiated a favorable settlement that allowed for the termination of the conservatorship, dismissal of all proposed penalties and, most importantly, the family remained intact.
  • Settled on the second day of trial a dispute regarding a trustee’s accounting and secured the trustee’s liability to our clients as trust beneficiaries.
  • Negotiated a client’s early termination of their commercial lease, which saved the company approximately $100,000.
  • Defended a trustee against claims brought by his step-brother for allegedly making improper loans to the client’s business with trust funds.  San Jose litigation attorneys from Ferguson Law Group negotiated a favorable settlement allowing the settlement proceeds to be repaid to the trust over time without damaging client’s business.
  • Represented a trust beneficiary whose brother failed to account and distribute trust assets. Litigation attorneys from Ferguson Law Group successfully suspended the trustee via court order then negotiated a settlement whereby the trustee returned funds stolen from the trust.
  • Suspended a trustee and forced the sale of a condominium through court order. The condominium was a trust asset and the trustee refused to vacate or pay rent for 4 years up to that point.  We obtained a settlement that provided our client with damages for past due rent and permitted her to sell the condominium as temporary trustee.
  • Through mediation, negotiated the settlement of a will contest allowing our client to receive her entire intestate share of her father's estate without filing any legal pleadings or having to appear in court.
  • Obtained a court order for a client nullifying power of attorney obtained through improper means and reinstating our client’s power of attorney for her mother.
  • The step-children of a decedent learned that shortly before their step-father’s death, one of his children convinced the decedent to sign a trust disinheriting our clients. Attorneys from Ferguson Law Group sued for financial elder abuse and undue influence and were able to obtain a favorable settlement for the clients in mediation.
  • WILL CONTESTS
  • TRUST CONTESTS
  • FIDUCIARY REPRESENTATION
  • BENEFICIARY REPRESENTATION
  • INTERPRETATION ACTIONS
  • ELDER ABUSE
  • FORGERY
  • UNDUE INFLUENCE