Trust and Estate Litigation

Sidley's Trust and Estate Litigation practice has been a core part of its Trusts, Estates and Not-for-Profits practice area for over forty years. Our lawyers provide skilled representation to corporate and individual fiduciaries and other parties engaged in trust contests, will contests, accounting actions, trust and will construction actions where the meaning of an instrument or identity of a beneficiary is at issue, reformation suits and charitable and exempt organization litigation, as well as a wide range of other fiduciary litigation. These representations involve a broad range of disputes involving sophisticated and novel legal issues, from preserving or enforcing rights in a trust or estate, or defending a fiduciary in the administration of a trust or estate, to achieving desired tax results. In all such matters, we bring to bear the knowledge and experience of one of the best estate planning practice teams in the nation and an array of experienced litigators who focus on this type of litigation. Our lawyers have an impressive record of achieving favorable results for clients in trust and estate matters, as well as charitable and exempt organization litigation. These results can be attributed, in part, to the vast reservoir of experience and knowledge that our practice team possesses, or to which our lawyers have access from other practice teams at Sidley, which enables us to identify critical issues early on in a case and efficiently develop strategies to maximize favorable results for the client.