James Shipp Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - San Antonio

• Estate administration, trust administration, and probate and fiduciary litigation attorney with jury and bench trial experience. • Represent individuals, fiduciaries, and entities in contested trust, guardianship, probate, and fiduciary litigation matters, as well as uncontested matters, and issues of will or trust construction or modification, informal or common law marriage, trustee or executor removal, beneficiary representation. • Responsibilities include estate administration, fiduciary guidance, client and witness interviews, due diligence, legal research and analysis, discovery requests and responses, jury charge formulation, depositions, settlement negotiations including mediation, motions for summary judgment, preparation of annual accounts, reports, accountings, and management of a motion and trial practice. • Draft primary and ancillary estate planning documents for clients including wills, will codicils, trusts, medical and statutory durable powers of attorney, directives to physicians, declarations of guardians, and other related legal documents. • Experienced probate, trust, and fiduciary litigation mediator. Practice is directed at probate administration, trust administration, guardianship, estate planning, and probate and fiduciary litigation (will contests, trust disputes, prosecution and defense of executor or trustee removal actions).