Civil Justice Magazine

In this edition of Civil Justice Magazine, Chris Placitella again talks with the premier estate planning and litigation lawyer Rusell J. Fishkind about his new book, Probate Wars of the Rich and Famous. This week, Fishkind explains the mistakes Michael Jackson made when planning out his estate- the largest estate in American history. Although Jackson […]

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In this edition of Civil Justice Magazine, Chris Placitella talks with the premier estate planning and litigation lawyer Rusell J. Fishkind about his new book, Probate Wars of the Rich and Famous.  Fishkind is a professor at New York University and frequently lectures to lawyers.  Placitella and Fishkind explain that probate litigation is when beneficiaries […]

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Often times trial lawyers take on cases not because of the potential financial renumeration, but rather to right a  wrong.  In this case,  nationally-known trial lawyer Michael Ferrara  took on the New Jersey State police because he believed the officer involved went too far in effect acting as a private debt collector for a local […]

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Chris Placitella chats with Jeff Mundy, a mass tort lawyer representing environmental groups advocating for the livelihood of the whooping crane.  He recently won a case on behalf of The Arsanas Project (TAP), in which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) violated the Endangered Species Act, causing mortality of the whooping crane during the […]

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