David M. Garten
Member
Email: dgarten@Gartenlaw.com

Practice Areas: Contested Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Trust Litigation; Contested Wills; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Settlements; Fiduciary Law; Living Trusts; Inheritance; Living Wills; Guardianship; Incompetency Proceedings; Trusts and Estates; Collections.

Admitted: 1984, Florida; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Law School: Golden Gate University, J.D., 1983

College: University of Southern California, B.S., 1980

Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association (Chairperson, Probate and Guardianship Practice Committee; Member, CLE Estate and Probate Law Committee); American Bar Association (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Estate and Trust Litigation and Controversy Committee); The Florida Bar (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, RPPTL; Probate Law and Procedure Committee; Trust Law Committee; Executive Counsel, Probate and Trust Litigation Committee).

Biography: Author: "When the Fiduciary's Agent Errs Who Pays?"; "Client Under a Disability, An Ethical Dilemma"; "So You Want to Contest a Will? A Simple Road Map Through the Litigation Maze!"; "Confidentiality of Attorney-Client Communications (From The Probate Lawyer's Perspective," Florida Bar CLE Publication; "But I'm Not Qualified To Perform Brain Surgery!" Action Line Article; Who Is An "Interested Person" In Probate? PBCB Bulletin (June 2008); Non-Statutory Grounds For Objecting To The Appointment Of A Personal Representative, PBCB Bulletin (July/August 2008); Do I Have To File A Claim? PBCB bulletin (September 2008); Is Your Client's Self-Proof Affidavit Valid? PBCB Bulletin (November 2008); Rebutting The Presumption Of Intentional Revocation Of A Lost Will, PBCB Bulletin (December 2008).

Born: Jacksonville, Florida, September 20, 1956

ISLN: 907183011