New Jersey Estate & Trust Litigation

Michael R. Griffinger is a Director in the Business & Commercial Litigation Department of Gibbons P.C. in Newark, New Jersey, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Griffinger has been an active litigator for nearly 50 years. His practice is focused primarily on sophisticated corporate and commercial disputes, securities litigation, antitrust matters, as well as estate litigation. He frequently defends both fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate disputes. He has conducted trials and hearings in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

The idea and the greater part of the original edition of this book were the work product of Paul F. Cullum III. He received much help from his mentor, Michael R. Griffinger, and from his then colleagues at Gibbons LLC, Cathleen T. Butler and Rita M. Danylchuk, but he conceived the structure and crafted the details.

At the time of his death on November 3, 2012, Cullum was a partner in LeClairRyan’s Litigation Group, where his complex litigation practice focused on estate litigation and general commercial business litigation. He represented clients in numerous estate and intestate litigation matters concerning many of the areas cited in this book. In addition, he represented trustees and clients in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.