PETER B. ALLPORT
Peter is a skillful and conscientious trial lawyer who assists his clients successfully navigate complicated and, often, emotionally fraught trust, estate, and closely held business disputes. He approaches each matter by working with his clients to develop a legal strategy that is designed to achieve their legal, financial, and personal goals. Peter then executes that strategy by employing a combination of vigorous advocacy and common sense to obtain successful results for his clients in this complex practice area.
Peter regularly represents fiduciaries, individuals, families, and charitable entities in actions involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty, trust and will contests, contested accountings, trust construction suits, actions involving the enforcement of in terrorem provisions, and contested probate claims. Peter also has extensive experience in litigating family and closely held business disputes, including succession disputes, appraisal litigation, breach of fiduciary duty actions, derivative claims, and accounting actions.
In addition, Peter has considerable experience representing the fiduciaries of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), as well as other employee benefit, health and welfare, and retirement plans, in actions brought under ERISA.
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In defending fiduciary clients, Peter has defeated claims for breach of fiduciary duty early in the proceedings, at summary judgment, and after trial. He has also assisted many beneficiaries vindicate their rights and obtain just recompense for breaches of duty by their fiduciaries.
Peter is also regularly invited to speak and write about topics relating to fiduciary litigation and other legal issues that arise in the administration of trusts and estates.
Prior to joining Levin Schreder & Carey, Peter was a partner with an AmLaw 100 firm and served as a co-head of its Private Client Litigation Team.
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