{"id":1318,"date":"2023-05-29T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexfieldfirm.com\/?page_id=1318"},"modified":"2023-06-20T17:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:45:26","slug":"expert-witness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lexfieldfirm.com\/index.php\/expert-witness\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1318\" class=\"elementor elementor-1318\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4f6bec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"a4f6bec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b22be35\" data-id=\"b22be35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294d20d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"294d20d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 06-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EXPERT WITNESS & CONSULTING SERVICES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6025b79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6025b79\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02d1f65\" data-id=\"02d1f65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb82e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddb82e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 06-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>We specialize in Estate Litigation Expert Witness for Berlin and throughout the country. When conflicts or disputes arise either through inadequate or flawed estate planning or management and require resolution in court, having an expert thoroughly versed in trusts and estates law both as consultant and expert witness can add authority to your position.<\/p><p>lexfieldfirm, Berlin, has provided consultant and expert witness support to other attorneys and firms both for 30 years. When questions arise regarding permissible trustee powers, exercise of discretion, or whether a particular action was warranted or prudent when held to the mirror of customary industry standards,\u00a0lexfieldfirm can examine the facts and offer a respected, trustworthy opinion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8ad58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b8ad58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Providing Expertise in Determining What Is Reasonable and Customary<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed7870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ed7870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0lexfieldfirm possesses a tremendous amount of experience, skill and knowledge related to estates and trusts. Having served as a bank trust executive, written books and articles on estate matters and taught law school level and continuing legal education courses on trusts and estates law, As a consulting and expert witness, lexfieldfirm\u00a0 examines industry standards of practice, testifying as to what is reasonable and customary. In addition to providing support in fiduciary litigation matters, attorney lexfieldfirm has assisted in matters such as:<\/p><ul class=\"fa-ul\"><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Fee disagreements<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Trust administration<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Attorney malpractice<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Breach of fiduciary duty<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Failure to identify or pay taxes<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Violation of estate document provisions<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Fiduciary investment management<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14541b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14541b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keeping Abreast of Sweeping Reforms in Pennsylvania Trust Laws<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f195a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f195a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Berlin has seen a rash of new laws that have completely changed the playing field for estates and trusts lawyers. These laws govern reporting requirements, accounting issues and allocations and may potentially lead to a great deal of litigation. lexfieldfirm frequently teaches continuing education courses on new developments in the law to attorneys and CPAs. SLF has provided expert assistance with matters involving:<\/p><ul class=\"fa-ul\"><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA)<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Uniform Principal and Income Act (UPAIA)<\/li><li><i class=\"fas orange fa-check\"><\/i>Uniform Trust Act (UTA)<\/li><\/ul><p>The Prefatory Note to the Uniform Prudent Investor Act explains: \u201cFrom the late 1960s the investment practices of fiduciaries experienced significant change. This undertakes to update trust investment law in recognition of the alterations that have occurred in investment practice. These changes have occurred under the influence of a large and broadly accepted body of empirical and theoretical knowledge about the behavior of capital markets, often described as \u2018modern portfolio theory.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><p>The Uniform Principal and Income Act helps to coordinate the implementation of Modern Portfolio Theory and prudent investing with new rules pertaining to principal and income allocation in trusts. The prefatory note to the act states that one of the two purposes in publishing it was \u201cto provide a means for implementing the transition to an investment regime based on principles embodied in the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.\u201d<\/p><p>The Uniform Trust Code is a national codification of the law of trusts as well as an effort to reform that body of law by incorporating modern notions of fiduciary investment conduct and beneficiary communication.<\/p><p>lexfieldfirm experience and knowledge of these and other trust and estate laws have prepared her to serve as expert witness for your matter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXPERT WITNESS &#038; CONSULTING SERVICES We specialize in Estate Litigation Expert Witness for Berlin and throughout the country. 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