Trust & Estate Litigation

Overview

Lung Rose Voss Wagnild’s Trust and Estate Litigation team provides skilled representation in resolving complex disputes involving trusts, estates, and fiduciary matters.

Our attorneys are dedicated to safeguarding clients’ interests and ensuring fair outcomes in highly sensitive and emotional matters. With extensive experience in trust and estate law, we handle litigation with a focus on achieving efficient and equitable resolutions.

What We Do

Probate litigation
Trustee liability litigation
Fiduciary duty litigation
Beneficiary rights litigation
Will contest litigation

Experience

Select Results

Represented Kamehameha Schools Trustee Oswald Stender in his Petition to Remove fellow Trustee Lokelani Lindsey, to stop the harm she was causing to the Schools’ students and the Schools’ mission. After a highly-publicized five-month trial, the Circuit Court removed Lindsey as a trustee, and the removal was affirmed by the Hawaii Supreme Court.
Represented the Trustees of Kamehameha Schools in the defense of the Schools’ admission policy providing a preference to Native Hawaiian children. The policy was upheld by the U.S. District Court, Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 295 F.Supp. 2d 1141 (D. Haw. 2003), and affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. See U.S. District Court, Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 470 F.3d 827 (9th Cir. 2005). The case was resolved prior to a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Schools continue their mission of educating Native Hawaiian children.
Represented the Trustees of the Don Ho Trust in contentious litigation challenging the estate of well-known Hawaiian singer Don Ho. An arbitrator ruled in favor of the Trustees on all issues, and awarded them all of their attorneys’ fees and costs.
Represented Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa in complex, highly-publicized trust litigation concerning the Princess’ $200 million trust