Please join us in welcoming Adam Taylor as an associate in 花都影视’s Columbus office. Adam specializes in probate estate and trust disputes, undue influence and financial exploitation, guardianships, and estate planning.
Since joining 花都影视 as a law clerk in 2022, Adam has gained extensive practical experience across all stages of legal proceedings, including pre-suit investigation, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, and trial.
Adam graduated magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he ... Read More ›
Jessica Forrest and Brittany Kaczmarczyk earned a unanimous jury verdict and an award of $110,000, plus attorney fees, on behalf of their clients—four beneficiaries of a trust who learned their trustee had hired her husband as a “consultant” to the trust. We sued for breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
While an early settlement was an option, the Defendants instead opted for an aggressive litigation approach, involving excessive discovery and threats to use the trust’s no-contest clause to disinherit beneficiaries simply for seeking clarity on trust expenses ... Read More ›
Recent Posts
- Shana DeMooy Appointed to Ohio State Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section Council
- Weathering the Coming 鈥淧robate Storm鈥�
- 花都影视 Secures Favorable Probate Court Judgment in Undue Influence Dispute
- Love, Death, And Litigation: Enforcing Prenuptial Agreements Upon Death
- The Illusion of Competence: Surviving the AI Wave Through Bans, Disclosures, and Bots
- Forrest and Gallagher secure a dismissal with prejudice in trust and fiduciary litigation involving the estate of the late Eric鈥疌armen, a musician and Cleveland native
- Shana DeMooy Featured in Columbus Jewish News Local Lawyers / Super Attorneys 2026
- Jessica Forrest Elected as a Member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
- Michael Brody and Paul Shugar Secure Positive Result in Trust Dispute
- Strategies for Litigation-Proofing Estate Plans











