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Bradley H. Trushin is a co-founder of Chepenik Trushin LLP and leads the litigation department of the firm. Mr. Trushin is an AV preeminent rated attorney and has focused exclusively on litigation for over 30 years. Mr. Trushin is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the 1st, 3rd and 11th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He authors CLE materials, lectures and moderates panel discussions. In addition, he serves as a testifying expert witness on attorney's fees, professional malpractice and insurance issues state and federal courts. He also serves as an attorney's fees consultant for attorneys, insurance carriers and private corporations, reviewing fee applications and advising clients on the handling of fee issues, including litigation concerning fees. Mr. Trushin has served as general litigation counsel for a company in which he managed over twenty law firms in the United States, including analysis of billing practices.

Mr. Trushin has maintained a diverse litigation practice including business and commercial litigation, professional liability, appellate practice, and insurance litigation, E&O and insurance coverage. He has tried over 10 jury trials and over 40 non-jury trials, and has handled over 50 appeals. He expanded his practice over 20 years ago to include probate, guardianship and trust litigation, which is now his principal focus. Mr. Trushin litigates adversary claims in probate courts in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach , including will contests, will and trust construction, trust modification, trust reformation, trust termination, claims of undue influence, fiduciary claims on behalf of and against personal representatives and trustees, actions for accounting, lack of capacity, fraud, civil theft, abuse of the elderly, and guardianship controversies. Mr. Trushin represents personal representatives, trustees, guardians, beneficiaries and creditors.

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Insurance Defense

• Trust, Guardianship and Estate Litigation
• Attorney fees expert

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Florida

Since 1989

3rd Circuit

11th Circuit

Supreme Court of Florida

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

United States District Court, Southern District of Florida

Senior Partner

Chepenik Trushin LLP

Current

Vanderbilt University

B.S.

1986

Honors: cum laude

University of Florida

J.D.

1989

Top Attorneys in Florida

Wall Street Journal

2011

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated attorney

Marindale-Hubbell

Super Lawyers 2011

Estate and Trust Litigation, Florida Trend Magazine

Florida Bar

Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Current

Dade County Bar Association

Member

Current

Florida Bar Grievance Committee

past chairman and current member

Current

Broward County Bar Association

Member

Current

Gator Alumni Association

Life Member

Current

(Inside the Minds): Trust & Estate Litigation: Key Issues for Florida Estate Planners

Strategies for Trusts and Estates in Florida, 2015 ed.