Sean David Muntz
Trust & Probate Litigator at RMO LLP
Sean D. Muntz serves as Managing Partner of RMO LLP. Sean is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer, with litigation experience spanning a broad range of subject matters, including banking, general commercial, employment, probate, real estate, securities, intellectual property, maritime and environmental disputes. Sean has litigated matters in state and federal courts throughout California, and in alternative dispute resolution forums, including AAA and JAMS, and before the NASD/FINRA and Pacific Stock Exchange.
Sean’s practice focuses on representing beneficiaries, professional and corporate fiduciaries (administrators, executors, trustees, conservators, and guardians) in contested trust, estate and probate litigation.
Sean previously was a partner at an international law firm in the firm’s commercial litigation group, where he represented international financial institutions in litigation matters.
Sean worked as in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 aerospace manufacturer. There, he represented the company in internal and external investigation and compliance matters. While there, Sean represented the company as a victim of espionage, in the criminal matter of U.S. v. Chung, in which the U.S. District Court handed down the first conviction under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. For representing the company’s interests, Sean received a commendation from the Los Angeles Field Office of the FBI and the FBI Director.
Sean also has worked for a Fortune 100 financial institution as in-house counsel, where he managed and directed national litigation strategy, overseeing hundreds of cases.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills
- Trust Litigation
- Probate Estate Litigation
- Conservatorships
- Financial Elder Abuse
- Zoom
- Free Consultation
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 223549
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- 9th Circuit
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- United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
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- English: Spoken, Written
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- J.D. (2002)
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- University of Hawaii - Manoa
- B.A. (1998) | Journalism and Political Science
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- Super Lawyers, Southern California
- Super Lawyers
- Named to the 2018-2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction.
- Best Lawyers in America - Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers
- Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Lawyers
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Legal Visionaries
- Business of Law Magazine, Los Angeles Times
- California State Bar # 223549
- Member
- - Current
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