Probate & Trust Litigation Consulting
When the estate goes to court, order matters most.
Specialized consulting for fiduciaries, attorneys, executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in contested estates and trusts — bringing structure to years of records, complex accountings, and high-stakes family disputes.
A Different Kind Of Litigation
Estate disputes carry pressures other cases don’t.
Years of records
Decades of financial accounts, asset transfers, estate documents, and accountings — often incomplete, and rarely organized for litigation.
Fiduciary stakes
Trustees and executors are held to exacting standards. Every decision, distribution, and accounting can be scrutinized in detail.
Family under strain
These are personal disputes between people who share a history. Grief, mistrust, and money make an already hard case harder.
Where Experience Helps
Courtroom-tested organization for document-heavy estate fights.
Probate and trust disputes turn on the record: who knew what, when assets moved, whether an accounting holds up, whether a signature reflects a sound and uninfluenced mind. Winning or resolving them depends on assembling that record clearly and putting your hand on the right document at the right time.
With 25 years of trial experience and a background in probate and fiduciary matters, we help fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and their counsel bring order to these cases — and prepare them for hearing or trial.
Estate cases are won in the records — the accountings, the transfers, the timeline of who did what. Organize that, and the truth of the matter gets a lot harder to obscure.
Disputes We Support
Across the range of contested estates and trusts.
Consulting support for the document, organization, and trial-preparation side of these matters — working alongside the parties’ counsel.
Contested Estates
- Will contests
- Undue influence claims
- Lack of capacity disputes
- Contested accountings
- Executor & administrator disputes
- Removal of a personal representative
- Heirship & distribution disputes
- Creditor claims against the estate
Contested Trusts
- Trust disputes & construction
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Trustee removal & surcharge
- Accounting objections
- Beneficiary disputes
- Undue influence in trust formation
- Distribution & interpretation disputes
- Conservatorship-related matters
How We Help
Bringing structure to the estate record.
Estate & Trust Record Organization
Pulling years of financial records, estate documents, and correspondence into one organized, searchable file.
Asset & Transaction Chronologies
Clear timelines of asset transfers, distributions, and key decisions — the spine of most estate disputes.
Accounting Organization Support
Structuring and indexing accountings and supporting records so they can be reviewed and tested clearly.
Evidence Indexing
Exhibit databases and indexes built around the specific issues in a contested estate or trust.
Hearing & Trial Preparation
Trial notebooks, witness organization, and timelines tailored to probate and trust proceedings.
Fiduciary Documentation Support
Helping fiduciaries keep clear, organized records that stand up to scrutiny.
A Word On These Cases
These disputes are never just about money.
Behind every contested estate is a family, a loss, and a history. We approach this work with the seriousness and discretion it deserves — bringing order and clarity to a hard situation, so the people involved can focus on resolving it.
Who We Serve
Everyone with a stake in the outcome.
Trustees & executors
Organized support for the fiduciaries who must administer, account for, and defend their handling of an estate or trust.
Probate & trust counsel
Document organization and trial-prep support that lets you focus on the legal contest, not the paperwork.
Heirs & beneficiaries
Help organizing the records and understanding the materials in a contested estate or trust.
Court-appointed roles
Support for conservators and guardians managing contested or document-heavy matters.
In contested estates
Discreet, organized support during a difficult and personal dispute. Consulting, not legal representation.
Consulting, not legal advice
We support the organization and preparation side of these matters. Legal advice and representation come from your licensed counsel.
Consulting that works alongside your counsel.
Probate and trust litigation consulting is organizational, analytical, and trial-preparation support. It is not legal advice or representation. ARH Consulting’s founder is a former trial lawyer, not your attorney, and does not advise on how the law applies, the validity of a will or trust, or fiduciary legal duties — those questions belong with your licensed probate or trust attorney.
Frequently Asked Questions
Probate & trust consulting, answered.
Do you give legal advice on wills or trusts? +
No. We don’t opine on the validity of a will or trust, fiduciary legal duties, or how the law applies — those are for your licensed probate or trust attorney. We provide organizational, analytical, and trial-preparation consulting support.
Can you help a fiduciary who’s being sued? +
We can help organize the records and prepare the materials a fiduciary needs, working alongside their attorney. Clear, well-organized documentation is often a fiduciary’s strongest footing in a dispute.
Do you work with beneficiaries too? +
Yes — beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and their counsel. Our role is the organization and preparation side, regardless of which party we’re supporting.
Can you review or audit an accounting? +
We help organize and structure accountings and supporting records so they can be reviewed clearly. Formal legal or forensic accounting opinions come from the appropriate licensed professionals.
Related Services
Pairs well with
Schedule a Probate & Trust Consultation
Bring order to a contested estate.
Tell us about the matter — the estate or trust, the dispute, and where it stands. We’ll talk through how consulting support could help.