Adam T. Gusdorff

Lawyers are much like mercenaries. You hire them to fight for you typically because you have some conflict where you need their help. Thus most lawyers work in an adversarial environment. When you hire someone you want them to accomplish your agenda, so you hire someone with a strong enough abilit...y to do so. Having dealt with many lawyers I have seen this environment affect them differently. Some it becomes part of them, affecting their behavior towards clients. You can be left feeling like a very unintelligent bug that they have to deal with because you are not versed in law, or the dollar value is not worth their time, etc. There are some with the ability to successfully resolve your conflict and leave you feeling you were supported rather than one of the obstacles. Adam is one of these. We had a corporate family trust that had migrated through a number of banks via acquisitions. It ended up in a very large bank. The two family members most involved were older. One, a homemaker with no knowledge of business or banks, the other having a very unusual character. The relation with the bank was very adversarial to the point they used trust funds to hire an outside group to attempt to get the unusual executor declared incompetent and incited various government agencies. Adam stepped into this conflict and was not the first lawyer. He dealt with the family, the numerous obvious questions of the elder family member, the delays as we all still had to work various jobs. He listened, he advised, and he acted effectively. The matter was eventually resolved and the trust was moved to a place of the family's choosing. As cliche as it sounds, working with Adam through this was more like working with a friend than a hired lawyer.

We were in the middle of a very complicated and confusing guardianship situation when a friend gave us Adam Gusdorff's name. We spoke with multiple lawyers who could not understand our case or how to help us. After our first conversation with Adam we knew we had finally found our lawyer. His prof...essionalism and confidence instantly put us at ease. His knowledge of the law and his precise execution of the strategy he set forth put us ahead of our adversaries and ultimately won our case. He was always available in emergencies if we needed him and responded promptly to all of our questions and emails. We would not hesitate to reengage with Adam for any of our guardianship needs and confidently recommend him for anyone facing the intricate matters of guardianship.