Peter Alan Sachs

Peter Sachs, a shareholder and firm board member, represents individuals and institutions in the prosecution and defense of complex trust and estate, guardianship and commercial litigation matters. Mr. Sachs has written and lectured on such topics as will and trust contests, land trust litigation, the parol evidence rule, removal to Federal Court and pre-judgment remedies.

Mr. Sachs is a member of The Florida Bar’s Probate Litigation Committee; the Palm Beach County Bar’s Probate and Guardianship Rules and Circuit Civil Practice Committees, and is a former member of The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Chair 2001-02), and Probate Rules Committee (Chair 2006-07); and the Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedures for the U.S. District Court for the Southern Florida. Mr. Sachs is past-Chair of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches and past-Director of the Center for Children in Crisis.  Mr. Sachs is listed by Best Lawyers in America and as a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer and a Florida Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Super Lawyers Magazine.

PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Represented seven charitable organizations in a $100 million estate proceeding in defending a claim which would have resulted in the charities receiving no residuary distributions, and settling the claim so that the charities received an amount exceeding $30 million, almost 95% of the residue
• Represented two siblings as personal representatives of their father’s $25 million estate in successfully defending an attack on the decedent’s will by his surviving spouse, and obtaining a judgment finding the surviving spouse guilty of undue influence and ordering the return of funds misappropriated by her during the final months of the decedent’s life.
• Represented trustees in successfully prosecuting a claim against a major brokerage firm for the improper sale of $30 million in annuity contracts to an elderly couple, receiving a jury award of over $7 million in compensatory and punitive damages.