Bruce Alan Favret

Mr. Favret was the lawyer I had to use for consultation and legal advice for many months in regards to an estate and trust for which I was named co-trustee and co-executor. He had written the will and latest trust for the deceased. I was afforded legal counsel paid for by the estate in the execution... of these roles, and for almost six months I relied on, and received counsel from solely Mr. Favret. He did an abysmal job. He did not explain my obligations or requirements in either role as co-executor and co-trustee, even though I visited his office before the demise of his primary client to learn what I was supposed to do. Then he was slow in acting on multiple items. I had to consult with him to request the estate pay for a funeral and memorial which was clearly stated in the documents as costs to be borne by the estate. Next, I had to consult with him on the items to be transferred to beneficiaries. He had no idea how to handle maintenance issues arising on property held in the trust until the property was transferred to the beneficiary, and had to rely on the beneficiary to deal with it before the property title had been transferred. During the transfer of property, some six months later, he neglected to have the estate pay the back taxes owed on the property while his client had still been alive, leaving the recipient to pay for them. For a car, he was unable to transfer the title legally to someone living out of state. For an account designated as “Transfer on Death” he said he would put it forward to the judge to transfer the account to the beneficiary but he never did. I was chagrined that he put himself forward to the judge as sole executor and not both of us as co-executors as the will had stipulated, a will which he himself had drafted. When I had consulted with him for months, and was terribly disappointed at his performance as a co-executor and co-trustee, I had to turn to separate lawyers to advise me and with whom to consult.