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Peter is an experienced litigator who specializes in probate, trust, and estate litigation. Peter handles all kinds of trust and estate cases including trustee breach of fiduciary duty, mismanagement/misappropriation of assets, accountings, trust challenges and contests, undue influence, elder abuse, fraud, beneficiary contests, litigation among beneficiaries and trustees, and probates. In addition, Peter represents and advises trustees for trusts of all sizes - ranging from several hundred thousand dollars to multi-million dollar trusts.
Peter is also experienced in civil litigation matters. His prior areas of practice include business litigation, real estate and property disputes, landlord tenant, life insurance, construction defect, entertainment, RICO, and even appellate work. Peter’s very first case nearly a decade ago was a landlord tenant dispute in which Peter obtained a judgment for treble damages against the landlord for wrongful retention of an $8,000 security deposit. Peter successfully defended against the landlord’s appeal, and in total Peter collected over $33,000 for his clients.
Since this time Peter has achieved numerous other favorable results for his clients. Some examples include an early settlement of a life insurance dispute in which his client received over $800,000 from the insurance company, an elder abuse suit on behalf of an Estate in which the Estate’s beneficiaries received over $400,000 worth of assets from the abuser, a business litigation suit in which Peter was successful in forcing a competing business to retract a negative review of his client’s business, a RICO case in which Peter earned a six figure settlement for his client, numerous suits against former trustees in which the former trustees were forced to repay the trust for their mismanagement or misappropriation, and trust and probate petitions to confirm distributions or for Peter’s clients to receive early distributions.
Peter graduated from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana magna cum laude in the top 15% of his class. Peter has been living and practicing law here in Southern California since 2010. In his free time Peter enjoys basketball, yoga, international soccer tournaments, any activity in the beautiful California sun, and travel.
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12777 W Jefferson Blvd, Bldg D, 3rd Floor, Playa Vista, CA, 90066
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Posted by Michael | August 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes
Would recommend
It was absolutely a pleasure working with Peter. I found him after looking at several firms when I was being sue’d and had no idea how to proceed. Peter was very knowledgable, responsive and put me at ease through a difficult situation. In the end we were able to reach a settlement that was much bett...
Posted by Diana | August 08, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning
Living Trust
After my husband passed in 2018. I needed to do a “Living Trust”. Looking for a lawyer who was good and for a reasonable price was difficult. Peter is reasonable, incredible, and a very knowledgeable Lawyer. He did my “Living Trust” and did my property transfer (Peter went the extra mile in fillin...
Posted by Jim | October 22, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Vittas Law firm review
I was involved in a rather complicated and difficult probate case for over three years. Three expert lawyers I had hired were not able to settle the case. Then I turned to Vittas Law firm for assistance. What a great decision. Met with Mr. Peter Vittas who I found to be very professional, smart and h...
Posted by Sue | March 08, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning
Highly recommend for estate planning
Peter was incredibly helpful throughout the process of creating an estate plan for my husband and I. He helped us with our wills and was able to set up our trust. He was extremely patient with our many questions and took the time to help us understand our options, and he was always available and resp...
Posted by andrew geller | May 03, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Probate
probate lawyer
my child-hood friend asked that i help him hire an attorney. As his uncle arnold passed intestate in California. Having graduated John Marshall and Emory in Atlanta, Ga.; I was prepared for the challenge of hiring from 2500+miles away. So, I prepared my list of questions. The ability to communicate a...
"Peter was a law school classmate of mine. He is hard-working, intelligent, and one of the few people who I trusted the most to help me understand difficult legal topics during law school. Peter is also a solid person and remains a friend of mine. I'd recommend him to anyone."
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2010
JD - Juris Doctor
2003
BA - Bachelor of Arts
English