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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
46 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 5 of 14 reviews | Probate
Posted by Marguerite | July 28, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Kind, compationate, efficient, knowlegeable
Our son passed away while living in Playa Vista, Los Angeles. We live in Canada. Different country. Different laws. Different everything. Finding Peter was a godsend because he basically took care of everything (representing us in Court, filing all the necessary paperwork, etc,) so we could return ho...
Posted by Jeff | March 28, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Great Probate guidance and support
I would definitely recommend Peter. I was the Trustee of one of my best friend's Trust, but there were issues with the retirement accounts not being recognized by a major investment firm in the Trust. Peter helped me go through the unduly arduous process of CA probate court and appealing to the in...
Posted by anonymous | December 08, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Recommendation for Peter Vittas, probate attorney
I highly recommend Peter for probate cases. I was the administrator for the probate for my cousin. Peter did a great job walking me through the steps and keeping track of the process, which is complex. He is extremely knowledgeable and if he didn't have an answer for a question, he'd reach out and f...
Posted by Percy | March 08, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Petition to transfer Trust Assets to another Trust
Peter Vittas, owner of Vittas Law, is amazing and professional. He knows the ins and out of handling probate cases. He explained clearly why certain steps/procedures need to be done. Our petition had a very good outcome. It was a success!! I will definitely hire him again in the future and rec...
Posted by Gene | October 13, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Great to work with
I live in NJ and had to settle my Uncle’s estate in California. Peter Vittas was very easy to work with. He was always accessible and answered all my questions in a timely manner. He made the process seamless. I highly recommend him.
"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
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