Withers LLP
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Michael Brophy
- Phone+1 310 277 9918
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Work Department
Trust, Estate and Inheritance Disputes
Position
Partner
Career
Michael has extensive experience representing individuals, families, charities, corporate trustees, private professional fiduciaries and creditors in litigation involving complex trusts and estates. Michael's diverse practice includes will and trust contests, accounting disputes, breach of duty actions, elder abuse and conservatorship disputes, document interpretation matters, and other contested probate and fiduciary-related matters.
Michael also has experience in business and commercial litigation, including contract, real estate, copyright, Lanham Act, trade secret, and unfair competition matters.
In addition to litigation and trial work, his practice includes risk assessment and counseling, alternative dispute resolution, and administrative proceedings. Michael frequently writes and speaks on trust and estate litigation topics and is active in bar leadership and committee work.
Memberships
Los Angeles County Superior Court Civil Bench-Bar Liaison Committee
Los Angeles County Superior Court Temporary Judge Program (Judge Pro Temp)
LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles Board of Governors
Los Angeles County Bar Association Diversity in the Profession Committee
Los Angeles County Bar Association Subcommittee on Diversity in the Judiciary Co-Chair
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Beverly Hills Bar Association
Education
American University, magna cum laude, B.A.
Harvard Law School, cum laude, J.D.