Planning For The ‘What-Ifs’
January 2013 – The Litigation team at Gorman Law Group, PLC successfully represented an indigent man who was wrongfully left out of his father’s $1,000,000 dollar estate as a result of misdeeds by the man’s brother. The client was a veteran who spent a great deal of time working on odd jobs while living on the road as truck driver. …
(Phoenix – March 2012) – Attorney Andrew P. Gorman and the litigation team of Gorman Law Group, PLC obtained a $1.3 million dollar judgment on behalf of a client in a dispute concerning the financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult under Arizona Revised Statute §46-456. The case arose when the Client discovered that a sibling of his had caused certain…
(December 2011) – Unfortunately, financial abuse against vulnerable adults is more common than we would like to imagine. This problem was recognized in 1988 when the legislature determined that elder abuse in Arizona was a serious problem justifying legislative intervention and enacted the Adult Protective Services Act (APSA). In a case directly on point with this problem, the Gorman Law…
(December 2011) – Gorman Law Group, PLC successfully obtained the rightful inheritance for clients whom were omitted from their parents’ estate plan. The estate plan in this case, drafted by a document preparer, omitted in its entirety two of the testator’s children. Understandably, our clients were dismayed to learn that they were not mentioned in their parent’s wills. Unfortunately, the…
(September 2011) – Arizona’s Finest Lawyers announces the selection of Andrew P. Gorman as one of Arizona’s Finest Lawyers 2011. Professionals included on the inaugural Arizona’s Finest Lawyers list are among the top 6 percent of legal professionals in the state and is based on a peer-reviewed nomination and review by the organization’s esteemed Executive Board. The organization is a…
(Phoenix – May 15, 2011) – Arizona law has long held that beneficiary designations (known as “payable on death” designations; or “POD”) on bank accounts supersede the intent of a Decedent even when such POD designations are inconsistent with the intent of the Decedent. (A.R.S. §14-6212, 6213). This law became at issue in 2006 when the father of three siblings…
(Phoenix – April 2011) – In conjunction with the Phoenix Police Law Enforcement Association (PLEA), GormanLaw Group, PLC is a proud sponsor of the 2011 TAPS Memorial Gold Tournament. This year’s tournament was held at the Wigwam Resort and the turnout was a huge success. TAPS stands for the Tuition Assistance Police Survivors Program and is a charity for the…
(Mesa – September 2010) – In a classic case in which the children of a Decedent sued the Decedent’s spouse due to a lack of proper estate planning, the law firm of Gorman Law Group, PLC successfully defended the spouse and obtained judgment in her favor. Immediately upon the death of the Decedent, his children sued the surviving spouse alleging…
(Mesa – September 2010) In this case, a Decedent executed a Revocable Living Trust in 1999. The Trust dictated that upon death, his estate was to be split equally amongst his three children; with our Client’s share being held until she turns 65 years old. Well, upon attaining the age of 65 years, Client was surprised to discover that her…
(Phoenix – March 2010) – Attorney Andrew P. Gorman obtained a $300,000.00 judgment on behalf a client in a life insurance dispute. Litigated in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, the dispute concerned competing beneficiary claims to the death benefit of a life insurance policy. Upon the Decedent’s passing, the client, who was a friend of…
