Ben Klein has experience representing clients in New York Surrogate’s Court in a wide variety of trust and estate litigation matters including:

  • Will and Trust interpretation and reformation matters
  • Attorney and fiduciary fee disputes
  • Will construction proceedings involving issues related to lack of mental capacity, fraud, duress, and undue influence.

Recent representative matters include:

  • Representation of a fiduciary in a will construction proceeding in New York County Surrogate’s Court involving issues relating to  lack of mental capacity.
  • Representation of the grandson of a testator in probate proceeding in Kings County Surrogate’s court where the will submitted for probate was the product of undue influence.