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What Can We Learn From Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds?

Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia, passed away on December 27, 2016, at the age of 60 with an estate valued at around $25M. The very […]

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Odelia Goldberg, Esq. Named BCBA Featured Member of the Week

We are thrilled to share that our very own Odelia Goldberg, Esq., has been selected as the Broward County Bar Association (BCBA) Featured Member of the Week! This recognition highlights […]

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What Can We Learn From Howard Hughes?

I honestly can’t believe I haven’t written about him yet….Howard Hughes died in 1976 with a $2.5B (that’s a B!) estate and without a spouse nor children.   Thirty-four years of litigation […]

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What Can We Learn From Storm Reid?

Child actress Storm Reid has been making her parents proud since she was 3 years old, making her major film debut when she was 10 years old. Reid received her undergraduate […]

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What Can We Learn From a Grandfather’s Inheritance?

Edward S. Lyon, a former University of Chicago employee, died in 2019 with a retirement account worth around $1.7M listing his spouse, Valerie as his beneficiary. Prior to his death, […]

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What Can We Learn From Albert Einstein (Again)?

The genius, Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at the age of 76 from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was taken to Princeton Hospital but refused corrective surgery.  He […]

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What Can We Learn From Audrey Hepburn?

Audrey Hepburn died in 1993 at the age of 63, with a last will that left all of her personal memorabilia from her movie career to her two sons from […]

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What Can We Learn From Jackie Kennedy Onassis?

Well….her designer (talk about a bait and switch LOL). Oleg Cassini was the renowned American fashion designer, best known for his “Jackie Look” for First Lady, Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis. He died in 2006 […]

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What Can We Learn From Sean Hughes?

The British stand-up comedian, Sean Hughes died in 2017 leaving behind an estate worth $4M and a last will that he drafted via an online platform without professional legal advice […]

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What Can We Learn From UK’s Aristocrats’ Rights?

Hear ye, hear ye—Just this week, Britain’s parliament approved legislation to remove the remaining “hereditary peers” (92, give or take a powdered wig) from the House of Lords. Thus endeth a […]

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What Can We Learn From Graceland?

“Uh-huh-huh… looks like someone tried to shake things up at Graceland!” The museum and pilgrimage site for fans since 1982, Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate, was the subject of deed fraud!! […]

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What Can We Learn From Florida’s Registration Stickers?

It’s coming down the pipeline…. Maybe. The proposed bill eliminates the yellow registration stickers in favor of electronic verification of registration instead. We will still need to register our cars, but […]

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What Can We Learn From Tony Curtis?

The bona fide heartthrob, Tony Curtis passed away in 2010 at the age of 85 leaving behind 6 wives, 5 children, 7 grandchildren, a $40M estate, and a last will […]

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What Can We Learn From the Beckham’s Family Drama?

If you haven’t heard, I’ll fill you in. Almost 4 years after their wedding, Nicola Petz (daughter of billionaire Nelson Petz and model Claudia Heffner Petz) and Brooklyn Beckham (son of […]

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What Can We Learn From Kevin Hart?

It all started in 2023 when Kevin Hart’s FORMER assistant spilled the beans on a YouTube channel. Hart and his company sued both the former assistant and the YouTube channel for […]

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What Can We Learn From a Disinherited Nephew?

Doreen Stock, a London resident, died in 2021 at the age of 86, leaving behind an estate valued at approximately $400K. Doreen drafted her last will when her great nephew, Ben […]

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What Can We Learn From a Florida Dock Dispute?

Just your typical Miami neighbor dispute involving a $20 million dollar home, superyachts, marijuana edibles and Shakira. You know, the usual. 78-year-old Louise Attkiss was lounging by her pool, enjoying a […]

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What Can We Learn From Jerry Lee Lewis?

Rock & roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis died in 2022, at the age of 87, leaving behind seven wives and six children and an estimated estate worth between $10M – […]

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What Can We Learn From 23andMe?

Joseph Brown died in February of 2023 in Texas leaving behind 2 daughters (or so he thought), Kali and Abigail, and a wrongful death action that resulted in a $28M […]

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What Else Can We Learn From Hulk Hogan?

The wrestling legend, Hulk Hogan, died in July of 2025, leaving behind a $5M Florida probate proceeding with his son as his only heir. Not surprisingly, Hogan’s daughter, Brooke, was not listed […]

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What Can We Learn From Bulgari Jewelers?

In 1984, the hoity-toity (yes that’s a legal term) Bulgari jewelry store, on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, was raided by tax agents after a months-long sales tax evasion investigation. It was alleged […]

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What Can We Learn From Bruce Lee?

The famed actor and martial artist, Bruce Lee, died in 1973 at the age of 32 leaving behind an estate worth $10M, a wife, two children and a mess of […]

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How an IBM Intern Becomes a Lawyer & Entrepreneur

Adam Rossen sits down with Odelia Goldberg, a Fort Lauderdale estate planning attorney whose career spans modeling, 18 years at IBM, and building a thriving law practice. This episode explores […]

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What Can We Learn From a Doctor’s Handwriting?

It all went down in India. A woman sued a man and accused him of taking money from her, promising her a government job, conducting fake interviews, and sexually exploiting her. In his […]

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