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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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What Can We Learn From the Guinness Family?

As the story is told in Netflix’s “House of Guinness,” it all started in 1868 with the death of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, the owner of the Guinness brewery that […]

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What Can We Learn from a Napa Valley Winery?

Jay Corley, founder of Monticello Vineyards, died in 2016 leaving behind his seven children to run his $30M winery. The kids aligned into two camps, one wanting to keep the […]

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What Can We Learn From Sandra Bullock’s Real Estate Investments?

What Can We Learn From Sandra Bullock? It’s no secret that she’s not my favorite (you can’t love them all), but the thespian, Sandra Bullock, is apparently an excellent real […]

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What Can We Learn From a Forged Last Will?

The Case of Estate Fraud in Kenya This story comes to us all the way from Kenya where the late business tycoon, Balkrishna Ramji Haribhai Devani’s daughter is facing charges […]

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What Can We Learn From Sharon Stone? Understanding Non-Compete Agreements

In 2013, actress Sharon Stone was sued by a former housekeeper, for alleged unlawful termination of employment after being injured on the job. The housekeeper claimed to be under “extreme […]

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What Can We Learn From the Sandals Resort Empire? Insights into Estate Management

Introduction Hotelier and billionaire, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, 79, died on Jan. 4, 2021, in Miami, Florida. The father of eight had several trusts set up for his various family members […]

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What Can We Learn From A Snowbird “Doc”? Insights into Estate Planning and No-Contest Clauses

What Can We Learn From A Snowbird “Doc”? A Wyoming resident (and part-time Floridian), chiropractor Donald “Doc” Taylor passed away in August of 2021 at the age of 81. Leaving […]

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What Can We Learn From Sofia Richie’s Marriage? Insights and Legalities

This past weekend, Sofia Richie, 24-year-old model influencer and designer, who is also the youngest daughter of legendary singer Lionel Richie, married Elliot Grainge, a music executive, in a star-studded […]

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What Can We Learn from the L.L. Bean Heiress? How private are Florida probate records?

Linda Bean, granddaughter of the L.L. Bean founder, Leon Leonwood Bean (how fun would it be if the entire family had the initials L.L. Bean!), died on March 23, 2024, […]

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What Can We Learn From Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry (Again)? Exploring Space Burials and End-of-Life Planning

What Can We Learn From Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (Again)? Do I have a story for you! Gene Roddenberry’s personal life was almost as exciting as his imagination. Gene […]

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