Heiress' $300 Million Estate Dispute Settled Holland & Knight's highly experienced fiduciary dispute attorneys led complex negotiations that resulted in a settlement on the eve of trial in a two-year contentious probate case. At stake was an estate valued at more than $300 million with distant relatives of the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark challenging the validity of her Will, which she had executed at the age of 98. The relatives alleged that her attorney, accountant and nurse exerted undue influence to induce her to sign, from her hospital bed, the Will that left them out of her bequests. Holland & Knight filed the petition to admit the Will to probate and provided strategic counsel to navigate both interpersonal relationships and probate court considerations. Huguette Clark was the d

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