Trust of Preovolos CA4/1
Objector and appellant Athansios (Thanasi) K. Preovolos, an attorney, appeals from an order disqualifying his law firm Preovolos Lewin ALC (Preovolos Lewin) from representing Thanasi in connection with a probate petition filed by Thanasi’s father, plaintiff and respondent Peter E. Preovolos. Peter’s petition sought, among other things, to invalidate an irrevocable trust and postmarital agreement drafted by Thanasi and Preovolos Lewin that Peter and his former wife Litsa had entered into as a consequence of Peter’s infidelity. In its disqualification order, the probate court ruled it was undisputed that Thanasi and Preovolos Lewin had represented Peter for many years in various matters and continued to legally represent Peter’s businesses; Thanasi drafted documents that prompted creation of the documents Peter sought to invalidate in probate court; and Thanasi was a trust beneficiary and “trust protector” to the irrevocable trust and to a family trust, which Thanasi had amen
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