Peter A. Sachs
Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial and Business Litigation Lawyer

National Board of Trial Advocacy Civil Trial Advocate

Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Attorney

Peter, a shareholder with the firm, represents individuals and institutions in the prosecution and defense of complex trust and estate, guardianship and commercial litigation matters.  Peter has written and lectured on such topics as will and trust contests, land trust litigation, the parol evidence rule, removal to Federal Court and pre-judgment remedies.

Peter is a member of The Florida Bar’s Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, and Probate Litigation Committee; the Palm Beach County Bar’s Probate and Guardianship Rules and Circuit Civil Practice Committees, and is a former member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Chair 2001-02), and Probate Rules Committee (Chair 2006-07); and the Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedures for the U.S. District Court for the Southern Dist. of Florida.  Peter is past-Chair of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches and past-Director of the Center for Children in Crisis.  Peter is listed by Best Lawyers in America and as a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer and a Florida Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Super Lawyers Magazine.

Practice Highlights:

• Represented seven charitable organizations in a $100 million estate proceeding in defending a claim which would have resulted in the charities receiving no residuary distributions, and settling the claim so that the charities received an amount exceeding $30 million, almost 95% of the residue

• Represented two siblings as personal representatives of their father’s $25 million estate in successfully defending an attack on the decedent’s will by his surviving spouse, and obtaining a judgment finding the surviving spouse guilty of undue influence and ordering the return of funds misappropriated by her during the final months of the decedent’s life.

• Represented trustees in successfully prosecuting a claim against a major brokerage firm for the improper sale of $30 million in annuity contracts to an elderly couple, receiving a jury award of over $7 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

   

Practice Groups
Litigation
Trusts & Estates
Private Client Services
 

Education
J.D., Duke Univ., 1982
B.A., cum laude, Emory Univ.,  1979

Bar Admissions
The Florida Bar
American Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association

Court Admissions
United States Supreme Court
All Florida State Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the Southern
     and Middle Districts of Florida