Areas of Practice

Probate & Trust Administration & Litigation

Brian Gerst at Gerst Law, PLLC has extensive experience in probate, trust, and estate law.  Brian represents trustees, personal representatives, beneficiaries, heirs, individuals acting under a power of attorney and other “interested parties” in a variety of related areas including but not limited to the following:

  • Representation of fiduciaries during administration
  • Breach of fiduciary claims against personal representatives, trustees and individual’s acting under a power of attorney
  • Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA) claims
  • Disputes over inventory, accounting, valuation and distribution of assets
  • Investigation and resolution of claims relating to real estate, bank accounts, investment accounts, annuities, life insurance and tangible personal property
  • Creditor claims
  • Disinheritance due to financial or physical exploitation, undue influence, will contests, trust challenges and claims of unlawful interference with inheritance expectancy
  • Tort, contract and insurance claims
  • All aspects of real estate law and more…

Real Property Transactions & Litigation

Brian Gerst at Gerst Law, PLLC has extensive experience in real estate transactions and related litigation.  Brian represents individuals, companies and fiduciaries in a variety of related areas including but not limited to the following:

  • Purchase and Sale Agreements
  • Real Estate Contracts
  • Options
  • Promissory Notes
  • Deeds of Trust
  • Residential and Commercial Leases
  • Deeds of conveyance
  • Shared Well Agreements
  • Construction agreements
  • Road maintenance agreements
  • Boundary disputes/encroachments
  • Landlord Tenant
  • Evictions/Ejectment
  • Breach of Contract Claims
  • Adverse Possession
  • Quiet title/title defects
  • Timber trespass
  • Waste
  • Trespass
  • Nuisance
  • Liens
  • Easements
  • Interpleader actions
  • HOA issues
  • Enforcement of CC&R’s
  • Construction Transactions and Litigation and more…

Creditors Rights

Brian Gerst at Gerst Law, PLLC has extensive experience in creditor rights. Brian represents individuals and companies in a variety of related areas including but not limited to the following:

  • Pre litigation evaluation and risk analysis
  • Obtaining money judgments
  • Enforcement of judgments
  • Supplemental proceedings (aka a “debtor’s exam”)
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Bank Garnishment
  • Execution
  • Attachment
  • Replevin
  • Bankruptcy and more…

General Civil Litigation

Brian Gerst at Gerst Law, PLLC has extensive experience in general civil litigation. Brian represents aggrieved individuals and companies in a variety of disputes including but not limited to:

  • Appellate work
  • Construction defect claims
  • Breach of contract claims
  • Tort claims
  • Insurance disputes
  • Privacy rights litigation and more…