David M. Garten
Member
Earning his J.D. from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. With more than 25 years of legal experience and 18 years focusing his practice in the most complex areas of litigation representing high net worth individuals and/or institutions involving guardianship, probate, estate, and trust matters. A long standing member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. Served as the chairperson of the Probate and Guardianship Practice Committee. He is also a member of the CLE Estate and Probate Law Committees. Admitted to the Florida Bar and is currently a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; the Probate Law and Procedure Committee; the Trust Law Committee; and the Probate and Trust Litigation Committee.
Areas of Practice
- Guardianship Litigation
- Probate Litigation
- Trust & Estate Litigation
- Wills
- Power of Attorney
- Estate Planning
- Trust Litigation
- Living wills
- Health care surrogate designations
- Survivorship Accounts
- Elective share
- Claims filed against an estate
- Defending claims by the estate
- Fiduciary liability
Litigation Percentage
- 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1989
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1983
- University of Southern California
- B.S. - 1980
