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Julian Zebot and Nathaniel Ajouri to Co-Present at Minnesota CLE's Litigating Probate and Trusts Disputes in 2022 – Let's Get Technical Seminar
March 29, 2022
Julian Zebot, partner in Maslon's Litigation Group and chair of Maslon's Trust and Estate Litigation Group, and litigation attorney Nathaniel Ajouri, will serve as co-presenters for Minnesota CLE's Litigating Probate and Trusts Disputes in 2022 – Let's Get Technical seminar on March 29, 2022. During the virtual session, titled "Navigating Unique Evidentiary Issues in Probate and Trust Litigation," Julian and Nate will discuss topics such as admitting estate planning files, videotaped wills, social media posts, and more. They will also explain best practices and offer tips for getting various forms of evidence admitted at trial.
To register, go to: Minnesota CLE, Litigating Probate and Trusts Disputes in 2022 Seminar.
Julian focuses his legal practice on probate, fiduciary, and trust litigation as well as business and commercial litigation. He has counseled and represented individual and business clients in both federal and state courts as well as arbitration proceedings, and he has handled matters for clients at all stages of the litigation process, including mediation, trials, and appeals.
Julian's probate, fiduciary, and trust litigation practice has involved many different types of contested estate, trust, probate, and elder law matters, including will/trust contests (including claims of undue influence and diminished capacity), construction/interpretation disputes, accounting actions, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fiduciary removal actions, trust instruction proceedings, financial elder abuse claims, and creditor claims against estates. Julian is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and when not litigating and resolving disputes, he is a frequent author and speaker on topics relating to probate, fiduciary, and trust litigation, fiduciary risk management, and professional ethics. Among other board and bar committee responsibilities, he is a member of the litigation committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and serves as co-chair of the Ethics and Malpractice Committee of the ABA's Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section.
Nate helps fiduciaries and individuals navigate through often complex probate and estate litigation matters. He also works with various organizations in business, commercial, and municipal litigation. He assists his clients at all stages of the litigation process and works closely with them to help them achieve their goals, often drawing on his experiences living and studying internationally to approach his clients' concerns from unique angles.
Nate received his law degree, summa cum laude, from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where he was a published author with the Cybaris Intellectual Property Law Review, and devoted more than 150 volunteer hours with the Minnesota Justice Foundation.