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Trust and Civil Litigation Serving Redlands, CA and all of Southern California, we are a top law office dedicated to providing exceptional legal services in trust and civil litigation. Call: (909) 255-9529  Law Office of Eric J. Rechsteiner - Homepage Background Photo Law Office of Eric J. Rechsteiner - Homepage Background Photo

Welcome to Your Trusted Trust & Civil Litigation Attorney in Redlands, CA

The Law Office of Eric J. Rechsteiner is a boutique law office that deals in both trust and civil litigation.  Eric serves the Inland Empire, primarily in the San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange County areas. 

Eric is devoted to providing the best representation possible for his clients while maintaining compassion and empathy for those who are in their most vulnerable and desperate time of need for legal representation.

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Owner, Law Office of Eric J. Rechsteiner

Selecting Your Attorney

Why Choose a Trust Litigation Attorney in Redlands, CA?

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When dealing with trust disputes or estate-related conflicts, it’s essential to have a skilled attorney who understands California’s trust and estate laws. Here’s why our firm stands out:

  • Specialized Expertise: With years of experience in trust litigation, I offer tailored legal strategies designed to resolve disputes efficiently.
  • Local Knowledge: As a Redlands-based attorney, I’m familiar with San Bernardino County’s courts and legal processes, ensuring your case is handled with precision.
  • Dedicated Support: From the initial consultation to case resolution, you will receive personalized attention and legal counsel every step of the way.
Practice Areas:

Trust Litigation

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Abused Beneficiary

Abused beneficiaries generally fall into two categories.  They are:

  1. Vested Trust Beneficiary; and
  2. Non-Vested Trust Beneficiary

The following article will discuss their details…

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Trust Accounting

In California, a trustee must keep the trust beneficiaries reasonably informed of the trust and its administration. This does not mean that the trustee is required to inform the beneficiaries of every detail of the trust administration. The most basic action required…

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Trust Contest

Contesting a trust is a legal process that involves challenging the validity of a trust or specific provisions of the trust in court. The goal is to change the inheritance, distribution, or bequest that a beneficiary or heir is set to receive from the trust.

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Trustee Theft

Trustee surcharge litigation involves asking a Probate Court to hold a trustee financially responsible for the harms they caused to a trust. A trustee surcharge is a court order that requires a trustee to pay money to a trust or estate’s beneficiaries. 

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Practice Areas:

Civil Litigation

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Personal Injury

Personal Injury is an area of litigation that deals with bodily injury, emotional distress, and property damage that occurs from conduct by one who did not intend to cause such harm.  In lay terms, the harm that occurred was the result of an “accident.”

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Breach of Contract

A valid contract may be written, oral, or implied by conduct. A breach of contract is any situation in which one or both parties fail to perform their duties or deliver products agreed upon in a contract. Breach of contract usually comes in two forms: 

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Business Torts

In law, the term “torts” refers to harm inflicted. The harm could be inflicted deliberately or accidentally; it could be the result of malicious intent or pure negligence. Regardless, California law recognizes that harm done to another person …

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Legal Malpractice

An attorney may be liable for malpractice if he or she breaches the legal duty to use such skill, prudence, and diligence as other members of the legal profession possess and exercise, and such breach is the proximate cause of plaintiff’s loss or damage.

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Free Consultation

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    What you may expect

    Why Clients Choose Us

    Clients choose the Law Office of Eric J. Rechsteiner for many reasons.  They include…

    1. Quality of Service;
    2. Trust and Credibility;
    3. Client Focus;
    4. Aggressive Representation;
    5. Excellent Reputation;
    6. Dedicated to Seeking the Best Possible Outcome, and
    7. Will Work Towards Establishing a Long-term Relationship With You.
    Famous Quotes

    Words of Wisdom

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      Joint adventurers, like copartners, owe to one another, while the enterprise continues, the duty of the finest loyalty. Many forms of conduct permissible in a workaday world for those acting at arm’s length, are forbidden to those bound by fiduciary ties.

      Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
      Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y. 458, 463-64 (N.Y. 1928)
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      A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior. As to this there has developed a tradition that is unbending and inveterate.

      Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
      Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y. 458, 463-64 (N.Y. 1928)
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      Uncompromising rigidity has been the attitude of courts of equity when petitioned to undermine the rule of undivided loyalty by the “disintegrating erosion” of particular exceptions ( Wendt v. Fischer,243 N.Y. 439, 444). Only thus has the level of conduct for fiduciaries been kept at a level higher than that trodden by the crowd. It will not consciously be lowered by any judgment of this court.

      Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
      Meinhard v. Salmon, 249 N.Y. 458, 463-64 (N.Y. 1928)
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      Danger invites rescue. … The wrongdoer may not have foreseen the coming of a deliverer. He is accountable as if he had.

      Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
      Wagner v. International Railway Co., 232 N.Y. 13 (N.Y. 1926)

    Contact Info

    Call Now : (909) 255-9529

    • eric@rechsteinerlaw.com
    • Mon - Fri 9:00-5:00
    • 631 New Jersey St., Suite 101, Redlands, CA 92373

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