Nicholas James Vanbrunt

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: A few of Mr. Van Brunt's representative matters include the following: Obtained stipulated resignation of individual trustee after first morning of trial seeking his removal from office.
  Secured order appointing conservator
  invalidating the power of attorney of an individual who commingled funds
  engaged in other breaches of fiduciary duty over his nonagenarian father.
  Won a trial concerning the interpretation of several clauses of a 100+ page trust instrument, resulting in a seven-figure benefit to the client. Successfully defended the appeal, resulting in the trial victory being affirmed in full.
  Successfully obtained conservatorship over person
  estate of client's parent in connection with estate valued in excess of $30,000,000, where allegations of elder abuse
  undue influence necessitated protection of the client's parent.
  Successfully defended appeal of $40 million judgment against client's sibling who had attempted to misappropriate assets from his parents' trust
  estate for himself
  then won over $5 million in additional judgments against same sibling in multiple subsequent trials.
  Successfully defended directors of non-profit foundation that provides millions of dollars to various charitable beneficiaries in binding arbitration.
  Successfully defeated contest to a will before it even got out of the starting gate.
  Member of team that successfully represented current owner of National Basketball Association franchise in high-profile litigation concerning the sale of that team.
  Obtained numerous favorable settlements for individual trustees, individual beneficiaries, corporate trustees
  entities,
  nonprofit organizations, both through mediation
  face-to-face negotiation.
  Historical Experience: Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Mr. Van Brunt was a partner of Loeb & Loeb, LLP, in the Trust
  Estate Litigation group. Mr. Van Brunt began his legal career as an associate in the litigation department of White & Case LLP's Los Angeles office.