Matthew Triggs is a partner in the Litigation Department and serves as head of that practice in Florida. He is also head the Firm’s fiduciary litigation group.
Matt specializes in fiduciary and probate litigation, representing both corporate and individual fiduciaries in a wide array of probate and trust disputes. His experience encompasses breach of fiduciary duty claims, surcharge actions, removal proceedings, and challenges related to wills and trusts. Additionally, he provides legal counsel to financial institutions on various commercial matters, including contested receivership hearings, contract disputes, commercial foreclosures and FINRA arbitrations.
Matt is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Fiduciary Litigation Committee. He previously served as chair of The Florida Bar’s Probate Rules Committee and led the Trust Law Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. He was also vice chair of the Section’s Probate Law and Procedure Committee. Matt currently serves as Group Chair of the American Bar Association's Litigation and Professional Responsibility Group. A prolific author, he frequently speaks on fiduciary litigation topics.
Education
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Emory University School of Law, J.D.
Order of the Coif
Member, Emory Law Journal, 1988-1990
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University of Florida, B.S.
Admissions & Qualifications
- Florida
- Georgia
Court Admissions
- Courts of Law and Equity, State of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Florida, Middle District
- U.S. District Court, Georgia, Northern District
- U.S. District Court, Florida, Southern District
- Supreme Court of Florida
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
Memberships
Former Chair and Co-Chair, Estate and Probate Cle Committee of the Palm Beach County Bar Association
Former Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (2019-2020)
Former Chair, Probate Rules Committee of the Florida Bar, Current Committee Member (past Vice Chair, 2014)
Former Chair, Trust Law Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (2019-2020)
Former Vice Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (2017-2018)
Former Vice Chair, Probate Law and Procedure Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar
Group Chair, American Bar Association's Litigation and Professional Responsibility Group Within the American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Fellow, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Former Member, Grievance Committee of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate (2019-2020)
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America 2024