Lippes Mathias LLP has added Aaron K. Appiah, Jr. to its trusts & estates practice team, where he focuses on probate, trust, and guardianship litigation, including breach of fiduciary duty claims, undue influence, failure to provide accountings, improper distribution of assets, will and trust contests, removal of personal representatives, trustees, and guardians, and incapacity proceedings. 

Prior to joining Lippes Mathias, Appiah practiced civil litigation at a major law firm. Before that, he served as an assistant state attorney for the State Attorney's Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, where he acted as first chair attorney or equal counsel on 15 jury trials that reached a verdict, including 10 felony trials. 

Appiah earned his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2021 and his B.S. from the University of Central Florida in 2018. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association and the Jacksonville Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division. 

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