Boston, MA Holland & Knight has strengthened its private wealth services practice with a team of three attorneys, including partners Mark Swirbalus and Marshall Senterfitt, and associate Joshua Bearce. All previously practiced at Goulston & Storrs.

Swirbalus represents individuals, families, charitable organizations, and bank and trust companies as beneficiaries, trustees, executors, administrators, and personal representatives. He handles a range of trust and estate-related disputes, including, trust and will contests involving allegations of undue influence, incompetency, and fraud; breach of fiduciary duty and removal actions; contested accountings; and trust reformation, modification, and interpretation actions. Swirbalus received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Senterfitt advises clients in litigating and resolving high-stakes trust and estate disputes, including fiduciary duty claims; trust and will contests involving issues such as undue influence, lack of capacity, or fraud; and other probate and fiduciary litigation matters. In his practice, he serves private individuals, trusts and trustees, and a broad range of commercial enterprises and professional service providers. Senterfitt received a J.D. from Northeastern University and a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts.

Bearce focuses his practice in probate and fiduciary litigation. He received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from Suffolk University.

“Marshall and I are eager to utilize Holland & Knight’s national platform and to build upon the existing strength of their Private Wealth Services group,” said Swirbalus. “We are delighted to be joining the firm.”

“The firm’s vast resources will allow for both Mark and I to strengthen our practices and enhance the services that we provide to our clients,” said Mr. Senterfitt. “We are particularly excited to expand our work with financial institutions on fiduciary representation matters.”

“Mark and Marshall operate as a team and have established a great reputation in New England as ‘go-to’ fiduciary litigators,” said David Scott Sloan, co-chair of Holland & Knight’s Global Private Wealth Services Group. “They will aid us in expanding our nationwide Dispute Resolution practice that is largely based on the West Coast. Their extensive skillsets and experience will deepen our footprint in that market, as well as bolster the strength and depth of our national Private Wealth Services Practice.”

“I am confident that Mark and Marshall will be excellent additions to our firm’s Boston office,” said Christopher Boyett, co-chair of Holland & Knight’s Global Private Wealth Services Group practice. “We are thrilled to welcome them to our firm.”