Ryan M. Scharber

Ryan Scharber, Chandler Estate Planning, Probate and Litigation Attorney

Ryan Scharber is a Notre Dame alumnus and a Super Lawyers Rising Stars honoree who began his career in commercial litigation.

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Ryan Scharber is the firm’s lead attorney in probate and trust administration. His background in business litigation and his estate planning experience are valuable assets in resolving estate controversies and inheritance disputes.

Ryan Scharber’s law practice encompasses the full spectrum of trust and estate law, probate and trust administration, estate controversy, asset protection, and business and real estate transactions.

His recent estate controversy matters have included successfully defending:

the personal representative of a $2.3 million estate involving mass murder, suicide, embezzlement, Arizona’s “slayer statute,” and other complicating factors.
the successor trustee of a $600,000 trust in a case involving ineffective amendments and assets spread across multiple jurisdictions.
the personal representative of a $2.5 million estate in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty claims against a broker who was managing estate assets.

Testimonial

“Ryan Scharber was a flicker of hope to my family and me at a stressful and emotional time in my life, when my father passed away a mere three weeks before I had a baby. I discovered I was my parents' Successor Trustee [and] Ryan helped to organize all the documentation I inherited and thoroughly explained exactly what my role would be, plus the responsibilities associated with it. Ryan was always quick with reply communication, which is an attribute I greatly appreciate. I wholeheartedly recommend Ryan Scharber without reservation.”

- Michelle Koechle

News

Competing tax proposals could seriously impact your estate plan

By Shawn Winchester • May 19, 2021

Two competing proposals – one supported by President Biden and the other promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders – take different paths to the same destination: extracting more tax revenue from estates upon the death of their owners. Either would cause couples and individuals to significantly re-examine estate plans that they thought were largely settled issues.