Neal Simmons v. Estate of Dr. Adrienne S. Baranowitz and Merrill Lynch Trust Company

The estate’s personal representative appeals from several of the circuit court’s orders disposing of the estate. We affirm all of the orders except for one portion of an order directing the personal representative’s counsel to disgorge fees which the court determined to be excessive. In the appeal of that portion of the order, the personal representative argues that the court had no personal jurisdiction over counsel to compel the disgorgement of fees. We agree and reverse on that argument only.

We summarize the pertinent portions of the court’s findings of fact and the record before turning…