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Trusts & Estates

Feb. 10, 2007

Ex-Model's Death Raises Questions About Substitute for Estate

LOS ANGELES - With the unexpected death of stripper-turned-icon Anna Nicole Smith and continuing litigation a certainty, the $1.6 billion question the courts will have to sort out is, Who will represent the interests of her estate?

By Andrew Harmon
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - With the unexpected death of stripper-turned-icon Anna Nicole Smith and continuing litigation a certainty, the $1.6 billion question the courts will have to sort out is, Who will represent the interests of her estate?
      Kent Richland, a partner with Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland who represented Smith last year in the longsta...

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