Ryan Scharber

Ryan M. Scharber

Ryan Scharber, Chandler Estate Planning, Probate and Litigation Attorney
Ryan Scharber is a Notre Dame University alumnus and Best Lawyers® honoree.
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Ryan Scharber is the firm’s lead attorney in estate planning, probate and trust administration, and estate litigation. His background in business litigation and his estate planning experience are valuable assets in resolving estate controversies and inheritance disputes.

Ryan’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

Articles By and About Ryan Scharber

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By Hoopes Adams & Scharber PLC 08 Jan, 2024
A new federal law requires businesses to report specific information about the business and its owners and imposes costly consequences for failure to comply.
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By Ryan Scharber 15 Nov, 2023
In Arizona, an LLC interest held outside of a trust is considered personal property and subject to probate upon the owner's death.
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By Hoopes Adams & Scharber, PLC 17 Aug, 2023
Best Lawyers in America has selected Chandler estate planning attorney Ryan Scharber for 2024. Ryan is an honoree in the categories of Trusts & Estates and Trust & Estate Litigation.
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Meet Ryan Scharber

Ryan Scharber

Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Estate Controversy

Probate and Trust Administration

Real Estate Law

Business Transactions

Asset Protection

Honors and Awards

The Best Lawyers in America®: Trusts and Estates, 2023, 2024; Trust and Estate Litigation, 2024

AzBusiness Leaders, AZ Big Media, 2024

Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2018, 2019, 2021-2023

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Arizona: Sections on Business Law, Probate and Trust, and Tax Law

Maricopa County Bar Association

Central Arizona Estate Planning Council

East Valley Estate Planning Council

National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, East Valley Chapter

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 2009

Education

J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School, 2009

B.A., Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2006

Community Leadership

Napa Legal Institute: Corporate Governance Working Group; Planned and Charitable Giving Working Group

First Way Pregnancy Center: Board of Directors

Alliance Defending Freedom: Allied Attorney

Catholic Community Foundation for the Diocese of Phoenix: Professional Advisory Board

Diocese of Phoenix: Policy Committee

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