Zachary D. Schlichting

Shareholder

(303) 322-8943
zschlichting@wadeash.com

Zach Schlichting comes to Wade Ash with a wealth of knowledge and experience from many years of investigating and litigating actions involving the alleged exploitation of at-risk elders; actions involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by conservators, personal representatives, and trustees; and actions involving contested deeds, wills, and trusts.

Overview

PRACTICE AREAS:

Estate and Trust Litigation
Guardianships and Conservatorships
Elder Law
Estate and Trust Administration
Expert Witness
- Reasonableness of Attorney and Fiduciary Fees

EDUCATION:

Temple University (B.A. summa cum laude, 2004)
University of Colorado Law School (J.D., 2008)

Affiliations & Presentations

MEMBER:

Colorado Bar Association
- Trust & Estate Section
  - Executive Council, 2016 – 2018
  - Probate Trial and Procedure Committee
    - Co-Chair, 2018 – Present
    - Member, 2013 – Present
  - Statutory Revisions Committee
- Elder Law Section
Denver Bar Association
State Court Administrator’s Office Conservator’s Reporting System Stakeholder Committee

LECTURER:

Probate Boot Camp: First Steps, National Business Institute, Denver, Colorado, 2015
Will Contests: Legal and Equitable Claims and Defenses, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, Colorado, 2015
Advanced Estate Administration: Complexities Explained, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, Colorado, 2015
Advanced Elder Law Institute: An Integrated Approach to Aging in America, Colorado Bar Association CLE, Denver, Colorado, 2013

Publications

AUTHOR:

Co-Author: Volume 3, Chapter 100: Conservatorships, Published in Colorado Methods of Practice, 2017 Revised Edition, West’s Colorado Practice Series, Published by Thomson Reuters, 2017.

Co-Author: Chapter 53: Probate Process: The Decedent’s Estate Administration, Published in Elder Law in Colorado, Fourth Ed. (John J. Campbell and D. Wayne Stewart eds., CLE in Colo., Inc., Supp. 2016).

Author: Probate Boot Camp: First Steps, NBI, Inc., December 16, 2015.

Co-Author: Equitable Defenses in Will and Trust Litigation: Discussion Regarding the Bill Before the Colorado Legislature Regarding Common Law Rule on “Laches”, CLE in Colorado, Inc., September 11, 2015.

Co-Author: Liability of Third Party Payors for Distributions Made to Fiduciaries, CLE in Colorado, Inc., January 23, 2015.

Co-Author: Conservator’s Reports and Forensic Accountings, CLE in Colorado, Inc., February 14, 2013.