About Ms. Van Veen
Anya Van Veen is an experienced probate, trust, and guardianship attorney whose practice focuses on complex litigation and appellate matters arising from contested probate, trust, and guardianship proceedings. Anya has been involved in a wide range of trust, probate, and guardianship appeals, including appeals from will contests, fiduciary litigation, guardianship litigation, disputes arising out of creditor claims, breach of duty claims, and homestead disputes. In addition to her litigation and appellate practice, Anya regularly handles probate administration, advising fiduciaries and beneficiaries and helping clients navigate the legal and procedural aspects of estate administration.
Anya earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, where she studied linguistics and was a member of the crew team. She received her law degree from Washington University School of Law, where she served on the Washington University Law Quarterly, interned with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and worked with the United Nations Development Fund in Nepal.
Before joining Comiter Singer, Anya practiced for more than a decade at boutique probate, trust, and guardianship law firms in Palm Beach Gardens. She is admitted to practice law in Florida and California.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- The Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar
- The Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar
- The Florida Bar
- The State Bar of California
REPORTED CASES
- Mariani v. Mariani, 125 So. 3d 222 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (obtained reversal of summary judgment in trust litigation involving entitlement to receive discretionary distributions from trust).
- Weiser v. Weiser, 137 So. 3d 545 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (successful defense of appeal seeking to overturn guardianship order on due process grounds).
- Woodward v. Woodward, 204 So. 3d 582 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) (Obtained reversal of summary judgment in trust litigation on grounds that neither res judicata nor laches barred the action).
- Weiser v. Weiser, 132 So. 3d 309 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) (due process issues in guardianship dispute)
- Boren v. Rogers, 243 So. 3d 448 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018) (writ of certiorari granted quashing protective order precluding production of trust documents necessary to establish standing)
- Thayer v. Hawthorn, 2023 WL 4094864 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023) (homestead dispute concerning spousal waiver in deed and exemption)
- Bronstein v. Bronstein, 332 So. 3d 510 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (breach of trust dispute)
- Cook v. Cook, 260 So. 3d 281 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018) (guardianship dispute)
- Honigman v. Honigman as Trustee of Dan Honigman Revocable Trust, 268 So. 3d 138 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) (successful defense of final judgment in trust litigation action challenged on judicial estoppel grounds).
- Slobodow v. Rose Newman Revocable Trust, 226 So. 3d 845 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) (successful defense of final judgment in trust litigation action regarding beneficiary status and judicial modification of trust).
