Practice Areas - Estate and Trust Litigation, Probate, Trial Attorney
Robert Zawideh is an attorney and shareholder in The Kemp Klein Law Firm, of which he has been a member since 2010. Currently the head of Kemp Klein’s Litigation Practice Group, Mr. Zawideh primarily represents interested persons in high net worth trust and estate disputes. This body of work is part of a more than 30 year history of successfully resolving complex litigation and business matters on behalf of individuals, businesses and municipalities. In addition to trust and estate litigation, Mr. Zawideh’s experience includes representing businesses and families involved in complex business and commercial litigation, employment claims, franchise matters, real estate claims and contract disputes. Robert Zawideh’s litigation practice has taken him before Michigan’s trial and appellate courts, including the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as before federal courts, state courts and arbitration panels across the United States. He has appeared in state and federal, trial or appellate courts in Michigan, Ohio, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Utah and Washington, D.C.
Probate and Trust Litigation: As a skilled and experienced trial and litigation attorney, Mr. Zawideh has successfully guided his clients through extremely difficult financial and emotional issues that are inherent in probate litigation involving will and trust contests, accounting disputes, as well as guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.
Commercial and Franchise Litigation: From simple breach of contract actions to complex franchise litigation, Mr. Zawideh has effectively represented his clients’ business interests before private arbitration panels, as well as trial and appellate courts in the metropolitan Detroit area and across the United States. Mr. Zawideh has argued and tried cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, construction law claims, breaches of noncompete agreements and violations of various state franchise investment laws at all levels of the judicial system.
Education
J.D., Wayne State University Law School, 1990
B.A., James Madison College of Michigan State University, 1987
(Justice, Morality & Constitutional Democracy)
Bar and Court Admissions
State Bar of Michigan, 1990
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Memberships
State Bar of Michigan
Oakland County Bar Association
Fellow, Oakland County Bar Foundation
American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estates Section
Client Success Stories
Mr.Zawideh has celebrated numerous client successes at Kemp Klein. Many of those are featured on our
Client Success Stories page.
KEMP KLEIN LAW FIRM
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Strategic Planning Committee
Member, Associate Development Committee
Co-Chairperson, Litigation Practice Group
Chairman, Charity Events and Community Involvement
CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS
Member, Board of Directors of Jefferson Douglas Academy
Peer Recognition
AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell which gives the rating to “Preeminent Peer Rated Attorneys are an elite group of attorneys who have been rated highly by their peers as having Very High Ethical Standards and an A grade.”
Recognized by “Best Lawyers” since 2021 in the areas of Arbitration and “Litigation – Trusts and Estates”
Recognized by “Leading Lawyers” since 2017 in the areas of Civil Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation and Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law
