Lightfoot Group, Llc

Lightfoot Group, LLC focuses on resolving family and business disputes involving: Court Appointments (receiver, special master, monitor, auditor) Joint Retention (agreement reached by parties, usually out of court) Fiduciary/Beneficiary Disputes (troubleshooter: lower contentiousness, solve problems) Lightfoot Group, LLC provides NEUTRAL FINANCIAL EXPERT services via joint retention and court appointments. The firm also provides unique troubleshooting services to Trustees, Executors and Administrators. Lightfoot Group is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where it was founded by James “Jim” Hart who serves as the firm’s Managing Member. Jim is a forensic accountant and financial consultant with over thirty years of professional experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business valuation and troubleshooting for fiduciaries. He has been serving as a court-appointed receiver, special master, monitor and auditor since 1995. In place of dueling financial experts, jointly retained Neutral Financial Experts allow parties and their counsel to focus on specific contested financial issues. The flexibility inherent in this process typically shortens discovery, lowers costs and contentiousness and emphasizes real issues, while promoting confidentiality, resolution and settlement. Lightfoot Group's unique troubleshooting and problem solving services assist Fiduciaries (Trustees, Executors & Administrators) and Beneficiaries in disputes involving complex trusts and estates as well as family businesses. We have been providing confidential services to Fiduciaries for several decades.