Monique Lavender Greenberg: Why a Will Is Not Enough to Protect Your Family

Monique Lavender Greenberg is a Florida Bar Board Certified specialist in Wills, Trusts, and Estates and the founder of Lavender Greenberg PLLC in Coral Gables, Florida. She focuses her practice on sophisticated estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and families with complex domestic and international asset structures.Known for her strategic and highly customized approach, Monique designs estate plans that prioritize probate avoidance, tax efficiency, asset protection, and long-term wealth preservation across generations. Her dual experience in planning and litigation—including probate, trust administration, guardianship, and fiduciary disputes—provides clients with a distinct advantage in anticipating and mitigating future conflict.Monique is a frequent national speaker on advanced estate planning topics and serves as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator, handling trust, probate, and guardianship disputes.In this episode…Most people believe that having a will means their family is fully protected — but what if that single document is leaving the people you love completely exposed? Estate planning attorney Monique Lavender Greenberg breaks down one of the most dangerous misconceptions in the legal world: that a will is enough. What really happens to your assets, your children, and your legacy when you don't have the right plan in place?The probate process — a costly, public, court-directed ordeal that most families stumble into simply because they didn't know there was a better way. She reveals the hidden risks of DIY wills and AI-generated documents, shares real cases of will forgeries that nearly robbed families of everything, and explains why the plan you think is protecting your family may actually be setting them up for conflict, delays, and financial loss. Could the documents you have right now be doing more harm than good?In this episode of Verdict Signal, host Daniel Gouw interviews Monique Lavender Greenberg, founding attorney of Lavender Greenberg PLLC in Coral Gables, Florida, and a Florida Bar Board Certified Wills, Trusts, and Estates Attorney with an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law. Monique shares her journey from debating politicians to becoming one of Florida's most trusted estate planning attorneys, covering everything from revocable and irrevocable trusts to guardianship, blended family planning, and the future of estate law in an AI-driven world. Tune in to learn how to make informed choices that truly protect what you build.Want to be featured in the Verdict Signal Podcast?Register here: https://ednadm.com/verdict-signal-application