Founding Attorney · Mucci Law
Thomas
J. Budd
Mucci
Two decades spent turning a standard succession planning practice into a specialized trust and estate firm — built on how disputes actually unfold in court.

A short introduction
Meet Tom.
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The practice
For over two decades, Thomas J. Budd Mucci has transformed a standard succession planning practice into a specialized trust and estate firm, focusing on litigation strategies to manage trust disputes.
The same experience that argues trust disputes in court also informs how wills, trusts, and recorded instructions are prepared here.
The firm maintains a robust network of resources for clients and solo practitioners alike.
At a glance
- Focus
- Trust & estate litigation
- Also handles
- Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Based in
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
Selected matters
$22M
Settlement secured
By defeating an assignment violation of a spendthrift clause in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
"An estate plan is not finished when it is signed — it is finished when it can withstand the disagreements that may one day surround it."
Uni-trust conversion
Income stability
Directed a team through a uni-trust conversion that ensured the client's income stability.
Pursuing now
Breach of fiduciary duty
Pursuing a case against a trustee related to the modification of an estate plan through a non-judicial settlement agreement.
Bring the question that is keeping you up at night.
(505) 247-2211Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.