• Welcome

    Stilman Research offers its clients quality and dedicated service in the field of probate research and genealogy, whether they are holders of unclaimed assets or their rightful owners. We advocate for those sums or assets that for different reasons remain unclaimed so that they get back to their rightful owners, as it should be.
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  • Have we contacted you?

    Our company is devoted to tracing the rightful owners of assets of which they are evidently unaware. If we have contacted you it is because according to our research and to our best knowledge and belief, you are entitled to economic rights you ignore.
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  • Tracing Beneficiaries

    Do you need to contact the rightful owner of unclaimed assets? Contacting us is the first step in the right direction.
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  • Dormant accounts

    The legal definition as to what is to be deemed a dormant, unclaimed or inactive bank account varies according to each jurisdiction, even with countries lacking specific regulation on the issue. The main feature of these assets is that they lingered for a long time without action or notice from its owner and the Bank has lost contact with that owner or his or her heirs.
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We share a case in which Dr. Gabriel Stilman acted on behalf of those we identified as the lawful beneficiaries of a substantial bank account that had remained unclaimed for more than fifty years.

Read the full text of the judgment by the Claims Resolution Tribunal recognizing the right of the heirs of Hermine Marie Hordliczka to collect 354,074.13 Swiss francs for funds deposited in dormant accounts in the Swiss banking system, pursuant to the settlement agreement in the class-action lawsuit concerning the assets of Holocaust victims, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Read the complete text from the Claims Resolution Tribunal regarding the case of Hermine Marie Hordliczka.

Recent Publications

  • Stilman Research on Hermine Marie Hordliczka's case: recovery of swiss dormant accounts +

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  • Invisible Money: Abandoned Accounts and Forgotten Life Insurance Policies +

    Invisible Money: Abandoned Accounts and Forgotten Life Insurance Policies Read More

  • Being Rich Without Knowing It: The Work of Identifying the Current Beneficiaries of Forgotten Fortunes +

    Being Rich Without Knowing It: The Work of Identifying the Current Beneficiaries of Forgotten Fortunes Read More

  • Stilman Research, Specialists in the Genealogical Search for Beneficiaries of Unclaimed Assets +

    Stilman Research, Specialists in the Genealogical Search for Beneficiaries of Unclaimed Assets Read More

  • Bill – Unclaimed Property in Financial Institutions and Development of the Third Sector +

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