Asset Protection Attorneys in Minnesota

10 asset protection firms in Minnesota, by city, county and firm type.

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County

City

Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning10 Tax Planning6 Special Needs Planning5 Asset Protection10 Medicaid Planning7

Settling an estate

Trust Administration7 Probate9 Probate Litigation2 Trust Litigation1

Capacity and care

Elder Law5 Conservatorship5 Guardianship6

Firm Type

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10 firms

Law Office of Amy Kuronen, PLLC

9733 Russell Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431

Works from Bloomington and meets virtually with long-standing clients in the Duluth area and the Northland. Represents personal representatives through probate from the initial paperwork to closing the estate, billed hourly, and advises trustees on trust administration. Amy Kuronen is also a Certified Financial Planner; the free initial consultation covers estate planning.

Solo PracticeVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-218-464-1459

Chandler and Brown, Ltd.

3020 Woodbury Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129

Serves clients in the east metro, Greater Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Guides personal representatives through every probate step from submitting the will to the final accounting, advises successor trustees, and litigates will contests, fiduciary removals, creditor claims, and trustee disputes. Offers a free initial consultation and often travels to meet clients.

Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-651-228-0497

Haberkorn & Bright Law Offices, Ltd.

122 2nd Street NW, Aitkin, MN 56431

Serves Aitkin and surrounding communities from an office on 2nd Street NW in Aitkin. Handles probate estate administration, asset collection and distribution, and estate litigation, along with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and transfers of real property. Jeffrey J. Haberkorn established the office in 1986, and attorney Christine M. Bright purchased it in 2018.

Solo PracticeSince 1986Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationAsset ProtectionBusiness Law+2

1-218-927-6913

Kraft Walser Law Office

107 North 9th Street, Olivia, MN 56277

Serves Renville, McLeod, Wright, and Olmsted counties from offices in Olivia, Hutchinson, Cokato, and Stewartville. Probate work covers collecting assets, paying debts and taxes, estate tax returns, court filings, and distribution to heirs; the firm also creates and administers trusts, handles guardianships and conservatorships, and does Medical Assistance planning.

Since 1916Serves 4 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningConservatorship+5

1-320-523-1322

Legal Estate Planning Solutions, PLLC

203 Jewett Street, Marshall, MN 56258

Serves Lyon County and southwest Minnesota from Marshall; attorney Dominic M. Smith is licensed in Minnesota and South Dakota. The practice is planning only: wills, trusts, transfer-on-death deeds, powers of attorney, Medical Assistance and special needs planning, and farm succession. The first consultation is a free two-hour meeting, in the office or virtual.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningElder LawTax PlanningSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-507-337-2590

Parker Satrom Law, P.A.

123 South Ashland Street, Cambridge, MN 55008

Serves Isanti, Chisago, Kanabec, Pine and Anoka counties from Cambridge. Opens estates, inventories assets, manages creditor claims and prepares estate and fiduciary tax returns for personal representatives and trustees, and handles guardianships, conservatorships and Medical Assistance planning. Founded in 1950 by Robert S. Parker, a former Isanti County Attorney.

Since 1950Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+8

1-763-689-3000

Ramstad, Skoyles & Bakken, P.A.

114 Holmes St W, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Serves Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wadena, and Hubbard counties from Detroit Lakes. Represents clients through probate to collect and distribute assets after a death and manages the court process, drafts wills and trusts, and handles guardianships, conservatorships, and Medical Assistance qualification and asset protection. Continues a Detroit Lakes practice opened by Henry Jenson in 1908.

Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipGuardianship+4

1-218-847-5653

Safe Harbor Estate Law, PLLC

3240 Rice St, St. Paul, MN 55126

Serves clients throughout Minnesota from offices in St. Paul, Burnsville, and Wayzata. Guides personal representatives through uncontested probate and creates, administers, and defends trusts; the firm states it does not handle contested probate litigation. Planning covers wills, trusts, guardianships, special needs trusts, and Medicaid asset protection trusts.

Since 2013Serves the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+4

1-612-615-9535

Sandahl & Damhof

3500 American Blvd W, Suite 190, Bloomington, MN 55431

Serves Hennepin County and the Twin Cities from Bloomington, and Stearns County from a St. Cloud office. Guides personal representatives through Minnesota probate and successor trustees through trust administration, and handles guardianship, conservatorship and estate tax planning. Gold Winner of the 2025 Minnesota's Best Reader's Choice Award for estate planning.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningConservatorship+3

1-612-448-3898

Thomason, Swanson & Zahn, PLLC

120 Main Ave N, Park Rapids, MN 56470

Serves Park Rapids and Hubbard County. Handles probate and trust administration after a death, including court filings, inventories and accountings, difficult heirs and beneficiaries and re-titling non-probate assets, and establishes and represents guardianships and conservatorships. Estate planning includes wills, trusts, medical assistance planning and veterans' benefits issues.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningConservatorship+8

1-218-303-9549

Estate planning attorneys in Minnesota average $345 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,035 to $2,070 for a simple individual will and $3,530 to $5,295 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Minnesota will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Minnesota, estates valued at $75,000 or less skip probate with the Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property, 30 days after death. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Minnesota probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Minnesota, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the Minnesota estate tax threshold of $3,000,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most Minnesota estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Asset Protection Attorneys in Minnesota

Minnesota attorneys average $345 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,035–$2,070; online services cost $30–$300.

Minnesota imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $75,000 in Minnesota can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

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(4)·Updated October 15, 2026

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Data sourced from Minnesota statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning Your Estate in Minnesota

Free forms for planning your estate in Minnesota: will, living trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney and TOD deed. Prepare each form for Minnesota.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Pour-Over Will

In Minnesota, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Minnesota, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death. Minnesota does not recognize a Lady Bird deed.

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Last Will and Testament

In Minnesota, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Tools for Planning Your Estate in Minnesota

Free tools for planning your estate in Minnesota: will and trust costs, trust or TOD deed, and the signing rules. Run each tool for Minnesota.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In Minnesota, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 1.9% to 3.1% of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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How Much Does a Revocable Living Trust Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable living trust in Minnesota runs $3,530 to $5,295 for an individual, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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Do I Need a TOD Deed?

Minnesota authorizes transfer on death deeds: a recorded, revocable deed that passes real property at death outside probate.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Minnesota automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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Asset Protection Attorneys in Minnesota

Forms for Planning Your Estate in Minnesota

Revocable Living Trust

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Transfer on Death Deed

Last Will and Testament

Tools for Planning Your Estate in Minnesota

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

How Much Does a Revocable Living Trust Cost?

Do I Need a TOD Deed?

Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

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Asset Protection Attorneys in Minnesota