FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on Gilpin Avenue. Its probate and trust administration lawyers assist personal representatives and executors with probate petitions, required notices, self-proving affidavits, asset transfers, distributions and trust administration. Senior associate Amanda Jester handles probate and estate administration in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 1509 Gilpin Avenue, Suite 2Wilmington, DE 19806
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Greenville, with Delaware and Pennsylvania licensure. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, and adult guardianship petitions, annual updates and accountings in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Works primarily on a flat-fee basis, quoted at the end of the first meeting.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
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- 20 Montchanin Road, Suite 1000Greenville, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Red Clay Center on Centerville Road, northwest of downtown Wilmington. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, guardianships and Medicaid applications alongside estate and special needs planning. Founded in 1992 and led by Certified Elder Law Attorneys Catherine B. Read and William W. Erhart.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 2961 Centerville Road, Suite 350Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1990 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Concord Pike in Wilmington. Works with executors and trustees on estate and trust administration, and handles estate and trust litigation, guardianship administration and Medicaid planning. Founded in 1990.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 202Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street. Partner Denise D. Nordheimer advises guardians, executors and trustees on administration, establishes trusts and guardianships, and handles estate and trust disputes. In 2015 the New Castle County Register of Wills commended her for closing an estate open more than 14 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 1201 North Market Street, Suite 1200Wilmington, DE 19801
Solo PracticeNewark, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware from Newark and handles probate for estates of any size in all three counties. Works with personal representatives through the Register of Wills filing, the estate inventory and the eight-month creditor claims period to a first and final accounting. Brian F. Funk also prepares wills and durable powers of attorney and runs a real estate settlement practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate
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- 24 Polly Drummond Hill RoadNewark, DE 19711
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from offices in Wilmington, Hockessin, Greenville, Middletown, Rehoboth Beach and Milford. Guides executors and personal representatives through probate and estate administration, using mediation and negotiation to settle family disputes over an estate, alongside wills and trusts. Joseph Giordano and David Gagne lead the firm.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawReal Estate
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- 5315 Limestone RoadWilmington, DE 19808
FirmGeorgetown, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from the Paynter House on The Circle in Georgetown, with offices in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach. Attorney William Schab drafts wills and settles estates, and the firm handles wills, trusts and probate after a death in the family alongside real estate settlements and land use matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateCriminal DefensePersonal InjuryReal Estate
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- 26 The CircleGeorgetown, DE 19947
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from its Greater Wilmington office on Kennett Pike, alongside offices in West Chester and Philadelphia. Trusts and estates attorney P. Kristen Bennett handles the probate of wills, the marshaling and inventory of assets, the administration of living and testamentary trusts, and estate tax returns and post-mortem tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
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- 3711 Kennett Pike, Suite 100Wilmington, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown. Attorney Lisa Coggins focuses on probate, guardianship and estate planning, has represented executors, personal representatives and trustees, and often serves as a court-appointed attorney ad litem in adult guardianship matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipCriminal Defenseand 2 more
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- 803 North Broom StreetWilmington, DE 19806
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1994 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Highlands neighborhood of Wilmington. Its Private Wealth group helps personal representatives and trustees administer estates and Delaware trusts, and represents fiduciaries in litigation in the Court of Chancery. Founded in 1994; ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law: Delaware in the 2026 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 1925 Lovering AvenueWilmington, DE 19806
Solo PracticeOcean View, DE
Since 1993 · Serves the whole state
Serves Sussex County from Ocean View, near Bethany Beach, with a second office in Annapolis, Maryland, and sees clients from throughout Delaware. Guides personal representatives through estate administration with the Register of Wills, from inventory and creditor claims to final accounting, alongside Medicaid, special needs trust and estate planning. Founded in 1993 by attorney John F. Robbert.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
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- 29 H Atlantic AvenueOcean View, DE 19970
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1999 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Center Meeting Road in Centreville, outside Wilmington. Guides executors through estate administration, from Register of Wills filings to tax filings, and handles trust administration, adult guardianships and Court of Chancery estate and trust litigation. Also handles ancillary probate for non-Delaware decedents who owned Delaware real estate.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 15 Center Meeting RoadWilmington, DE 19807
FirmOdessa, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from Main Street in Odessa. Handles estate administration for probate and non-probate estates, including opening a probate estate at the Register of Wills, and guardianship issues alongside wills and powers of attorney. Partners Lacy E. Holly, III and Gene W. Morton are on the New Castle County Register of Wills probate attorney list.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipReal Estate
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- 603 Main StreetOdessa, DE 19730
FirmDover, DE
Since 1956 · Serves the whole state
Serves Kent and Sussex counties and clients throughout Delaware from offices on South State Street in Dover and Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach. Provides probate, estate administration, fiduciary and beneficiary guidance alongside wills, trusts and incapacity planning. Founded on December 31, 1956, it is one of Southern Delaware's oldest law firms.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawCriminal Defenseand 3 more
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- 225 South State StreetDover, DE 19901
Solo PracticeWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from a Philadelphia Pike office in Wilmington. Handles probate and estate administration and guardianships alongside wills, powers of attorney and family law. Attorney John A. Macconi, Jr. is admitted in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and holds a bachelor's degree in finance.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipCriminal Defenseand 2 more
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- 900 Philadelphia Pike, Suite BWilmington, DE 19809
Solo PracticeWilmington, DE
Since 1995 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from King Street in Wilmington. Administers small and large estates and represents clients in contested estates and complex estate matters, alongside wills, powers of attorney and real estate work. John H. Williams Jr., admitted in Delaware in 1977, formed the firm in 1995 and is on the New Castle County Register of Wills probate attorney list.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 1225 King Street, Suite 700Wilmington, DE 19801
FirmGeorgetown, DE
Serves 2 counties
Serves Sussex and Kent counties from offices in Georgetown, Dover and Ocean View. Prepares wills, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives and complete estate plans alongside real estate transactions, with criminal defense and family law as the firm's other practices.
PracticesEstate PlanningCriminal DefenseFamily LawReal Estate
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- 215 East Market StreetGeorgetown, DE 19947
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from a Concord Pike office in Wilmington. Lists estate planning and probate as a practice area, drafting wills, trusts and advance directives and planning for minor children, guardian nominations and charitable bequests. The firm also handles commercial and residential real estate, business law and litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 3513 Concord Pike, Suite 2000Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Delaware from a Greenville office, with a father-son team of Kevin and Paul O'Brien. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, small estate affidavits and federal estate tax returns, and drafts special needs trusts and Delaware asset protection trusts. Planning documents are quoted as a flat fee after the initial consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 3801 Kennett Pike, Suite C-204Greenville, DE 19807
