FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1899 · Serves 1 county
Serves clients from One Rodney Square in Wilmington. The Trusts & Estates Group advises executors and trustees on estate settlement, including before the Court of Chancery and the IRS, and represents settlors, beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will contests, trust reformation and construction, probate controversies and fiduciary-duty claims. Practicing Delaware law since 1899.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 920 North King StreetWilmington, DE 19801
FirmGeorgetown, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Delaware from Georgetown. Its attorneys and estate administrators open estates, handle court filings and distributions for personal representatives, guide trustees through trust administration, and petition the Court of Chancery for guardianships, alongside Medicaid planning and Miller trusts. Phone and video consultations are offered.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 25 Chestnut StreetGeorgetown, DE 19947
FirmDover, DE
Since 1961 · Serves the whole state
Serves clients across Delaware from Dover, with further offices in Middletown and Rehoboth Beach. Its trusts and estates attorneys handle estate administration and probate alongside wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives and Medicaid planning. Founded in 1961, it is the oldest law firm in Kent County.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateMedicaid Planning
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- 414 South State StreetDover, DE 19901
FirmDover, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves Sussex, Kent and New Castle counties from Dover, with Delaware offices in Wilmington and Dagsboro. Its estate attorneys guide executors through administration with each county's Register of Wills, including small estate affidavits, and draft wills, trusts and Medicaid-planning Miller trusts within an elder-law practice. The firm also has offices in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 2 more
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- 1140 South State StreetDover, DE 19901
FirmBethany Beach, DE
Since 2003 · Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Bethany Beach, with by-appointment offices in Rehoboth Beach and Millsboro. The estate practice handles estate administration and settlement and prepares wills, trusts, advance healthcare directives and powers of attorney, including estate and gift tax planning. K. William Scott founded the firm in 2003, and real estate is its other main practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningReal Estate
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- 33292 Coastal Highway, Suite 3Bethany Beach, DE 19930
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from offices in Wilmington, Newark and Seaford. The estate practice handles probate alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance healthcare directives; the firm is mainly a personal injury and workers' compensation practice. Estate planning consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePersonal InjuryReal EstateWorkers Compensation
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- 1523 Concord Pike, Suite 400Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmOcean View, DE
Since 2008 · Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Ocean View. Its attorneys handle estate administration and estate planning, with of-counsel Susan Huesman Mitchell covering estates and trusts in both planning and administration; real estate settlements, 1031 exchanges and homeowner-association work make up the rest of the practice. Founded in 2008 by Tempe B. Steen, James F. Waehler and Mary R. Schrider-Fox.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateReal Estate
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- 92 Atlantic Avenue, Unit BOcean View, DE 19970
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves northern Delaware from Wilmington, with a second office in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Guides executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries through probate and estate and trust administration, including trust decanting and mergers, non-judicial settlement agreements and replacing trustees. Handles administration for clients who own property in both Delaware and Pennsylvania.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Law
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- 5803 Kennett Pike, Suite B-2Wilmington, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 2 counties
Serves New Castle and Sussex counties from Wilmington and Fenwick Island. Its estate administration team guides personal representatives through probate and the Register of Wills filings, offers the same services to trustees, and represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust disputes. Raymond E. Tomasetti Jr. has practiced in Delaware for over 30 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 707 Philadelphia PikeWilmington, DE 19809
Solo PracticeGeorgetown, DE
Since 2023 · Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Georgetown. Taylor Trapp Nicholl's estate work is planning: wills, pour-over wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance healthcare directives, including revisions of existing wills; the site offers no probate or estate administration service. The firm, founded in 2023, publishes its estate planning fee schedule and offers a free initial estate planning consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningPersonal InjuryWorkers Compensation
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- 13 Bridgeville Road, Floor 2Georgetown, DE 19947
FirmGeorgetown, DE
Serves 2 counties
Serves Sussex County from Georgetown, with offices in Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach and Milford. Its attorneys handle estate and probate administration for executors, administrators and heirs, will and trust contests, and Court of Chancery guardianship petitions, alongside elder-law and Medicaid planning. The firm traces its roots back more than 130 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more
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- 30 East Pine StreetGeorgetown, DE 19947
Solo PracticeOcean View, DE
Since 2004 · Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Ocean View, with by-appointment offices in Millsboro and Rehoboth Beach. Veronica Townsend handles probate and estate administration with the Register of Wills, including small-estate determinations, alongside wills, trusts, real estate settlements and business formation. Formerly Weidman & Townsend, the practice dates to 2004.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 118 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 202Ocean View, DE 19970
FirmMiddletown, DE
Since 2017 · Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware from offices in North Wilmington, Pike Creek, Middletown, Dover, Milford and Rehoboth Beach. The estate practice covers probate and the personal representative's Register of Wills filings, small estate affidavits, wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives. Erica Wolfe opened the firm in October 2017; real estate is its other main practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness FormationReal Estate
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- 122 Sandhill Drive, Suite 203Middletown, DE 19709
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1974 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from N. Orange Street in Wilmington. Its attorneys handle estate administration from the Register of Wills petition through the inventory and final accounting, guide successor trustees through trust administration, and set up Delaware asset protection and dynasty trusts. David Williams founded the firm in 1974; it also has a business law practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 1201 N. Orange Street, Suite 600Wilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 2005 · Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware from Wilmington, with offices in Middletown, Dover, Rehoboth and Bethany Beach. Its estate attorneys handle probate and estate administration alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives, and Robert Wolfgang Jr. is VA-accredited for veterans' matters. Formed in 2005, the firm is chiefly a real estate settlement practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate
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- 2710 Centerville Rd., Suite 200Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves clients from Rodney Square in Wilmington. The Tax, Trusts and Estates group probates complex estates, assists with trust litigation, will contests and contested petitions, and has substantial experience representing Delaware institutional trustees. Its planning work uses structures that reduce wealth transfer and income taxes, such as grantor trusts and GRATs.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 1000 North King StreetWilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 2017 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Righter Parkway in Wilmington. Handles probate filings and post-death trust administration for families, and offers trustee services as an individual Delaware trustee working alongside a family's advisors. Founder Jennifer Zelvin McCloskey directs the University of Delaware's Trust Management minor and previously handled trust administration at JP Morgan.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 2 Righter Parkway, Suite 100Wilmington, DE 19803
