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Elder law attorneys in Alaska focus on the legal issues facing aging adults and their families: Medicaid planning for long-term care, drafting and updating durable powers of attorney and healthcare directives, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, special needs trusts, and asset protection. Many also handle probate and estate planning, but elder law is the specific subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. See the Alaska healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms.
Federal law (and Alaska's implementation) imposes a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. Any uncompensated transfers (gifts, transfers to family members, transfers to a non-Medicaid-qualified trust) within the 5 years before applying for Medicaid can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid won't pay for nursing home care. This is the main reason Medicaid planning needs to start years before care is actually needed — and the main reason elder law attorneys exist as a distinct practice area.
Estate planning attorneys in Alaska average $373 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025 for wills and estates work. Flat-fee packages run roughly $1,119–$2,238 for a simple individual will and $3,300–$4,950 for a basic revocable trust. Online and DIY services cost $30–$300 for the same documents — see the will cost calculator for a side-by-side comparison.
Alaska has a generous small-estate threshold of $150,000. Estates under that line can use the Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property procedure, which is a form rather than a court case — most families can handle it without an attorney. For estates above the threshold, formal probate generally benefits from counsel because of the procedural overhead, even when nothing is contested. The Alaska probate calculator estimates total costs based on estate value.
In Alaska, the situations where retaining counsel is typically worth the cost are: blended families with children from prior relationships; ownership of a business, rental property, or significant investment assets; special-needs dependents who need a special-needs trust to preserve benefits; substantial property held in multiple states. If none of these describe your situation, the simpler online and DIY tools are often enough.
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10 firms
Juneau estate planning firm serving clients statewide through Alaska's First Judicial District and remotely across the state. Handles trust administration, probate, and estate administration after a death, including fiduciary guidance, asset collection and valuation, beneficiary notification, and distribution. Works on a flat-fee structure agreed before engagement.
Location
8800 Glacier Highway, Suite 222Juneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907) 312-5436
Service Area
Statewide
Anchorage firm led by Constance A. Aschenbrenner, serving the Third Judicial District and clients statewide. Focuses on wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, special-needs trusts, and Medicaid and elder-law planning. Runs recurring estate-planning workshops both in person and online.
Location
P.O. Box 140842Anchorage, AK 99514
Phone
(907) 334-9200
Service Area
Statewide
Anchorage appointment-only firm working through the Third Judicial District probate court. Represents personal representatives in testate and intestate estate proceedings and trustees during trust administration, alongside flat-rate estate planning. The initial conference is free, and matters can be opened by phone.
Location
800 E Dimond Boulevard, Suite 3-396Anchorage, AK 99515
Phone
(907) 744-2739
Established
2017
Trusted Anchorage lawyers with over 65 years of combined experience specializing in estate planning, probate, elder law, and business law. Estate planning process typically takes 4-6 weeks.
Location
420 L Street, Suite 101Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone
(907) 375-0750
One of the only estate-focused attorneys physically located in Ketchikan. Specializes in estate planning, probate, trust administration, guardianships, conservatorships, elder law, and Medicaid. Also maintains a Colorado Springs office.
Location
2417 Tongass Avenue, Suite 213AKetchikan, AK 99901
Phone
(907) 225-9300
Service Area
1 county
Anchorage solo practice serving clients across Alaska on revocable trusts, wills, and Alaska domestic asset-protection trusts. Structures plans in defined phases — an hourly initial meeting, then flat-fee drafting once an approach is chosen — and handles the tax questions that come with larger or business-holding estates. Stephen Greer helped draft much of Alaska's modern trust legislation.
Location
3350 Midtown PlaceAnchorage, AK 99503
Phone
(907) 561-5520
Service Area
Statewide
Serves the Kenai Peninsula from Soldotna, handling estate matters before the Kenai courts since 2008. Practice covers estate planning, probate, guardianship and conservatorship, and long-term care planning for seniors and their families. Attorney Sonja Redmond is licensed in Alaska, Idaho, and Indiana.
Location
35743 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite DSoldotna, AK 99669
Phone
(907) 262-7846
Established
2008
Service Area
1 county
Solo Sitka practice handling wills, probate, estate planning, elder law, business law, real estate, and taxation. Brita L. Speck has been licensed in Alaska since 2003. Mailing: P.O. Box 6458, Sitka, AK 99835.
Location
264 Katlian StreetSitka, AK 99835
Phone
(907) 747-3750
Established
2003
Service Area
1 county
Anchorage solo practice led by Deborah Randall, a member of the Alaska Bar's Estate Planning and Probate Section, serving estates through the Third Judicial District court. Handles probate and estate administration, estate and gift tax returns, guardianships and conservatorships, and special needs trusts. Randall has practiced law since 1987.
Location
P.O. Box 210993Anchorage, AK 99521
Phone
(907) 222-5252
Estate planning services for all major cities in Alaska including Anchorage, Sitka, Palmer, Juneau, Wasilla, and Ketchikan. Specializes in elder law, asset protection, trusts, wills, power of attorney, special needs planning, long-term care planning, and VA benefits consulting.
Location
1016 West 6th Avenue, Suite 302Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone
(907) 277-0300
Service Area
Statewide