Elder Law Attorneys in Maine

27 elder law firms in Maine, by county and firm type.

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27 firms

FirmSouth Portland, ME

Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice, P.A.

Serves 2 counties

Serves Cumberland and Franklin counties from South Portland and Kingfield. Its probate team handles estate and trust administration, probate litigation over contested wills, guardianships and conservatorships, and MaineCare nursing home planning. The firm has practiced in the Greater Portland area for over 40 years.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 7 Ocean StreetSouth Portland, ME 04106
Phone: (207) 767-4824

FirmPresque Isle, ME

Aroostook Elder Law, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Aroostook County from Presque Isle. Handles probate of a deceased person's will, including inventorying and appraising property, paying debts and taxes, and distributing the estate, along with wills, special needs trusts, and MaineCare long-term care planning for seniors. Opened in 2017 by Martha Grant, who began working in elder law in 1986 and is now of counsel.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

Office: 99 Fort Fairfield Road, Suite 6Presque Isle, ME 04769
Phone: (207) 760-7511

FirmAugusta, ME

Bourassa & Petersen, P.A.

Since 1988 · Serves 1 county

Serves Kennebec County from State Street in Augusta. Concentrates on probate and fiduciary law, including adult guardianships and conservatorships for people with diminished capacity, estates, wills, and elder law. A family practice formed in 1988 in an office first opened in 1959; it is not taking new litigation clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipGuardianship

Office: 116 State StreetAugusta, ME 04330
Phone: (207) 623-3701

FirmYork, ME

Brennan & Rogers, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Serves York and Cumberland counties from offices in York and Kennebunk, with Portland meetings by appointment. The practice is limited to probate, estate planning with wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts, elder law asset protection, and MaineCare/Medicaid applications. Attorneys are also licensed in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and the firm offers free virtual introductory sessions.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

Office: 279 York StreetYork, ME 03909
Phone: (207) 361-4680

Virtual consultations

Solo PracticeDover-Foxcroft, ME

Cabot Legal Services LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Piscataquis County from Lincoln Street in Dover-Foxcroft. Attorney Benjamin K. Cabot handles probate and prepares wills, trusts and powers of attorney, alongside elder law, guardianship, real estate and mediation work.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more

Office: 5 Lincoln StreetDover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
Phone: (207) 200-4898

Solo PracticeFarmington, ME

Cullenberg Law Offices

Since 1981 · Serves 1 county

Serves Franklin County from Broadway in Farmington. Attorney Ronald J. Cullenberg represents clients through probate and in Maine Probate Court litigation over the interpretation of wills and trusts and challenges to them, including undue influence claims. He opened the practice in 1981 after serving as a Maine Assistant Attorney General; initial telephone calls are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law

Office: 120 BroadwayFarmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 778-6644

FirmPortland, ME

Drummond & Drummond, LLP

Since 1881 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Maine from One Monument Way in Portland. Its Estate Planning & Elder Law attorneys guide personal representatives through probate administration, handle trust administration, and represent heirs and beneficiaries in will contests and disputes over the distribution of estate property. The firm has represented Maine people and businesses since 1881.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more

Office: One Monument WayPortland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 774-0317

FirmLewiston, ME

Elder Law Office of Kienitz and Pross, P.A.

Since 1996 · Serves 1 county

Serves Androscoggin County from an office on Main Street in Lewiston. Guides families through probate and the administration of simple estates, guardianship and conservatorship petitions, and MaineCare long-term care planning and applications; it does not typically handle contested probate. Of counsel Kathleen Kienitz was one of the first certified elder law attorneys (CELA) in Maine.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 3 more

Office: 443 Main Street, Suite OneLewiston, ME 04240
Phone: (207) 783-8500

FirmWaterville, ME

Elder Law Offices of John & Mark Nale

Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Maine from Waterville. Assists personal representatives with probate administration, including the inventory, accounting and distribution of estate assets, works with trustees to administer trusts, and handles guardianships, conservatorships and MaineCare long-term care applications. The firm is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 58 Elm StreetWaterville, ME 04901
Phone: (207) 660-9191

FirmDamariscotta, ME

Gallagher, Villeneuve and DeGeer, PLLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Lincoln County and the midcoast from 181 Main Street in Damariscotta. Guides families through the administration of an estate, representing personal representatives at hearings and in contested and uncontested probate matters, and files petitions for guardianship and conservatorship. Formed in 2016 by the merger of Gallagher and Stein with the Law Office of Marcia E. DeGeer.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 181 Main StreetDamariscotta, ME 04543
Phone: (207) 563-5828

FirmEllsworth, ME

Hale & Hamlin, LLC

Since 1883 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties from Main Street in Ellsworth. Attorneys Melissa Hale and Sally Mills handle probate, trustee services, guardianships and conservatorships, and Sally Mills and Zachary McNally take on probate litigation. Established in 1883, the firm describes itself as Maine's oldest law firm.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 66 Main Street, Suite 302Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: (207) 667-2561

FirmEllsworth, ME

JKS, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Hancock County from Ellsworth. Advises personal representatives on inventories, creditor claims, tax filings and closing an estate, and can serve as personal representative, trustee, guardian or conservator, with trust work covering beneficiary notices and annual accountings. Formerly Jones, Kuriloff & Sargent, LLC, renamed JKS, LLC on January 1, 2026.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 134 Surry RoadEllsworth, ME 04605
Phone: (207) 664-0002

Solo PracticeYork, ME

Kathryn Bedell Law

Serves the whole state

Serves York County clients from York and takes matters from every Maine county. Guides personal representatives through Maine probate and estate administration, and prepares wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and MaineCare deed-transfer planning. Kathryn Bedell has practiced in York since 1991.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid PlanningReal Estate Law

Office: 1000 US Route 1, Suite 103York, ME 03909
Phone: (207) 363-1200

FirmWinthrop, ME

Lake & Denison, LLP

Serves the whole state

Serves clients statewide from a Winthrop office in Kennebec County. Settles estates through probate, including preparing and filing estate tax returns, and drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Families often use the firm to set up trusts or LLCs to hold cottage property.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 3 more

Office: 258 Main StreetWinthrop, ME 04364
Phone: (207) 377-6953

Solo PracticeDamariscotta, ME

Law Office of Deborah Potter

Since 1987 · Serves 6 counties

Serves Lincoln, Knox, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Kennebec, and Cumberland counties from Damariscotta. Represents personal representatives in estate administration and ancillary administration, administers testamentary and living trusts, files estate and fiduciary tax returns, and handles will contests. Licensed in Maine and Massachusetts, with multi-jurisdictional work for summer residents.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 10 Bristol RoadDamariscotta, ME 04543
Phone: (207) 563-1144

Solo PracticeSouth Portland, ME

LoCascio-King Law, LLC

Since 2011 · Serves 1 county

Serves southern and central Maine from an office in South Portland. Handles the probate and administration of estates of all sizes, assists trustees with trust administration, gives limited-scope help to personal representatives, and handles non-probate asset transfers. Hospice and nursing facility conferences are available for clients who cannot travel.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 210 Western AvenueSouth Portland, ME 04106
Phone: (207) 219-8785

FirmFalmouth, ME

Lanman Rayne Nelson Reade

Serves 1 county

Serves Greater Portland and the Lakes Region from offices in Falmouth and Bridgton. A probate, estate and trust administration group guides personal representatives and trustees, including the accounting of estate assets, and the firm handles guardianships, conservatorships, and MaineCare applications. Of counsel Patricia Nelson-Reade is a certified elder law attorney and registered nurse.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 8 more

Office: 261 US Route 1, Suite 201Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: (207) 671-5454

Solo PracticeWinthrop, ME

Levey, Wagley, Putman & Eccher, P.A.

Serves 3 counties

Serves Kennebec County from Winthrop and meets clients by appointment in the Waterville and Brunswick/Topsham areas. Files to have personal representatives appointed, advises them through paying debts, selling property, and distributing the estate, assists trustees, and represents parties in will contests or serves as mediator. Daniel J. Eccher continues the practice.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 161 Main Street, Suite 1-AWinthrop, ME 04364
Phone: (207) 377-6966

Solo PracticeDamariscotta, ME

Lynch & Newman, LLC

Since 1972 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Maine from Damariscotta in Lincoln County. Assists with the probate of estates large and small, serves as trustee for client estates and trusts, and works with investment advisors and CPAs to prepare estate and fiduciary tax returns. Runs Coastal Title Company for title and closing work and offers free phone consultations.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 19 Vine StreetDamariscotta, ME 04543
Phone: (207) 563-1700

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FirmBangor, ME

Maine Elder Law Firm LLC

Since 2001 · Serves the whole state

Based in Bangor and serves clients throughout Maine, especially Central, Eastern, and Northern Maine. Guides personal representatives from filing the will and notifying creditors through the inventory, accounting, and distribution, advises trustees, and represents parties in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Among the first Maine firms focused on aging Mainers.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 33 Mildred AvenueBangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 947-6500

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Elder law attorneys in Maine work 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; elder law is the subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. The Maine healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Maine applies it, sets a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. An uncompensated transfer in the five years before the application (a gift, a transfer to a family member, a transfer to a trust that does not qualify) can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid does not pay for nursing home care. It is why Medicaid planning starts years before the care is needed, and why elder law exists as its own practice area.

Estate planning attorneys in Maine average $343 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,029 to $2,058 for a simple individual will and $5,390 to $8,085 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Maine will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Maine, estates with personal property of $52,500 or less skip probate with the Small Estate Affidavit, 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 Maine probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Maine, 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 Maine estate tax threshold of $7,160,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Elder Law Attorneys in Maine

Elder law attorneys in Maine charge $308 per hour, focused on Medicaid planning, long-term care funding, guardianship, and asset protection for aging families. The work is often time-sensitive: Medicaid eligibility has a 5-year lookback period, so planning typically needs to start well before nursing home care is needed.

Estate planning attorneys in Maine charge $343 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,029–$2,058; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Maine 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 $52,500 in Maine can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

Legal Sources

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

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maine

Free Maine forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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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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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Maine requires 2 witnesses for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Maine treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed before a notary.

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Last Will and Testament

In Maine, 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 and Settling an Estate in Maine

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Maine: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Maine runs $5,390 to $8,085 and a simple will $1,029 to $2,058, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

In Maine, four years at a public university cost about $88,048 and the cost of living is near the U.S. average; the state levies an estate tax above $7,160,000.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Maine costs an estimated $26,313 and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 1.9% to 3.1% of the estate. Estates under $52,500 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Maine takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.9% to 3.1% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Maine 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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