Elder Law Attorneys in Maryland

17 elder law firms in Maryland, by county and firm type.

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17 firms

FirmColumbia, MD

Ally Legal Planning

Serves 1 county

Serves Howard County from Columbia. Handles estate and trust administration, from a one-time consultation at the outset to handling the whole administration, along with guardianship and elder law matters. Initial consultations for estate planning and probate are free, and attorneys meet clients at home or in the hospital.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 5840 Banneker Road, Suite 100Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: (410) 746-0113

Free consultation

FirmMillersville, MD

Chesapeake Wills & Trusts

Serves the whole state

Serves Anne Arundel County from Millersville and takes trust administration matters statewide. Helps families administer a loved one's estate through probate and assists trustees with trust administration, alongside adult guardianship and Medicaid crisis planning. Limits its practice to estate planning and elder law; partner Greg Jimeno wrote "How To Protect Your Home And Life Savings In Maryland."

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 231 Najoles Road, Suite 400Millersville, MD 21108
Phone: (443) 232-9835

FirmCumberland, MD

Geppert, McMullen, Paye & Getty, P.C.

Since 1950 · Serves 2 counties

Serves Allegany and Garrett counties from offices in Cumberland and Oakland; the firm was founded in 1950. Several attorneys handle estate administration and wills, and Nicholas Monteleone represents executors, trustees and beneficiaries in the administration of estates and trusts, along with estate tax planning, special needs trusts and asset protection.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 21 Prospect SquareCumberland, MD 21502
Phone: (301) 777-1515

FirmPasadena, MD

Frame & Frame Attorneys at Law

Serves 3 counties

Serves Anne Arundel, Queen Anne's and Carroll counties from a main office in Pasadena and appointment-only offices in Annapolis, Stevensville and Mt. Airy. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration and counsel to trustees, and guardianships, along with estate, elder law and Medicaid planning, and has served the community for over 70 years.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 8562 Fort Smallwood RoadPasadena, MD 21122
Phone: (410) 255-0373

FirmWestminster, MD

Hoffman, Comfort, Offutt, Scott & Halstad, LLP

Since 1936 · Serves 1 county

Serves Carroll County from Westminster, where the practice was established in 1936. Handles probate and estate and trust administration, including the inventory, the accounting and Maryland and federal estate and fiduciary income tax returns, along with estate disputes and Medicaid planning. One of the few Carroll County firms that handles Pennsylvania wills and estate and trust administration.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 24 North Court StreetWestminster, MD 21157
Phone: (410) 848-4444

FirmLutherville, MD

HWK Law Group, LLC

Serves 3 counties

Serves Baltimore, Harford and Washington counties from offices in Lutherville, Bel Air and Hagerstown. Handles trust and estate administration and the probate of wills from opening the estate through the final accounting, fiduciary oversight for personal representatives and trustees, and disputes over the financial management of estate or trust assets. Also handles guardianship petitions, Medicaid applications and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 1447 York Road, Suite 204Lutherville, MD 21093
Phone: (410) 567-5500

Solo PracticeRockville, MD

Law Office of Henry Nash

Serves 1 county

Serves Montgomery County from Rockville. Handles probate and estate administration, wills and trusts, guardianship of disabled adults, and Medicaid planning for long-term care. Henry Nash is on the Montgomery County Circuit Court's roster of court-approved lawyers who handle guardianship cases.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipMedicaid Planning

Office: 27 West Jefferson StreetRockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 681-6274

FirmBel Air, MD

Henninger & Henninger, LLC

Since 1999 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Harford, Cecil and Baltimore counties from Bel Air. Guides personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, from opening the estate with the Register of Wills through asset sales, tax filings, distributions and required accountings, and represents clients in probate court when needed. Laura Henninger is both an attorney and a certified public accountant.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 224 East BroadwayBel Air, MD 21014
Phone: (410) 836-5300

FirmFrederick, MD

Law Office of Lena A. Clark, LLC

Since 2015 · Serves 2 counties

Serves the Frederick County area from downtown Frederick, across the street from the Frederick County Courthouse. Handles probate, estate and trust administration, court inventories and accountings, and estate, gift and inheritance tax matters. Consultations carry a fee ($400 for probate), applied to the service if the firm is retained within 48 hours; meetings can be held in person or by phone or Zoom.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 129 W Patrick Street, Suite 11Frederick, MD 21701
Phone: (301) 696-0567

Virtual consultations

FirmColumbia, MD

McDonald Law Firm

Serves 2 counties

Serves Howard and Montgomery counties from offices in Columbia and Bethesda, with a Washington, DC office by appointment. Guides personal representatives through Maryland estate administration and probate, from petitioning for appointment and notifying heirs to creditor claims, inventories, accountings and distributions, and advises trustees and beneficiaries on trust administration. Also handles adult guardianship, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and special-needs planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 10500 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 650Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: (443) 741-1088

Virtual consultations

FirmLa Plata, MD

Mudd, Mudd & Fitzgerald, P.A.

Since 1907 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert counties from La Plata, two blocks from the Charles County Circuit Court. Handles estate administration through the Register of Wills and Orphans' Court, including the petition to open the estate, estate tax returns, payment of creditor claims and distribution to heirs, and represents parties in contested wills, caveats and estate disputes. The firm traces its roots to 1907.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 116 La Grange AvenueLa Plata, MD 20646
Phone: (301) 934-9541

FirmEaston, MD

Parker Counts

Serves 2 counties

Serves Talbot and Dorchester counties from offices in Easton and Cambridge, with ties dating back to 1954. Advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries on the administration of estates and trusts, including probate, post-mortem tax planning and federal and state estate tax returns. Represents clients in will contests and other estate and trust litigation, and handles guardianships.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 129 North Washington StreetEaston, MD 21601
Phone: (410) 822-1122

FirmUpper Marlboro, MD

Powers & Worshtil, P.C.

Since 1976 · Serves 7 counties

Serves Prince George's County and six neighboring counties from Upper Marlboro, beside the county courthouse, with a Kensington office by appointment. Handles probate and trust administration, and litigates will contests, trust disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and guardianship disputes. Has practiced in Prince George's County since 1976.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 5415 Water StreetUpper Marlboro, MD 20772
Phone: (301) 627-1000

FirmGreenbelt, MD

Randle & Randle Attorneys At Law, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Greenbelt and Prince George's County from an office on Ivy Lane. Guides personal representatives through Maryland probate, including appraisals of estate property and timely inventories and accounts, and handles guardianships of minors and adults. Attorneys Lorenzo Randle and Patricia A. Randle each have more than 30 years of legal experience.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipWills Trusts

Office: 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 202Greenbelt, MD 20770
Phone: (301) 446-2170

FirmBel Air, MD

Stark & Keenan, P.A.

Serves 2 counties

Serves Harford and Baltimore counties from Bel Air. Guides estate administrators and beneficiaries through probate administration and handles probate litigation, including will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims and trust contests, alongside estate planning and elder law.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more

Office: 30 Office StreetBel Air, MD 21014
Phone: (410) 879-2222

Solo PracticeTowson, MD

Law Office of Stephen E. Bailey

Serves 1 county

Serves Baltimore County from Towson. Guides personal representatives through Maryland probate, from opening the estate and obtaining letters to the inventory, inheritance tax on non-probate assets and the final account, billed hourly rather than as a commission on the estate. Also handles estate planning and Medicaid and VA benefits planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset Protectionand 2 more

Office: 222 Bosley Avenue, Suite C7Towson, MD 21204
Phone: (410) 828-8871

Free consultation

FirmTowson, MD

Stouffer Legal

Serves the whole state

Serves families across Maryland from Towson, with offices in Annapolis and Gaithersburg. Handles small and regular estates in the Orphans' Court, formal accountings for estates and trusts, estate and inheritance tax calculations and distributions for personal representatives and trustees, and offers Zoom meetings for out-of-state clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 658 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 203Towson, MD 21204
Phone: (443) 470-3599

Free consultationVirtual consultations

Elder law attorneys in Maryland 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 Maryland healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Maryland 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 Maryland average $370 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,110 to $2,220 for a simple individual will and $4,250 to $6,375 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Maryland will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Maryland, estates valued at $50,000 or less qualify for the Petition for Administration of Small Estate, a court procedure short of full probate. 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 Maryland probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Maryland, 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 Maryland estate tax threshold of $5,000,000; 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 Maryland

Elder law attorneys in Maryland charge $397 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.

Maryland attorneys average $370 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,110–$2,220; online services cost $30–$300.

Maryland imposes both a state estate tax and an inheritance tax on top of the federal exemption. Families with estates near the state thresholds usually want planning help — the math gets non-trivial fast.

Estates under $50,000 in Maryland 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 Maryland statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maryland

Free Maryland 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

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

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

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Financial Power of Attorney

Maryland treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed before 2 witnesses and a notary.

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Last Will and Testament

In Maryland, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and it is self-proved when properly executed.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maryland

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

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Maryland runs $4,250 to $6,375 and a simple will $1,110 to $2,220, 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 Maryland, four years at a public university cost about $95,872 and the cost of living is near the U.S. average; the state levies an estate tax above $5,000,000.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Maryland costs an estimated $33,231 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.1% to 3.3% of the estate. Estates under $50,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Maryland takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.1% to 3.3% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Maryland does not revoke 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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