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Elder law attorneys in Nebraska 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 Nebraska healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms.
Federal law (and Nebraska'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 Nebraska average $308 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025 for wills and estates work. Flat-fee packages run roughly $924–$1,848 for a simple individual will and $3,190–$4,785 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.
Nebraska has a generous small-estate threshold of $100,000. Estates under that line can use the Small Estate Affidavit 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 Nebraska probate calculator estimates total costs based on estate value.
In Nebraska, 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; leaving meaningful sums to non-spouse, non-child beneficiaries (Nebraska taxes those inheritances); 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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12 firms
Bellevue firm in the Omaha metro handling Sarpy County and surrounding probate court matters. Takes estate administration and probate cases, drafts wills and trusts, and guides personal representatives through Nebraska probate. Has served the area for roughly four decades and offers a free initial consultation.
Location
1620 Wilshire Drive, Suite 250Bellevue, NE 68005
Phone
(402) 982-4237
Service Area
2 counties
Estate Planning Law Firm located in Elkhorn that serves clients throughout Nebraska and Iowa with estate planning, elder law, and disability planning services. Over 5,000 plans completed.
Location
1405 N. 205th Street, Suite 120Elkhorn, NE 68022
Phone
(402) 496-3432
Service Area
Statewide
Providing legal services to residents of east-central Nebraska since 1893. AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Additional offices in David City and Eagle.
Location
551 North Linden StreetWahoo, NE 68066
Phone
(402) 443-3225
Established
1893
Service Area
4 counties
Founded by experienced estate planning attorney Anne Burnett, the firm provides estate planning, probate and trust administration, elder law, and business planning services throughout Nebraska and western Iowa.
Location
17525 Arbor StreetOmaha, NE 68130
Phone
(402) 810-8611
Service Area
3 counties
Norfolk firm in Madison County with a Northeast Nebraska presence of more than 35 years. Estate-side work covers wills, trusts, probate, asset preservation, elder law, and guardianship and conservatorship. Founding attorneys W. Bert Lammli, Cory R. Locke, and Shawn D. Beaudette anchor the practice.
Location
100 N 34th Street, Suite ENorfolk, NE 68701
Phone
(402) 371-2278
Service Area
4 counties
Omaha elder-law and estate firm in Douglas County operating since 2012. Focus areas include wills, living wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate, and long-term care planning. Owner LeRoy Peterson is a University of Nebraska College of Law graduate.
Location
11819 Miracle Hills Drive, Suite 104Omaha, NE 68154
Phone
(402) 718-8888
Service Area
2 counties
Sidney firm operating since 1915, serving Cheyenne County and the Nebraska panhandle from the county seat. Handles probate, estate and trust administration, wills, and elder law, and serves as local counsel for area banks and corporations. Partners include Steven Mattoon, Kendra Strommen, and Tanya Martens, with Gerald Matzke of counsel.
Location
907 Jackson StreetSidney, NE 69162
Phone
(308) 254-5595
Established
1915
Service Area
3 counties
Focuses on Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate, and Trust Administration in Omaha, Nebraska. Led by attorney Sam O'Neill. Offers free consultations by phone, Zoom, or in person.
Location
12020 Shamrock Plaza, Suite 200Omaha, NE 68154
Phone
(402) 994-9455
Service Area
2 counties
Scottsbluff firm serving the Nebraska Panhandle since 1968, handling probate and trust administration, wills, trusts, estate planning, and elder law for Scotts Bluff County and surrounding counties. Also covers guardianship and conservatorship matters.
Location
2122 BroadwayScottsbluff, NE 69363
Phone
(308) 632-5111
Established
1968
Service Area
3 counties
Hastings firm serving Adams County and south-central Nebraska. Handles wills, trusts, probate, will contests, inheritance tax, powers of attorney, guardianships, and elder and Medicaid planning. D. Charles Shoemaker focuses on estate administration.
Location
747 N Burlington Avenue, Suite 305Hastings, NE 68901
Phone
(402) 462-0300
Service Area
3 counties