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Elder law attorneys in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms.
Federal law (and New Hampshire'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 New Hampshire average $360 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025 for wills and estates work. Flat-fee packages run roughly $1,080–$2,160 for a simple individual will and $3,360–$5,040 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.
New Hampshire allows estates under $10,000 to use a simplified Waiver of Administration procedure, which is a form rather than a court case and typically doesn't require an attorney. For larger estates, formal probate is involved enough that retaining counsel is usually practical — the procedural work is what they're there for. Use the New Hampshire probate calculator to estimate the costs.
In New Hampshire, 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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18 firms
Bedford firm serving Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Merrimack County families, in estate and trust practice since 1994. Handles testate and intestate probate administration, trust administration with beneficiary accountings, and federal estate, gift, and fiduciary income tax returns.
Location
40 South River Road, Suite 32Bedford, NH 03110
Phone
(603) 644-8211
Established
1994
Nashua-based practice offering estate planning services including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and irrevocable trusts. Attorney Annutto is licensed in both NH and MA state and federal courts.
Location
369 Main StreetNashua, NH 03060
Phone
(603) 881-9161
Established
1997
Service Area
1 county
General practice law firm serving Sullivan County, west-central New Hampshire, and the Upper Valley since 1946. Four full-time attorneys with over 55 years of collective legal experience.
Location
233 Broad StreetClaremont, NH 03743
Phone
(603) 542-5114
Established
1946
Service Area
1 county
Serves Dover and the New Hampshire Seacoast (Strafford County) from First Street, representing executors and administrators statewide. Handles probate administration end to end: will filing and intestacy, asset collection, creditor-claim review, beneficiary notice, accounting, and distribution. Offers a free initial consultation.
Location
100 First Street, Suite 114Dover, NH 03820
Phone
(877) 734-0777
Attorneys focus exclusively on estate planning and settlement, elder law and advocacy. Merged with Legacy Counsellors in January 2025 to form Legacy Counsellors North, PLLC. Employs two lawyers and eight estate planning and administration assistants, providing concentrated expertise in trust and estate matters across the Upper Valley.
Location
367 Route 120, Suite B-6Lebanon, NH 03766
Phone
(603) 643-7577
Established
1994
Service Area
2 counties
Wolfeboro firm focused on elder law and estate planning for older residents of Carroll and Belknap Counties in the Lakes Region. Centers on Medicaid eligibility and long-term-care planning, trust administration, and special-needs planning, building trust-based plans that avoid probate.
Location
82 Center StreetWolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone
(603) 569-6363
Service Area
2 counties
Comprehensive elder law and estate planning firm serving southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Daniel DeBruyckere has practiced in NH and MA since 1998 and is a past president of the Greater Salem Bar Association.
Location
9 Red Roof LaneSalem, NH 03079
Phone
(603) 894-4141
Established
2011
Service Area
2 counties
Provides professional legal services to individuals and businesses in Carroll, Belknap, and Strafford Counties. Phillip Marbury's practice focus has been in tax law, business planning, real estate, and estate planning.
Location
29 Mill Street, Suite C-4Wolfeboro, NH 03894
Phone
(603) 569-4111
Established
2015
Service Area
3 counties
New Hampshire's largest firm, anchored in Manchester with Concord and Portsmouth offices, serving estates and trusts statewide. The Trusts and Estates group handles probate of estates, trust administration, will and trust contests, guardianships and conservatorships, and fiduciary-duty claims, alongside estate and gift tax planning.
Location
900 Elm Street, 10th FloorManchester, NH 03101
Phone
(603) 625-6464
Established
1919
Service Area
Statewide
Keene estate and elder law firm serving Cheshire County and the Monadnock Region. Represents executors and successor trustees through probate and trust administration, and handles guardianships, special-needs trusts, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.
Location
127 Washington StreetKeene, NH 03431
Phone
(603) 355-8858