Elder law attorneys in Oregon 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 Oregon healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.
Federal law, as Oregon 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 Oregon average $357Clio Compare Lawyer Rates, Oregon: Wills and Estates rate (2025 data)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,071Estimate: 3 hours at $357, Clio's Oregon Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $2,142Estimate: 6 hours at $357, Clio's Oregon Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for a simple individual will and $3,550Estimate: 10 hours at $355, Clio's Oregon Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $5,325Estimate: 15 hours at $355, Clio's Oregon Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Oregon will cost calculator sets the two side by side.
In Oregon, estates with personal property of $75,000ORS 114.510Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less use the Simple Estate AffidavitORS 114.510Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, 30 daysORS 114.510Verified Sep 8, 2026View source after death, a court filing 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 Oregon probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.
In Oregon, 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 Oregon estate taxORS 118.010Verified Sep 15, 2026View source threshold of $1,000,000ORS 118.010Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.
Free Oregon forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
Oregon allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2ORS 127.527 (HCR appointment), ORS 127.529 (comprehensive advance directive; form text set by 2021 c.328 §2 / SB 199 2021)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses or a notary.
Oregon treats a power of attorney as durable by defaultORS 127.002 (defs; 2023 c.9 §8); ORS 127.005–127.045 (2009 c.46; 2018 c.36; 2021 c.272); ORS 93.670Verified Sep 20, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirementORS 127.002 (defs; 2023 c.9 §8); ORS 127.005–127.045 (2009 c.46; 2018 c.36; 2021 c.272); ORS 93.670Verified Sep 20, 2026View source.
In Oregon, a will is signed before 2ORS 112.235Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavitORS 112.235Verified Oct 19, 2026View source.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Oregon: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Oregon runs $3,550Estimate: 10 hours at $355, Clio's Oregon Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $5,325Estimate: 15 hours at $355, Clio's Oregon Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $1,071Estimate: 3 hours at $357, Clio's Oregon Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $2,142Estimate: 6 hours at $357, Clio's Oregon Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
In Oregon, four years at a public university cost about $107,240NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 330.20, public 4-year in-state tuition, fees, room and board, academic year 2022-23Verified Oct 17, 2026View source and the cost of living is near the U.S. averageBEA Regional Price Parities, all items, by state, 2024Verified Oct 17, 2026View source; the state levies an estate taxORS 118.010Verified Sep 15, 2026View source above $1,000,000ORS 118.010Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Oregon costs an estimated $24,214ORS 116.183 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2%ORS 116.183 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.2%ORS 116.183 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate. Estates under $75,000ORS 114.510Verified Sep 8, 2026View source can use a small-estate procedure instead.
Probate in Oregon takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2%ORS 116.183 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.2%ORS 116.183 (reasonable compensation; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
Oregon does not revoke an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceORS 112.315; ORS 93.981; ORS 107.115(1); ORS 107.118 to 107.131Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
11 elder law firms in Oregon, by county and firm type.
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FirmAshland, OR
The Law Office of Bucy & Elson is an Ashland firm preparing customized wills, trusts, and estate plans and guiding Jackson County clients through probate. The firm offers in-home, office, and virtual consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
FirmRoseburg, OR
Dole Coalwell Attorneys is a long-established Douglas County firm in Roseburg serving individuals, families, businesses, farms, and ranches. Estate practice areas include estate planning, wills and trusts, probate, trust administration, guardianships, and conservatorships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
FirmPendleton, OR
Grable Hantke Law Group is a Pendleton firm serving Eastern Oregon with estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate, alongside elder law and family law. Attorney Seth Hantke focuses on elder law, including guardianships, conservatorships, and trust and estate matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmPortland, OR
Gevurtz Menashe has been at the forefront of estate planning in the Pacific Northwest for more than four decades, counseling countless clients to ensure their affairs are in order. The firm serves clients in Portland and Vancouver.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law
FirmThe Dalles, OR
Serves the Mid-Columbia region on both sides of the river from The Dalles, covering Wasco and Hood River counties in Oregon and Klickitat County in Washington. Handles estate planning, probate, elder law, and business and farm succession, including passing down a family farm. The practice traces to 1917.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
FirmBend, OR
Serves Bend, Redmond, La Pine, and the rest of Deschutes County from Bend. Handles wills and trusts, probate, trust administration, and estate and gift tax, plus elder law including VA long-term care planning, guardianships, and conservatorships. Practicing in Central Oregon since 1995.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
FirmPortland, OR
Myatt & Bell, P.C. has an estate planning legacy dating back to 1960 and has drafted thousands of wills and trusts. The firm practices estate planning, probate, trust administration, and elder law with offices in the Portland metro area and Vancouver, Washington.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
FirmPortland, OR
Serves Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties from Southwest Portland. Handles wills and trusts, probate and trust administration, elder law, and Medicaid and long-term care planning, including planning for a family member already in care. Practicing over 35 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
FirmThe Dalles, OR
NW Heritage Law PC (formerly Campbell Phillips PC) is a specialized law firm in The Dalles serving clients throughout the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and Washington. The firm focuses on estate planning, Medicaid planning, probate and trust administration, elder law, and family asset preservation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
FirmSeaside, OR
Seaside Attorneys (formerly Moberg & Rust) is a general-practice firm serving the north Oregon Coast since 1974. Practice areas include estate planning, wills and trusts, probate and trust administration, elder law, real estate, and business law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmGrants Pass, OR
Sorenson, Ransom & Ferguson is a civil law firm in Grants Pass whose four attorneys routinely assist clients with estate planning, probate and trust administration, elder law, guardianships and conservatorships, and other general civil legal matters throughout Southern Oregon.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more