Elder Law Attorneys in Pennsylvania

58 elder law firms in Pennsylvania, by county and firm type.

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58 firms

FirmDoylestown, PA

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP

Since 1992 · Serves 2 counties

Doylestown firm, founded in 1992, whose Estates & Trusts Group represents clients in Bucks and Montgomery counties and the Greater Philadelphia area. Administers and probates estates and trusts of all sizes for individual executors, administrators and trustees, keeps fiduciary accountings, and prepares federal and state estate and inheritance tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns. Handles Orphans' Court will, trust and inheritance disputes and guardianship proceedings for adult incapacitated persons.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 131 West State StreetDoylestown, PA 18901
Phone: (215) 230-7500

FirmLancaster, PA

Appel Yost LLP

Since 1883 · Serves 1 county

Lancaster County firm established in 1883, with a main office on North Duke Street in Lancaster and offices in Christiana, Denver, Ephrata, Quarryville and Strasburg. Its probate and estate administration attorneys identify assets, file tax returns, pay debts, handle court proceedings and distribute assets for testate and intestate estates, and also handle guardianships and Medicaid planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 4 more

Office: 33 N. Duke StreetLancaster, PA 17602
Phone: (717) 394-0521

FirmJohnstown, PA

Ayres Presser Elder Law, LLC

Since 2021 · Serves 1 county

Johnstown elder law and estate planning firm formed in 2021 by Timothy M. Ayres and Lauren Cascino Presser, serving Cambria County and the surrounding area. Represents executors and trustees through estate and trust administration, preparing beneficiary notices, advertisements, petitions, deeds, inventories and accountings and filing the Pennsylvania REV-1500 inheritance tax return. Also handles Medicaid and nursing home planning, guardianships and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 1451 Scalp Avenue, Suite 3Johnstown, PA 15904
Phone: (814) 262-2123

FirmLancaster, PA

Barley Snyder

Serves 8 counties

Lancaster firm on East King Street whose Trusts & Estates Practice Group works across south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, with main offices in Gettysburg, Hanover, Camp Hill, Lebanon, Malvern, Wyomissing, Schuylkill Haven and York. Guides personal representatives through estate administration and assists trustees, guardians and agents under powers of attorney with their fiduciary duties. Trust and estate litigators handle will contests, surcharge actions and contested guardianship proceedings.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 126 East King StreetLancaster, PA 17602
Phone: (717) 299-5201

Solo PracticePhiladelphia, PA

Law Office of Adam S. Bernick

Serves 1 county

Philadelphia practice on South Broad Street, led by Adam S. Bernick, handling probate and estate administration for clients in Philadelphia and upstate Pennsylvania, including out-of-town executors settling a decedent's Philadelphia real estate or other local assets. Advises executors and the families of people who died without a will through inventory, valuation and sale of estate assets, creditor settlements and distribution, including estates burdened by creditor liens or Commonwealth benefit-recovery claims. Also handles trust administration, guardianships, Medicaid planning and estate, trust and fiduciary litigation including will contests and recovery of assets.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 123 S Broad Street, Suite 1507Philadelphia, PA 19109
Phone: (215) 645-7866

Free consultation

FirmGreensburg, PA

Bononi & Company, P.C.

Since 1985 · Serves 3 counties

Greensburg firm practicing wills, trusts, estate planning and estate administration in Westmoreland County since 1985, with further offices in Latrobe, Pittsburgh and Johnstown. Handles estate administration and probate, small estates, family settlement agreements, first and final accountings, lost wills and estate litigation, with attorneys and accountants together on the estate's federal estate and Pennsylvania inheritance tax work. Also prepares wills, trusts and powers of attorney and handles guardianships and elder law.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 20 N Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 201Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone: (724) 832-2499

FirmWest Chester, PA

Brandywine Estate & Probate Lawyer

Serves 2 counties

West Chester estate and probate firm on West Gay Street, with a second office on North Duke Street in Lancaster, serving Chester and Lancaster County families. Guides executors and personal representatives through probate filing requirements, notices to creditors, creditor claims and distribution, and represents the estate in disputes among beneficiaries and in estate litigation. Also handles guardianships, special needs trusts, and Medicaid and VA planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 158 W. Gay Street, Suite 204West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: (484) 394-2907

Solo PracticeNew Castle, PA

Beacon Estate Planning and Elder Law, LLC

Serves 2 counties

New Castle estate planning and elder law practice founded by attorney David M. Bauer, offering free in-home consultations in New Castle, Hermitage and the general Pittsburgh region. Prepares wills and trusts, Medicaid crisis plans for nursing home costs, and special needs trusts for families with disabled children. Meetings can be in-home, in-person, by phone or virtual.

PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

Office: 2276 Honey Bee LnNew Castle, PA 16105
Phone: (724) 603-5337

Free consultationVirtual consultations

Solo PracticeClearfield, PA

Compass Estate Planning & Elder Law

Serves 1 county

Clearfield firm settling Clearfield County estates: naming an administrator when there is no will, probating wills, and administering trusts, including filing the estate's tax returns, addressing claims, and distributing assets to beneficiaries. Its elder-law practice covers Medicaid and VA Aid and Attendance planning, and the firm hosts free public workshops on estate and long-term care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 2 N. Front StreetClearfield, PA 16830
Phone: (814) 762-4193

Free consultation

FirmHarrisburg, PA

Caldwell & Kearns, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Seventeen-attorney Harrisburg firm, with a second office in Hummelstown, serving Dauphin County; the firm traces its origin to 1928. Assists personal representatives with every stage of probate and estate administration: probate filings, collecting assets, paying debts, distributing the estate, and preparing and filing tax returns. Also handles will contests, guardianships, and elder-law and Medicaid planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 3631 North Front StreetHarrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 232-7661

FirmHarrisburg, PA

Cunningham, Chernicoff & Warshawsky, P.C.

Since 1978 · Serves 1 county

Harrisburg firm founded in 1978 that guides personal administrators and executors through the Pennsylvania probate process. Represents personal administrators, trustees, executors, heirs, and beneficiaries in will contests and other probate litigation, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate tax plans, and business-succession plans.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 2320 North Second StreetHarrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 238-6570

FirmReading, PA

Curran Estate & Elder Law, PLLC

Serves 6 counties

Reading firm on Liggett Avenue serving Berks County and the neighboring Schuylkill, Montgomery, Lancaster, Chester, and Lebanon counties. Handles Pennsylvania probate and estate administration, from inventorying assets and the required beneficiary notices to the inheritance tax return, and supports named trustees administering a trust. Its elder-law and life-care practice covers Medicaid planning and asset protection; the free consultation follows one of the firm's webinars.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 1212 Liggett AvenueReading, PA 19611
Phone: (610) 467-9993

Free consultation

FirmMcConnellsburg, PA

Dick, Stein, Schemel, Wine & Frey, LLP

Serves 2 counties

Firm with offices in McConnellsburg, Waynesboro, and Greencastle serving Fulton and Franklin County families. Helps personal representatives understand their obligations and complete the tasks of estate administration, and represents clients in estate litigation, including will contests and challenges to the improper use of powers of attorney. Also prepares wills, trusts, financial and healthcare powers of attorney, and lifetime gift plans.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawPowers Of Attorney

Office: 216 N. Second StreetMcConnellsburg, PA 17233
Phone: (717) 485-4515

FirmPittsburgh, PA

Evashavik Law, LLC

Serves 1 county

Family-owned downtown Pittsburgh firm on Grant Street that has handled more than 1,000 estates, guiding executors through admitting a will at the Register of Wills, opening an estate when there is no will, and preparing the Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Return. Also handles probate litigation, guardianships, wills, living trusts, and powers of attorney; the probate fee is generally based on the size of the probate estate, and the first probate consultation is free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship

Office: 310 Grant Street, Suite 2901Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 261-2813

Free consultationVirtual consultations

Solo PracticeEaston, PA

Fox, Oldt & Brown

Since 1853 · Serves 4 counties

Easton firm serving Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Monroe county families, founded in 1853 and now the practice of Robert C. Brown, Jr. For a personal representative it attends the Register of Wills to probate the will and secure letters, handles beneficiary notices and publication, inventories assets, prepares the Pennsylvania inheritance and federal estate tax returns, and closes the estate by court audit or family settlement agreement. Also handles elder law, Medicaid long-term care planning and special needs planning; initial consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

Office: 940 West Lafayette Street, Suite 100Easton, PA 18042
Phone: (610) 258-6111

Free consultation

FirmWayne, PA

Herr Potts and Potts

Serves 3 counties

Eagle Road firm in Wayne, with a West Chester office by appointment, serving families in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. Guides personal representatives from letters at the Register of Wills through asset gathering, notice to heirs, creditor advertising, debts and final accounting, and prepares the Pennsylvania inheritance tax return (REV-1500) and federal estate tax return (Form 706) in house. Also handles trust administration, guardianships and contested guardianships, special needs trusts and long-term care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 200 Eagle Road, Suite 106Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: (610) 254-0114

FirmPittsburgh, PA

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Since 1975 · Serves 1 county

Downtown Pittsburgh firm at Three Gateway Center, practicing since 1975, whose estates and trusts group works with individuals, families, business owners, executors, trustees and agents. Handles estate and trust administration, fiduciary and trustee representation, and probate, estate and trust litigation, alongside wills, living trusts, tax and asset-protection planning, Medicaid and long-term care planning, guardianships and business succession planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 401 Liberty Avenue, 22nd FloorPittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 281-5060

Solo PracticeJohnstown, PA

The Hill Group, LLC

Serves 1 county

Johnstown elder law and estate practice founded by Daniel D. Hill, serving Cambria County families from its Lyter Drive office. Guides executors and administrators through gathering and valuing assets, addressing claims, paying debts and taxes, accounting and distribution, alongside Medicaid crisis planning, asset protection and special needs planning. Holds free educational workshops and offers a free consultation meeting with flat fee quotes.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more

Office: 1730 Lyter DriveJohnstown, PA 15905
Phone: (814) 245-3832

Free consultation

FirmChambersburg, PA

Hoskinson Wenger & Rife Law Offices

Since 1998 · Serves 1 county

Downtown Chambersburg firm founded in 1998 with a concentration in advanced estate planning and administration, serving the Franklin County region; partner Lawrence R. Rife IV is Solicitor for the Franklin County Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds. Facilitates appointment of the executor or administrator, appraises assets and pays debts, prepares Pennsylvania inheritance and federal estate tax returns, and handles the final accounting and distribution. Also petitions for guardianships through the Orphans' Court hearing and plans for elder care, Medicaid and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more

Office: 147 East Washington StreetChambersburg, PA 17201
Phone: (717) 263-8535

FirmHarrisburg, PA

Hazen Law Group

Serves 1 county

Harrisburg elder law and estate firm on Linglestown Road founded by Marielle F. Hazen. Its estate and trust administration staff handles court filings, Uniform Trust Act and Medicaid Estate Recovery requirements, and the inheritance, estate and fiduciary income tax returns for executors and trustees. Also handles guardianships, Medicaid and nursing home planning, special needs planning, veterans' benefits and agricultural law.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 2000 Linglestown Road, Suite 202Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: (717) 540-4332

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

Federal law, as Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania average $338 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,014 to $2,028 for a simple individual will and $3,830 to $5,745 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Pennsylvania will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Pennsylvania, estates with personal property of $50,000 or less qualify for the Settlement of Small Estates on Petition, 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 Pennsylvania probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Pennsylvania, 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; meaningful sums left to a beneficiary who is not a spouse or child (Pennsylvania taxes those inheritances); 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 Pennsylvania

Elder law attorneys in Pennsylvania charge $306 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.

Pennsylvania attorneys average $338 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,014–$2,028; online services cost $30–$300.

Pennsylvania imposes an inheritance tax — paid by the beneficiary, not the estate, and the rate depends on who inherits. Families leaving money to non-traditional beneficiaries (close friends, unmarried partners, more distant relatives) often want planning help to structure around the rates.

Estates under $50,000 in Pennsylvania 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

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