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.

Solo PracticeSince 1853Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

Bethlehem elder law and estate firm serving the Lehigh Valley. Handles estate and trust administration under Pennsylvania probate law: collecting and distributing estate assets, filing estate and income tax returns, accountings to beneficiaries, and mandatory reports to the court. The firm is certified by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the specialty of Elder Law.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+2

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.

Serves 8 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

Lemoyne firm at 301 Market Street, where its practice opened in 1914, with offices in Wyomissing, Lancaster and Lewistown serving Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Berks and Mifflin Counties. Guides executors and administrators through estate administration, from cataloging assets to paying debts, filing tax returns and distributing to beneficiaries, administers trusts and guardianships, and litigates estate and trust disputes between beneficiaries and trustees.

Since 1914Serves 8 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

Montgomeryville firm on Bethlehem Pike serving Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, with a second office in West Lawn, Berks County. Walks executors, administrators and beneficiaries through probate and non-probate settlement: filing the will, securing letters, inheritance and estate tax filings, creditor negotiations, deed transfers, Orphans' Court accounting and distribution. Litigates will contests, trust disputes and executor misconduct claims in the Orphans' Court; consultations are free.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+3

Harrisburg firm on Linglestown Road, opened in 2005, with a second office in Newport, representing executors, trustees, guardians, and beneficiaries across Pennsylvania. Probates wills for in-state and out-of-state executors, handles ancillary probate, trust administration, and estate tax returns, and litigates will contests, claims against fiduciaries, and demands for accounting or removal of trustees and executors.

Since 2005Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5