Solo PracticeBrighton, MI
Serves 5 counties
Brighton estate-planning and elder-law practice with meeting offices in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Okemos, Livonia and Novi, plus virtual meetings. Prepares wills and trusts meant to keep an estate out of probate and plans for Medicaid and nursing-home costs. Founder Christopher J. Berry is one of 18 Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELA) in Michigan.
PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawTax PlanningAsset Protectionand 2 more
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- 8273 Grand River Road, Suite 220Brighton, MI 48114
FirmGrand Rapids, MI
Serves 4 counties
Grand Rapids elder law and estate firm with offices in Portage, Holland and Norton Shores. Guides executors through probate, from notifying heirs and creditors and inventorying assets to paying claims, distributing the estate and accounting to the court, and handles trust administration and Medicaid crisis planning. Offers a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 4965 E Beltline Avenue NEGrand Rapids, MI 49525
FirmEast Lansing, MI
Since 2002 · Serves 8 counties
East Lansing elder law and probate firm with offices in Battle Creek, Jackson, Saginaw, Southfield, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. Helps fiduciaries with inventories, accountings and creditor claims, and its litigation team handles will and trust contests over undue influence, capacity and breach of fiduciary duty, guardianships and elder financial exploitation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 1019 Trowbridge RoadEast Lansing, MI 48823
FirmAnn Arbor, MI
Since 1937 · Serves 1 county
Ann Arbor firm, in practice since 1937, serving Washtenaw County and southeast Michigan. Guides personal representatives through informal, formal and small-estate probate, from inventory and creditor claims to final tax returns and closing, helps successor trustees administer trusts, and litigates will challenges and co-trustee disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 350 South Main Street, Suite 400Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Solo PracticeOkemos, MI
Serves 1 county
Okemos law office of Charles R. Cuzydlo serving families in Lansing and Okemos. Guides personal representatives through probate and trust administration, from valuing assets and paying creditors to distributing to beneficiaries, and represents clients in probate litigation over wills, trusts or asset distribution. Also handles guardianships for minors and incapacitated adults.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 2147 Commons ParkwayOkemos, MI 48864
Solo PracticeOkemos, MI
Serves 9 counties
Okemos estate planning and elder law office of attorney Tara Peterson, meeting clients from Ingham, Clinton, Eaton and six other mid-Michigan counties in person or by Zoom. Handles estate administration in and out of probate court, including formal and informal probate and trust administration. Also plans for Medicaid and VA benefits when a family faces long-term care costs.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 2157 Commons ParkwayOkemos, MI 48864
FirmDowagiac, MI
Serves 1 county
Dowagiac firm on Pennsylvania Avenue serving Cass County and southwestern Michigan. Handles formal and informal probate after a death, including collecting and distributing assets and dealing with creditors, alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and patient advocate designations. Its attorneys also practice family law, criminal defense and mediation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
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- 107 Pennsylvania AvenueDowagiac, MI 49047
FirmKalamazoo, MI
Since 1994 · Serves 2 counties
Kalamazoo estate firm on East Water Street, practicing estate law since 1994 for Kalamazoo County, Battle Creek and the surrounding area. Guides personal representatives through probate, from the inventory to creditor claims, final returns and distributions, and advises trustees on accountings and distributions. Also handles guardianships, conservatorships and Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 211 E Water Street, Suite 401Kalamazoo, MI 49007
FirmHancock, MI
Since 2010 · Serves 4 counties
Downtown Hancock general practice firm, opened in 2010, serving the Copper Country and clients throughout the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin. Its probate work covers estate and trust administration, guardianships, conservatorships and probate and fiduciary litigation, beside wills, trusts and special needs planning. Initial 30-minute consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 400 Quincy Street, 6th FloorHancock, MI 49930
FirmGrand Rapids, MI
Since 1994
Grand Rapids and Livonia estate firm started in 1994 by former Navy JAG attorney John Tamboer. For executors it obtains letters of authority and handles the notices and court filings to the end of the case; for successor trustees it handles private trust settlement, retitling and beneficiary notices, and it files small-estate petitions. The first administration consultation is free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection
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- 4251 Cascade Road SEGrand Rapids, MI 49546
FirmIron Mountain, MI
Since 1978 · Serves 3 counties
Iron Mountain firm founded in 1978 by attorney Peter Ryan, serving Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Northeastern Wisconsin. Assists personal representatives through probate and trust administration, from valuing the estate and locating beneficiaries to paying taxes and debts and transferring assets, and handles nursing home, Medicaid and spend-down planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
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- 307 East C StreetIron Mountain, MI 49801
FirmPort Huron, MI
Serves 1 county
Port Huron firm on 3rd Street serving St. Clair County, with an estate planning and probate work group headed by David Devendorf and Marc Oswald. The group handles probate administration, trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, along with wills, trusts, patient advocate designations, durable powers of attorney and business succession planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 1411 3rd Street, Suite FPort Huron, MI 48060
FirmLansing, MI
Since 1902 · Serves the whole state
Lansing firm tracing its origins to 1902, with a Trusts and Estates group in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Holland, Southfield and Detroit serving families, family businesses and fiduciaries throughout Michigan. The group handles trust and estate administration and trust and estate litigation, alongside gift tax, business succession, and Medicaid and elder law planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 313 S Washington SquareLansing, MI 48933
FirmLansing, MI
Since 1883 · Serves the whole state
Lansing firm in the Boji Tower, tracing its practice to 1883 and the Michigan member of SCG Legal. Its trusts and estates team works with personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in estate and trust disputes, and handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions and Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
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- 124 W Allegan Street, Suite 1000Lansing, MI 48933
FirmBad Axe, MI
Since 1978 · Serves 3 counties
Bad Axe firm founded in 1978 whose three attorneys practice mainly in Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola Counties. Walks estate administrators and executors through probate, including paying the estate's debts, determining heirs, distributing assets and accounting. Also drafts wills and trusts and advises on Medicaid, special needs trusts and estate-tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 2 more
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- 237 E Huron AveBad Axe, MI 48413
FirmFowlerville, MI
Serves 3 counties
Fowlerville office on East Grand River Avenue, led by John L. Gormley, serving Livingston, Ingham and Shiawassee counties. Handles probate and trust administration, probate litigation over will contests, disputes among heirs and an executor's handling of an estate, and conservatorship and guardianship petitions. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 101 E Grand River AvenueFowlerville, MI 48836
FirmTroy, MI
Serves 1 county
Troy estate and business planning firm led by William H. Gaggos, a CPA, and Lawrence S. Flaggman. Administers trusts and estates, from inventorying assets and resolving debts to selling real estate and filing fiduciary tax returns, and litigates will and trust contests and trustee misconduct claims in probate court. Offers a free, no-obligation consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
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- 2250 Butterfield Drive, Suite 240Troy, MI 48084
Solo PracticeWyandotte, MI
Serves 1 county
Wyandotte elder law office on Fort Street run by Kevin M. Gilhool, admitted in Michigan and Florida. Opens and administers probate estates, including ancillary probates, wraps up funded trusts, and represents families in will and trust contests, homestead and elective share litigation, and exploitation of vulnerable adults. Also handles guardianship and Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 2409 Fort StreetWyandotte, MI 48192
FirmEast Lansing, MI
Serves 10 counties
East Lansing firm with a second office in Mt. Pleasant, practicing in the probate courts of Ingham, Clinton, Eaton, Isabella and other mid-Michigan counties. Represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in probate and trust administration, from marshalling assets to notice to creditors and estate taxes. Also litigates will contests, trust disputes and undue influence claims.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 6025 N. Hagadorn RoadEast Lansing, MI 48823
FirmAlpena, MI
Serves 1 county
Alpena general practice firm serving Northeast Lower Michigan, where partner Daniel J. Florip handles probate, estate planning and Medicaid planning. Runs a full probate court practice covering decedent estates, guardianships and conservatorships, and administers estates and trusts when assets are distributed. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney and patient advocate designations round out the work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 2 more
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- 109 E. Chisholm StAlpena, MI 49707