Estate Planning Attorneys in Wisconsin

65 estate planning firms in Wisconsin, by county and firm type.

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65 firms

FirmMilwaukee, WI

Becker, Hickey & Poster, S.C.

Serves Milwaukee families from its office on East Erie Street. Guides estate administrators through probate for the assets that require it, administers trusts under an existing estate plan, and works to head off disagreements among family members. The firm also handles elder and disability law, public benefits planning, guardianships, and same-sex estate planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 222 E. Erie Street, Suite 320Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 454-9102

FirmMilwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Estate Planning Attorneys

Serves the Milwaukee area from Mayfair Road, with a second office in West Bend. A division of Karp & Iancu, S.C. that drafts wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and asset-protection and business succession plans at flat fees published on its site, with consultations and drafting available by Zoom or phone.

PracticesEstate PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness Succession

Office: 933 N. Mayfair Road, Suite 325Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 285-3551

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmMilwaukee, WI

von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Since 1904 · Serves the whole state

Serves Wisconsin from seven offices in the state, led by Milwaukee and Madison. The Trusts and Estates group handles formal and informal probate, post-mortem trust administration, claims against estates and trusts, and estate tax returns, and represents personal representatives, trustees, and beneficiaries in will contests, trust disputes, and contested guardianships. Founded in 1904.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more

Office: 411 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 276-1122

FirmMilwaukee, WI

Walny Legal Group LLC

Since 2011

Serves Milwaukee and Waukesha County families from downtown Milwaukee, with a second office in Brookfield. Counsels personal representatives, trustees, and beneficiaries through probate and trust administration, and litigates or mediates will contests, undue influence claims, and breach-of-fiduciary-duty disputes. Founder Eido Walny holds the Estate Planning Law Specialist credential.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 250 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1750Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 751-7531

FirmMilwaukee, WI

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Since 1894 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Madison from Reinhart's Wisconsin offices. The Trusts and Estates group counsels trustees and personal representatives through administration, handles probate court filings and hearings, and prepares estate and fiduciary income tax returns; its fiduciary litigation attorneys handle will and trust contests and fiduciary removal actions. Founded in 1894.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 1000 N Water Street, Suite 1700Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 298-1000

FirmWest Bend, WI

Schloemer Law Firm, S.C.

Since 1933 · Serves 7 counties

Serves West Bend and Washington County, plus Dodge, Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Fond du Lac, and Waukesha counties. Guides personal representatives and successor trustees through formal and informal probate and trust administration, and handles will and trust contests involving undue influence, lack of capacity, or breach of fiduciary duty. Practicing in West Bend since 1933.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 143 S Main Street, Third FloorWest Bend, WI 53095
Phone: (262) 334-3471

Free consultation

Solo PracticeWest Bend, WI

Falkowski Law Firm, LLC

Since 2018 · Serves 1 county

Serves Washington County from the Centrum Building in West Bend. Assists personal representatives and trustees with probate, non-probate transfers, and trust administration after a death, including estate tax returns, and handles Title 19 applications, special needs trusts, and court guardianships and conservatorships. A boutique practice that explains the law in plain terms.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 120 N. Main Street, Suite 240West Bend, WI 53095
Phone: (262) 338-1750

FirmRacine, WI

Knuteson, Hinkston & Rosenberg, S.C.

Since 1986 · Serves 1 county

Serves Racine County from College Avenue. Handles probate administration, from opening the estate and publishing the notice to creditors to distributing assets to heirs, plus guardianship and conservatorship orders and the wills and trusts behind them. Attorney Andrew Rosenberg's practice centers on estate planning and probate administration; the firm has practiced in Racine since 1986.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianship

Office: 500 College AvenueRacine, WI 53403
Phone: (262) 633-2000

Solo PracticeRacine, WI

Rebecca Mason Law, LLC

Serves 4 counties

Serves Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Walworth counties from a Main Street office near the Racine County Courthouse. Attorney Rebecca Mason guides personal representatives through Wisconsin probate, represents successor trustees in trust administration, and handles guardianship and protective placement, appearing in the Racine and Kenosha County circuit courts. A solo practice since 2012.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 245 Main Street, Suite 201Racine, WI 53403
Phone: (262) 632-2899

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FirmWaukesha, WI

Walden Neitzke & Taylor, S.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Waukesha County and southeastern Wisconsin from its Moreland Boulevard office in Waukesha. Represents personal representatives and trustees in probate and trust administration, advises them during will contests and beneficiary disputes, and handles estate and trust litigation, guardianships and conservatorships for disabled adults, and Medicaid planning. In Waukesha for more than 35 years.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 707 W Moreland Boulevard, Suite 9Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone: (262) 547-5517

Free consultation

FirmWaukesha, WI

Riverwood Law & Tax

Serves 1 county

Serves Waukesha County, including Brookfield and Oconomowoc, from Pewaukee Road in Waukesha. Handles probate administration from court filings through distribution, assists trustees with accountings, taxes, and distributions, and adds Title 19 planning, special needs trusts, and guardianship guidance. Attorney Matthew DeMark pairs the legal work with tax preparation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: W240N1221 Pewaukee RoadWaukesha, WI 53188
Phone: (262) 446-8145

Free consultation

FirmOregon, WI

Krause Estate Planning & Elder Law Center

Since 1999 · Serves the whole state

Serves families across Wisconsin from offices in Oregon and Madison in Dane County and Brookfield in Waukesha County. Helps executors and personal representatives administer estates, from locating assets to paying debts and distributing to beneficiaries, and offers mediation and litigation for disputes among heirs. Founder Dan Krause is a Board Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 116 Spring StreetOregon, WI 53575
Phone: (608) 268-5751

Free consultation

FirmMadison, WI

Murphy Desmond S.C.

Since 1931 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Wisconsin from offices in Madison, Janesville, Appleton, and Dodgeville. Advises executors on probate administration and handles trust administration, guardianships and protective placement, and litigation over contested wills and trusts, breach of fiduciary duty, undue influence, and creditor claims in estate proceedings. Founded in Madison in 1931.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 33 East Main Street, Suite 500Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 257-7181

FirmMadison, WI

Axley LLP

Since 1885 · Serves 2 counties

Serves Dane and Waukesha counties from offices in Madison and Waukesha. Represents fiduciaries, families, and beneficiaries in formal and informal probate, post-mortem trust administration, and fiduciary tax returns, and litigates will contests, challenges to a personal representative or trustee, and declaratory judgments, alongside adult and minor guardianships. Founded in Madison in 1885.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 2 East Mifflin Street, Suite 200Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 257-5661

FirmBeloit, WI

Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC

Since 1985 · Serves 1 county

Serves southern Wisconsin from a Beloit office in Rock County, a satellite of its main office in Pecatonica, Illinois. Guides executors and administrators through probate: court approval, filing the will, locating assets, paying creditors and estate taxes, and distributing property, with counsel in negotiations or in court when beneficiaries dispute. Locally owned since 1985.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningConservatorshipGuardianship

Office: 542 E Grand AvenueBeloit, WI 53511
Phone: (608) 365-7702

Free consultation

FirmAppleton, WI

Hooper Law Office

Since 1996 · Serves 3 counties

Serves the Fox Valley from Appleton, with offices in Green Bay and Oshkosh. Handles probate and trust administration for personal representatives and successor trustees, alongside elder law, Medicaid and nursing home asset protection planning. New clients start with a two-hour initial consultation at no charge.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 2 Systems DriveAppleton, WI 54914
Phone: (920) 993-0990

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmAppleton, WI

Legacy Law Group, LLC

Serves Northeast Wisconsin from its Appleton main office, with appointment-only offices in Green Bay and Clintonville. Represents heirs, beneficiaries, family members, and corporate fiduciaries through probate and trust administration and counsels successor trustees. Also plans for nursing-home and long-term-care costs under Wisconsin Medicaid rules.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 5740 Grande Market Drive, Suite DAppleton, WI 54913
Phone: (920) 560-4651

FirmAppleton, WI

Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

Serves the whole state

Serves clients throughout Wisconsin from offices in Appleton and Green Bay. Helps personal representatives through informal and formal probate, protects other beneficiaries' interests in disputes over estate administration, and brings will contests. Also handles adult and minor guardianships and elder-law and Medicaid planning. Estate planning consultations are offered at no charge.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 2400 S. Kensington Drive, Suite 100Appleton, WI 54915
Phone: (920) 831-0300

Free consultation

FirmGreen Bay, WI

Brabazon Law Office, LLC

Since 1997 · Serves the whole state

A general-practice firm on Packerland Drive in Green Bay that represents clients throughout Wisconsin and appears regularly in Brown, Outagamie, Winnebago, Door, and other Northeast Wisconsin county courts. Its estate work is drafting: wills, revocable living trusts, durable and healthcare powers of attorney, and living wills. Founded in 1997 by Shane Laughton Brabazon; Spanish is spoken.

PracticesEstate Planning

Office: 221 Packerland DriveGreen Bay, WI 54303
Phone: (920) 494-1106

FirmDe Pere, WI

Dempsey Law

Since 1849 · Serves the whole state

Serves the Green Bay area from its appointment-only De Pere office, one of five Wisconsin offices of a firm established in Oshkosh in 1849. Handles court-supervised probate, trust administration for successor trustees, and estate disputes including beneficiary and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims and guardianships. Its elder-law attorneys also handle Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 2079 Lawrence Drive, Suite CDe Pere, WI 54115
Phone: (920) 235-7300

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A basic revocable living trust in Wisconsin costs $3,320 to $4,980 when drafted by an attorney, ten to fifteen hours of work at $332 an hour. An online service prices a trust package in the low hundreds of dollars without attorney advice on your situation. The Wisconsin trust cost calculator carries the breakdown.

Even with a revocable trust in Wisconsin, you still need a will, most commonly a pour-over will that catches any asset never retitled into the trust. Wisconsin also allows a transfer-on-death deed for real estate, which moves property out of probate without a trust. Whether a trust adds enough over a will-only plan turns on the situation: real property, a blended family and out-of-state assets are the common reasons. The Wisconsin trust-or-will tool walks through the decision.

Estate planning attorneys in Wisconsin average $327 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $981 to $1,962 for a simple individual will and $3,320 to $4,980 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Wisconsin will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Wisconsin, estates valued at $50,000 or less skip probate with the Transfer by Affidavit. 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 Wisconsin probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Wisconsin, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship (community property rules can produce a surprising split); a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Estate Planning Attorneys in Wisconsin

Estate planning attorneys focused on trusts in Wisconsin charge $332 per hour for trust work. A basic revocable trust runs $3,320 to $4,980 when drafted by counsel. Trusts make the most sense in Wisconsin when you own real property, have a blended family, or want to avoid probate court entirely.

Estate planning attorneys in Wisconsin charge $327 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $981–$1,962; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Wisconsin sets executor compensation by statute — about $10,000 on a $500,000 estate, roughly 2.0%, even though the attorney's fee isn't fixed. That's the predictable cost component on probate here.

Estates under $50,000 in Wisconsin 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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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Wisconsin

Free Wisconsin forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Last Will and Testament

In Wisconsin, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Wisconsin requires 2 witnesses for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Wisconsin treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Pour-Over Will

In Wisconsin, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Wisconsin, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Wisconsin

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Wisconsin: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In Wisconsin, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 1.8% to 2.9% of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Wisconsin takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.8% to 2.9% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Wisconsin runs $3,320 to $4,980 and a simple will $981 to $1,962, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Wisconsin costs an estimated $22,090. Attorney fees run 1.8% to 2.9% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Wisconsin automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Wisconsin costs an estimated $22,090 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 1.8% to 2.9% of the estate. Estates under $50,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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