Serves Harnett, Wake, Lee and Cumberland counties from Lillington, filing with the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the decedent lived. The firm walks executors and administrators through probate — the 90-day inventory, creditor notices, accountings and distribution — alongside elder law, Medicaid spend-down and long-term care planning. Founded in 1982 as Kelly & West.

Since 1982Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

Serves Johnston and Sampson counties from offices in Smithfield and Clinton, where the firm has practiced since 1969 and appears in the Johnston County courts regularly. Attorneys handle probate and estate administration after a death, guardianship for minors and adults who need care, and contested wills and disputed trusts. Spanish-speaking staff are available.

Since 1969Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+2

Serves Rocky Mount and eastern North Carolina from North Franklin Street. The firm takes on an executor's probate work — locating and inventorying assets, paying taxes and debts, settling estate disputes — either assuming the whole administration or advising on a limited basis, and it covers when summary release or collection by affidavit can replace full probate. Founded in Rocky Mount in 1908.

Solo PracticeSince 1908Free consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid PlanningBusiness Succession

A Greenville firm that has represented the community for more than 50 years, with estate work handled by David W. Silver and Heather Bridgforth. It takes executors through estate administration, which it tells clients can run from several months to several years, and also drafts wills and trusts, powers of attorney and living wills, and handles guardianships, Medicaid planning and VA benefits.

Estate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipMedicaid Planning

Serves Lenoir, Pitt, Craven, and Greene counties from Kinston, Greenville, New Bern, and Snow Hill, with roots in Kinston dating to 1927. Estate work covers probate and estate administration — creditor matters, tax filings, and distribution of assets — along with trust administration and fiduciary litigation. Two estate attorneys are board-certified specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

Since 1927Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

Headquartered in Raleigh with offices in Asheville, Winterville (Greenville), Morehead City, New Bern, and Wilmington. Its attorneys and paralegals commence, administer, and formally close estate and probate proceedings, whoever prepared the original estate plan, and its litigation group handles will caveats. Six attorneys are Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7