Solo PracticeGastonia, NC
Since 1978 · Serves 1 county
Serves Gaston County from Gastonia, including Belmont, Cherryville, Dallas, and Cramerton. Attorney Morris W. Keeter guides executors through probate — filing the will, valuing and transferring assets, paying taxes and debts — and handles will disputes on either side, alongside wills and living trusts. In private practice in Gastonia since 1978.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 309 South StreetGastonia, NC 28053
FirmNew Bern, NC
Serves 1 county
Serves Craven County and eastern North Carolina from New Bern. John W. King, Jr. is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate; the firm drafts wills and trusts, sets up guardianships and conservatorships, and handles Medicaid planning for older clients. Its published practice pages describe planning work; estate administration is not named among them.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 301 South Front Street, Unit 5New Bern, NC 28560
FirmWilmington, NC
Serves 4 counties
Serves New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, and Onslow counties from Wilmington. Nick Leger represents executors, administrators, and trustees through probate and intestate administration — inventories, creditor notices, accountings, and distribution — and litigates will caveats, undue-influence claims, and spousal elective-share disputes. The practice is limited to estate work and guardianship.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 1 N. 16th StreetWilmington, NC 28401
Solo PracticeHendersonville, NC
Since 1982
A Hendersonville solo office serving families across Western North Carolina. Jack A. Lyda handles estates and probate alongside wills, trusts, living wills, and powers of attorney, and runs a parallel real estate and small-business practice. In practice in the same community since 1982.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 308 Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardHendersonville, NC 28792
FirmSalisbury, NC
Serves 1 county
A two-attorney Salisbury firm serving Rowan County, with a practice deliberately limited to real estate and estate matters. Attorneys Brad Nance and Jon Overbey handle estate administration and probate, wills and trusts, and powers of attorney and living wills, working client matters as a team. The firm offers free consultations on estate matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 214 East Innes StreetSalisbury, NC 28144
FirmSmithfield, NC
Since 1979 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Johnston County from Smithfield, with a second office in Benson and a Raleigh office reaching Wake. The estates group prepares wills, powers of attorney and trusts, manages the probate process, and handles estate and trust administration and trust and estate litigation. Founding partner James W. Narron has been a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law since 1987.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 102 South Third StreetSmithfield, NC 27577
Solo PracticeWilmington, NC
Serves Wilmington and the surrounding New Hanover County area from an office on Oleander Drive. The practice pairs court-supervised probate and estate administration — inventorying assets, paying creditors, and distributing to heirs — with advanced estate planning and tax work. Sole attorney Rick E. Graves is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness Succession
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- 5700 Oleander DriveWilmington, NC 28403
Serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County from a Carnegie Boulevard office. The firm represents executors, administrators, trustees, and corporate fiduciaries through probate and trust administration — inventories and accountings with the Clerk of Superior Court — and litigates will caveats and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. Senior partner Jim Hickmon is a Board Certified Specialist.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
- Office
- 5605 Carnegie Blvd, Suite 420Charlotte, NC 28209
Serves Charlotte and the surrounding Mecklenburg County area from a Congress Street office. The firm guides executors and trustees through estate and trust administration, including the strict asset accounting North Carolina law requires of a fiduciary, and litigates will and trust contests. R. Anthony Orsbon and Cynthia T. Fenninger are both board-certified specialists.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 4201 Congress St, Suite 110Charlotte, NC 28209
A seven-attorney firm working from a Westbrook Avenue office in Burlington. Its estate and trust administration team represents executors, administrators, and trustees from routine probate through litigation contesting or defending a will, and handles guardianship of the estate of a minor or incompetent adult, including appointment paperwork and required accountings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 1694 Westbrook AvenueBurlington, NC 27215
FirmHickory, NC
Since 1946 · Serves 1 county
Has served Hickory and Catawba County since 1946, from the PNC Bank Building downtown. Its estate attorneys advise executors, administrators, and trustees on administering an estate or trust and draft the wills and trusts behind them, alongside a parallel elder law practice. Managing partner Kimberly H. Whitley is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 34 2nd Street NW, Suite 400Hickory, NC 28601
FirmHenderson, NC
Serves 4 counties
Serves Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties from offices in Henderson and Oxford. Its estate services cover probate and estate administration alongside wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney and advance healthcare directives, and the firm also practices criminal defense and family law. It began as a family partnership in Henderson and Oxford in the 1950s.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily Law
- Office
- 109 Young StreetHenderson, NC 27536
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
Works from four North Carolina offices — Raleigh, Charlotte, Rocky Mount, and Southern Pines. Its Trusts & Estates group lists trust and estate administration alongside planning, testamentary documents and inter vivos trusts, closely held business succession, and charitable trusts. The published practice page names neither probate nor contested estate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900Raleigh, NC 27601
A Monroe general-practice firm serving Union, Anson, and Stanly counties since 1980. Its attorneys draft wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and carry executors and administrators through the Clerk of Court filings North Carolina probate requires, including the 75-day creditor notice and the 90-day inventory. It also represents heirs in will caveats.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationSpecial Needs Planning
- Office
- 316 N Hayne StreetMonroe, NC 28112
Solo PracticeNew Bern, NC
Serves 3 counties
Serves Craven, Carteret, and Pamlico counties from New Bern. Sole attorney Cindi Quay advises executors and administrators on inventory, heir notification, debts and taxes, and distribution, or serves as executor or administrator herself; she is also the Public Administrator for Craven and Pamlico counties, handling estates left with no will and no family to administer them.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 2 more
- Office
- 412 Broad StreetNew Bern, NC 28560
FirmCharlotte, NC
Since 1960
A Charlotte firm founded in 1960, now more than 165 attorneys across four offices. Its trusts and estates group represents individual and corporate fiduciaries through estate and trust settlement: court inventories and accountings, estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns, and post-mortem planning. A separate fiduciary litigation group handles trustee, executor, and beneficiary disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 600 South Tryon Street, Suite 2300Charlotte, NC 28202
Solo PracticeBlack Mountain, NC
A Black Mountain solo office serving Buncombe County and the mountains west of Hickory. Walton Davis, certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in estate planning and probate law, assists executors and trustees through estate and trust administration — court inventories and accountings, estate liabilities, fiduciary tax returns, and distribution to beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
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- 207 East State StreetBlack Mountain, NC 28711
FirmKill Devil Hills, NC
Since 1995 · Serves 6 counties
Serves Dare, Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Tyrrell and Hyde counties from Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks. James R. Gilreath, Jr. manages the estate administration division and has served as a court-appointed administrator in contested estates. The firm handles inventory, accounting and distribution of estate property, and takes ancillary administration referrals from out-of-state attorneys.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianship
- Office
- 700 Blue Jay Street, Suite 1Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
FirmAsheville, NC
Since 1986
An Asheville firm on College Street, formed by a 1986 merger of two local practices. Its estates and trusts team handles domiciliary and ancillary probate, estate, trust and guardianship administration, and estate tax returns and audits; its litigators take caveat proceedings. Partner Mary Robinson Hervig is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 301 College Street, Suite 400Asheville, NC 28801
Solo PracticeWinston-Salem, NC
Since 2010
A Winston-Salem office founded in 2010, with sole attorney Daniel J. Umlauf and a probate paralegal. It guides personal representatives through North Carolina probate, from inventorying accounts and investments to filing the decedent's and the estate's income tax returns. Its complimentary consultation is offered to monthly workshop attendees and covers estate or Medicaid planning, not probate.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
- Office
- 1645 Westbrook Plaza DriveWinston-Salem, NC 27103
