FirmWilmington, NC
Serves 3 counties
A small father-and-son practice in downtown Wilmington, serving New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick counties. James Seay III carries personal representatives through estate administration — gathering and valuing assets, notifying creditors, filing inventories and accounts, and distributing to heirs — and handles will contests. Initial consultations are a flat $250 except in estate planning matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship
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- 519 Market StreetWilmington, NC 28401
FirmFuquay-Varina, NC
Since 1953 · Serves 1 county
A three-attorney Fuquay-Varina firm whose predecessor opened in 1953 and took its present name in 2001. Its estate practice assists executors in administering the estate, handles disbursement and closure of estates and administration of trusts, and files guardianship proceedings. Linda F. Johnson is appointed by the Wake County court as a public administrator for estates that have gone awry.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship
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- 114 Raleigh StreetFuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Serves Wake County from downtown Raleigh, where its Trusts and Estates lawyers advise executors, trustees, and beneficiaries on trust and estate administration, fiduciary and tax matters, and controversies before tax authorities. The same team prepares wills and trust instruments. Chambers and Partners gave the practice its highest North Carolina Private Wealth Law ranking in 2026.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800Raleigh, NC 27601
Serves Wake County and central North Carolina from north Raleigh, with offices in Charlotte and Charleston, South Carolina. Its trust and estate administration attorneys represent executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees — initiating probate with the clerk of court, valuing assets, preparing estate accountings, paying claims and taxes, and distributing property — and handle will caveats.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship
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- 4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 400Raleigh, NC 27609
Serves Buncombe and Henderson counties from Asheville and Hendersonville, with further offices in Raleigh and Durham. After a death the firm files the will and opens probate, handles intestate estates, guides trustees through post-death trust administration, prepares the final accounting and closing filings, and takes up disputes among beneficiaries. The firm offers a free initial consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 77 Central Avenue, Suite FAsheville, NC 28801
FirmJacksonville, NC
Since 1988 · Serves 4 counties
Serves Onslow, Pender, Duplin, and Jones counties from Jacksonville, including residents of Camp Lejeune. It files the paperwork to open and administer the estate, organizes its finances and taxes, answers litigation brought by an heir left out of the will, and handles partition proceedings when heirs inherit the same real property. Kevin McConnell serves as Onslow County Public Administrator.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 400 New Bridge StreetJacksonville, NC 28540
FirmFayetteville, NC
Since 1948 · Serves 1 county
Serves Cumberland County from Fayetteville, where the Tally family has practiced since 1948. Brothers Lockett and Jesse Tally carry estates through probate from the inventory to the closing out of the estate and the final accounting, will act as executor or administrator or be listed as attorney of record, and handle intestate estates under North Carolina's succession statutes.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
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- 2573 Ravenhill DriveFayetteville, NC 28303
FirmSouthern Pines, NC
Since 1993 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Moore County from Southern Pines and Montgomery County from a second office in Biscoe. Its wills and estate planning attorneys draft, review, and update wills, living wills, and powers of attorney; probate and estate administration are not among the firm's published practice areas, which otherwise cover personal injury, criminal defense, family law, and real estate.
PracticesEstate Planning
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- 300 Pinehurst AvenueSouthern Pines, NC 28387
Serves Wake County and the Triangle from three offices — Raleigh, Cary, and Wake Forest. The firm represents executors, administrators, and trustees through probate administration with and without a will, trust administration, and guardianship proceedings, and litigates will caveats, trust disputes, and financial elder abuse claims. It also runs an elder law and Medicaid practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
- Office
- 4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 310Raleigh, NC 27612
Solo PracticeShallotte, NC
Since 2005 · Serves 1 county
Serves Brunswick County from Shallotte, practicing before the Brunswick County Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds. Tonia Trest Twigg carries estates through probate — court filings and accountings, publication of creditor claims, and distribution to beneficiaries — and handles incompetency and guardianship proceedings. The office offers free consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianship
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- 4631 Main StreetShallotte, NC 28470
Serves Orange County and the Triangle from Chapel Hill, with a practice concentrated on wills, trusts, and estates. The firm settles decedents' estates through the court probate process — distribution of assets, creditor claims, and tax returns — and handles guardianship proceedings. Beth Tillman is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 501 Eastowne Drive, Suite 130Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Serves south Iredell and the Lake Norman area from Mooresville, with offices in Cornelius, Denver, and Kannapolis. Attorneys prepare wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and advance directives, alongside a heavy real estate closing practice. Its published practice pages cover planning and real estate only; probate and estate administration are not among the services it names.
PracticesEstate PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 514 Williamson Road, Suite 421Mooresville, NC 28117
FirmGreensboro, NC
Since 1974
A Greensboro firm serving Guilford County and the Piedmont Triad since 1974. Attorneys administer testate and intestate estates end to end — qualifying the personal representative, preparing inventories and accountings, and filing estate and fiduciary tax returns — and have served as personal representative and trustee themselves. Six attorneys carry the practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 400 Bellemeade Street, Suite 800Greensboro, NC 27401
FirmAsheville, NC
Since 1907
Serves Buncombe, Henderson, and the Western North Carolina mountains from Asheville and Hendersonville, with roots in the region since 1907. The Trusts, Estates and Elder Law team handles trust and estate administration, guardianships, and trust and estate disputes including will contests and trust terminations. The team includes board-certified specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 11 North Market StreetAsheville, NC 28801
FirmBurlington, NC
Since 1933 · Serves 2 counties
Established in 1933 and one of the oldest law firms in Alamance County, Vernon Law serves Alamance and Guilford counties from Burlington. Its wills and estates attorneys administer simple and complex estates and trusts and handle will contests, spousal allowance and spousal share claims, and Medicaid planning, alongside wills, trusts and powers of attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 522 S Lexington AvenueBurlington, NC 27215
FirmDurham, NC
Serves 2 counties
Serves Durham and Johnston counties from Durham and a second office in Clayton, and has served Triangle families for over 40 years. Its trust and estate administration department, led by Shirley M. Diefenbach, obtains letters testamentary or of administration from the Durham County Clerk of Superior Court, publishes creditor notice, and prepares trust accountings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 240 Leigh Farm Road, Suite 100Durham, NC 27707
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
- Office
- 751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300Raleigh, NC 27607
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
The Raleigh office of a transatlantic firm with four other North Carolina offices — Charlotte, Greensboro, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem. Its Private Wealth Services team lists estate and trust administration and international estate and tax planning among its services, and its fiduciary litigation work covers will contests and caveats, trust contests, and probate disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1100Raleigh, NC 27601
FirmWaynesville, NC
Serves 5 counties
Serves Haywood, Jackson, Buncombe, Macon, and Madison counties from Waynesville. The firm guides executors and administrators through estate administration — opening the estate at the courthouse, paying creditors in the order the law requires, and filing the final accounting — and states it has done this work for over two decades. Sarah P. Wenzel handles the estate and probate work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship
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- 166 Branner Avenue, Suite AWaynesville, NC 28786
Solo PracticeLaurinburg, NC
Since 1984 · Serves 1 county
Founded in Laurinburg in 1984 and now practiced by Andrew G. (Drew) Williamson, Jr., with two North Carolina State Bar certified paralegals on staff, serving Scotland County. The firm names decedents' estates and estate administration among its practice areas, with estate planning covering wills, trusts, financial and health care powers of attorney, and advance directives.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
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- 213-C East Cronly StreetLaurinburg, NC 28352
