Serves Guilford County from South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, with clients in High Point, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, and Jamestown. The probate side runs a full administration: qualifying the personal representative, preparing the preliminary inventory, notice to and payment of creditors, and annual and final accountings. Its estate lawyers also try will caveats and estate and trust disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation
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- 100 South Elm Street, Suite 410Greensboro, NC 27401
FirmGoldsboro, NC
Since 1968 · Serves 7 counties
Serves Wayne County and neighboring Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Lenoir, Sampson, and Wilson counties from Goldsboro, where the firm has practiced since 1968. John C. Hine and Mark J. Hale Jr. are North Carolina Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law; the practice covers estate and trust administration for executors and trustees, guardianship, and will disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 208 S. William StreetGoldsboro, NC 27530
FirmLexington, NC
Since 1886 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Davidson and Guilford counties from Lexington, with a second office in Greensboro; the practice traces without interruption to Zeb Vance Walser's 1886 admission to the North Carolina bar. Its probate attorneys carry most of the filing and paperwork for an executor, sort valid from invalid estate debts, and litigate will caveats alleging fraud, undue influence, or incapacity.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 10 LSB PlazaLexington, NC 27292
Serves Forsyth and Durham counties from offices in Winston-Salem and Durham. The firm guides personal representatives and trustees through estate and trust administration — inventorying assets, settling claims, distributing property, and filing fiduciary income tax returns — and litigates will contests and trust disputes when an administration goes wrong. The intake Needs Assessment call is free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 380 Knollwood St, Suite 500Winston-Salem, NC 27103
FirmSouthern Pines, NC
Since 2019 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Moore and Lee counties from Southern Pines, as a department of Van Camp, Meacham & Newman, PLLC formed in 2019. It works with executors and administrators who live nearby or out of state — obtaining the appointment and filing the 90-day inventory — and litigates will and trust caveats before the Clerk of Superior Court. Probate fees are generally paid from estate resources.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more
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- 235 E. Pennsylvania AvenueSouthern Pines, NC 28387
FirmMonroe, NC
Serves 5 counties
A three-attorney family firm in Monroe, founded by Harry B. Crow, Jr. in his hometown, that takes executors through estate administration in Union County and also serves Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, and Anson counties. It prepares wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and handles will contests and other estate disputes. The Crow attorneys hold more than 75 years of combined legal experience.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation
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- 315-B N Main StreetMonroe, NC 28112
FirmCharlotte, NC
Since 1982
A Charlotte tax and estate boutique at Morrocroft Centre that represents executors and trustees in all aspects of estate and trust administration: collecting assets, paying the decedent's debts and taxes, and post-mortem tax planning. It also handles trust and estate accounting disputes and litigation. Its attorneys include Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 6801 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 400Charlotte, NC 28211
FirmGreensboro, NC
Since 2000
A Greensboro estate planning and elder law practice serving Guilford County, in North Carolina since 2000 and now led by managing partner Blaire D. McClanahan following the death of founder Cheryl K. David. The team takes families through probate and trust administration, probate and will litigation, guardianships, and Medicaid planning. Virtual appointments are available.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
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- 528 College RoadGreensboro, NC 27410
Solo PracticeCharlotte, NC
Serves 7 counties
A Ballantyne solo practice in Charlotte serving Mecklenburg County, led by Janice L. Davies, an NC Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law. She takes personal representatives and trustees through estate and trust administration, prepares estate and income tax returns, and resolves will and trust conflicts through settlement agreements and caveats.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more
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- 15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 203Charlotte, NC 28277
Solo PracticeHickory, NC
Serves 2 counties
A solo Hickory practice serving Catawba and Caldwell counties and the towns of Conover, Rhodhiss, and Granite Falls. Donald R. Fuller, Jr., in practice in North Carolina for more than 40 years, drafts wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts and represents executors through every step of probate, including will contests raising capacity, undue influence, or mismanagement claims.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
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- 225 4th Street NW, Suite 200Hickory, NC 28601
FirmSmithfield, NC
Since 1969 · Serves 2 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more
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- 405 E Market StreetSmithfield, NC 27577
FirmDunn, NC
Since 1969 · Serves 3 counties
Serving Harnett, Lee and Johnston counties from Dunn since 1969. The firm handles estate administration and probate — gathering assets, paying debts and seeing that property is properly distributed — and litigates will contests, or caveats, for widows, children and other close relatives, including out-of-state families with a North Carolina estate. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation
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- 111 Commerce DriveDunn, NC 28334
FirmMorehead City, NC
Since 1987
Serves the Crystal Coast from Bridges Street in Morehead City, with clients in Beaufort, New Bern and Jacksonville. Its probate work runs from qualifying the personal representative and obtaining letters testamentary through creditor claims, the spousal year's allowance, inventories and final accountings, and extends to will caveats. Cecil Harvell opened the practice in 1987.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 1107 Bridges StreetMorehead City, NC 28557
FirmDurham, NC
Serves the whole state
Represents executors, administrators and heirs across North Carolina from an office on S. Miami Blvd in Durham/RTP. The practice opens and settles estates, supports trust administrators through their fiduciary duties, presses stalled personal representatives on behalf of beneficiaries, and litigates will and trust validity and fiduciary misconduct. In-office and virtual appointments are offered.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 2314 S. Miami Blvd, Suite 151Durham, NC 27703
FirmCharlotte, NC
Since 1912
Serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County from East Morehead Street. Its estate administration attorneys lead executors and administrators through probate and through estate, income and generation-skipping tax issues, while a separate fiduciary litigation group takes will caveats and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. The firm traces its Charlotte practice to 1912.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 10 more
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- 1065 East Morehead StreetCharlotte, NC 28204
FirmSouthern Pines, NC
Serves 7 counties
Serves Moore County and the surrounding Hoke, Harnett, Scotland, Lee and Richmond counties from North Bennett Street in Southern Pines. The estate administration side handles probate of a decedent's will, collecting estate assets, paying final expenses and debts, distributing property as the court approves, and challenging or defending a will when family members disagree over it.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation
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- 230 North Bennett Street, Suite 2Southern Pines, NC 28387
FirmCharlotte, NC
Serves the whole state
Serves Mecklenburg County from Charlotte, with a second North Carolina office in Raleigh. The trust and estate administration team advises executors and trustees on probate, estate tax returns, distributions, and trust modifications, and handles fiduciary litigation. Chambers High Net Worth ranks the practice in North Carolina private wealth law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000Charlotte, NC 28202
Serves Mecklenburg County from Charlotte, with a second North Carolina office in Raleigh. The trust and estate administration attorneys handle probate of wills, administration of testate and intestate estates and of trusts, post-death tax planning and fiduciary tax returns, and fiduciary litigation among beneficiaries and fiduciaries. The firm is the only Charlotte-based member of the Am Law 200.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700Charlotte, NC 28202
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
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- 309 South StreetGastonia, NC 28053
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
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- 1 N. 16th StreetWilmington, NC 28401