Probate Litigation Attorneys in District of Columbia

29 probate litigation firms in District of Columbia, by county and firm type.

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29 firms

Antonoplos & Associates

1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036

Downtown DC firm on DeSales Street NW, founded in 2012 by Peter Antonoplos, handling probate administration in the District of Columbia probate court as well as Maryland and Virginia. Guides personal representatives through estate administration, advises trustees on trust administration, and handles probate and trust litigation alongside wills, living trusts, and powers of attorney. Consultations by Zoom, phone, or in person.

Since 2012Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-202-803-5676

ArentFox Schiff LLP

1717 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006

National firm whose Washington office sits on K Street NW across from Farragut Square, with attorneys there since 1942. The Private Clients, Trusts & Estates group handles probate, estate settlement, and trust administration, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in trust and estate disputes. Also works with banks and trust companies serving as trustees and executors, and with family offices on multigenerational wealth transfer.

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1-202-857-6000

Browne Family Law

503 D Street NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20001

Washington practice on D Street NW led by Sabine Browne, serving Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Handles estate administration and probate litigation, and drafts wills, trusts, living wills, and powers of attorney for health care and property, alongside Medicaid eligibility planning. Also practices family law, including adoptions, guardianship, and custody, and offers a free confidential consultation.

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1-202-670-5291

Carr Maloney P.C.

2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8001, Washington, DC 20006

Litigation firm headquartered on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, serving the mid-Atlantic since 1984, with offices in Virginia, Maryland, New York, and West Virginia. Its Estate and Trust Litigation group represents personal representatives defending the will against disgruntled beneficiaries, litigates will contests (caveat proceedings) over testamentary capacity and undue influence, and represents trustees and beneficiaries in breach-of-fiduciary-duty, accounting, and trust-distribution disputes.

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1-202-310-5500

Cozen O'Connor

2001 M Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036

Washington, DC office of a national firm at 2001 M Street NW, where member Adam D. Reid practices exclusively in private wealth, trusts and estates. The firm's Private Client, Trusts and Estates group represents executors, trustees, and beneficiaries from the settlement of estates through tax return preparation, audits, and ongoing trust accounting, and handles will and trust contests and construction and reformation disputes. Reid also advises on business succession and estate planning for bitcoin and other digital assets.

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1-202-912-4800

del Cuadro-Zimmerman, PLLC (dCZ Legal)

200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001

Washington, D.C. estate planning and probate firm on Massachusetts Avenue NW handling multi-jurisdictional probate, including DC Superior Court Probate Division matters. Founder Judith del Cuadro-Zimmerman counsels personal representatives, trustees, conservators, and guardians and has argued probate and guardianship appeals before the DC Court of Appeals; senior attorney Ann Marie Holder brings a fiduciary litigation focus to estate administration. Offers a complimentary 30-minute consultation.

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1-771-888-1005

Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans, P.C.

1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036

Washington firm on Massachusetts Avenue NW serving DC and surrounding-area business owners, professionals, and individuals for 40 years. Counsels personal representatives and trustees administering estates and trusts, from probating the estate to accountings, tax returns, and audits, and litigates will and trust contests and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. Also practices business, tax, real estate, and employee-benefits law.

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1-202-530-3333

The Elder & Disability Law Center

1020 19th Street NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036

Elder-law and estate firm with its main office on 19th Street NW in Washington and offices in Tysons Corner, VA and Bethesda, MD, serving clients throughout D.C., Maryland, and Virginia since 1999. Guides executors and trustees through probate, estate, and trust administration, handles will, trust, and probate disputes, and establishes guardianships and conservatorships. Robert S. Bullock, a Certified Elder Law Attorney, focuses on Medicaid planning and eligibility, and the firm drafts special needs trusts.

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1-202-452-0000

Geller Law Group, PLLC

1250 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036

Women-owned firm with a Connecticut Avenue NW office in Washington and an office in Fairfax, VA, whose probate practice extends across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Guides personal representatives through the probate appointment, court filings, and later deadlines, administers trusts, and handles trusts and estates litigation alongside wills, trusts, and guardian or conservator matters. Its GLG+ annual subscription covers a yearly estate plan review and document updates.

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1-703-687-6188

Griffin & Griffin LLP

1320 19th Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036

Washington firm on 19th Street NW practicing real estate, trust and estate planning, probate, and general business law for clients in Washington, DC and Maryland. Attorney Erica Gloger handles probate and contested estates and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives, alongside real estate and condominium work. Offers a free consultation.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationBusiness LawPowers Of Attorney+3

1-202-429-9000

Harrison LLP

2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20007

Washington, D.C. office of Harrison LLP, a national private-wealth firm founded in 2003; the office opened in 2025 in Georgetown Plaza on Wisconsin Avenue NW and serves clients in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Handles probate administration, trust administration, gift and estate tax returns and postmortem tax strategies, and counsels professional and lay fiduciaries administering trusts, decedents' estates and guardianship estates. The firm also has a trust and estate litigation practice and does special-needs and cross-border estate planning.

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1-202-686-4842

Holland & Knight LLP

800 17th Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006

Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight on 17th Street NW, one block from Farragut West and one of the firm's largest offices, with wealth planning and tax lawyers. The firm's Private Client Dispute Resolution Group represents fiduciaries, beneficiaries and nonprofits in will and trust contests, breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, guardianship and conservatorship disputes and financial elder abuse, before probate and tax courts. Its Private Wealth Services Group also handles estate administration, estate tax returns and post-mortem planning.

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1-202-955-3000

JDKatz, P.C.

1825 K Street NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20006

Bethesda-based firm with a Washington office on K Street NW, offering estate planning and administration to clients in the District and across Maryland since 2000. Handles probate, estate administration, trust and estate litigation, fiduciary claims, guardianship and conservatorship, alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Medicaid planning. The firm also practices business and tax law.

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1-202-600-2700

Joel W. Anders, P.C.

1717 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006

Litigation practice on K Street NW, one block from Farragut North and Farragut West, serving Washington, D.C. and the surrounding Maryland communities. Handles probate administration and distribution of estate assets, and litigates disputes over the administration of an estate, the probate of a will or trust and the validity of a will, along with guardianships and conservatorships. Also drafts wills, living and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney and special needs plans; office hours run weekdays, with evening and weekend hours available upon request.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationConservatorship+6

1-202-466-4334

Kass Legal Group, PLLC

4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 434, Washington, DC 20008

Real estate, business and probate firm on Connecticut Avenue NW serving clients in Washington, DC and surrounding areas, with a probate department on staff. Handles probate filings and representation, coordinates with executors, trustees and beneficiaries during estate administration, and litigates estate and trust disputes, including will and trust contests. Also handles conservatorships and guardianships and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Medicaid and asset-protection plans.

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1-202-659-6500

Law Office of Deborah D. Boddie, PLLC

1308 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

Solo practice in the Mount Vernon Square historic district on 9th Street NW, with over 30 years of experience in District of Columbia estate matters. Assists resident and non-resident personal representatives with DC probate, transfers of real property and bank accounts out of a decedent's name, and contests over a loved one's wishes, and handles guardianship and conservatorship for incapacitated adults. Consultations are held by phone or video, and probate documents can be signed electronically.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawConservatorship+5

1-202-387-5800

Law Offices of Clifford M. Cohen

5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015

Estate planning and probate practice on upper Wisconsin Avenue NW in Washington, DC, with a second office in Rockville, MD, serving families in the District and Maryland with over 30 years of legal experience. Supports executors through filing and validating the will, valuing assets, handling creditor claims, court filings and tax returns, and helps resolve will contests and beneficiary or executor disputes. Also handles Medicaid and long-term-care planning and guardianship for incapacitated loved ones, and offers a free phone consultation.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+7

1-202-895-2799

Law Offices of George A. Teitelbaum

1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1012, Washington, DC 20036

Probate and estate practice next to the Farragut North Metro station in Washington, DC, with a second office in Wheaton, MD, practicing since 1983 and serving clients in every DC quadrant and suburban Maryland. Concentrates only on probate and estate administration, estate litigation, wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and elder-law guardianships and conservatorships, and also assists out-of-state clients with DC and Maryland estate matters. The initial consultation is free.

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1-202-783-7177

Loeb & Loeb LLP

901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 300 East, Washington, DC 20001

Washington, DC office of a national firm near Mount Vernon Square (901 New York Avenue NW), where Private Client partner Mary Ann Mancini advises high-net-worth families, many with wealth in real estate or closely held businesses. Represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in trust and estate administration and litigation and before the IRS, and plans estates with irrevocable dynasty trusts, entity structuring, and life insurance trusts.

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1-202-618-5000

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

Washington, DC office of Lowenstein Sandler in Foggy Bottom (2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW), home of Beth Shapiro Kaufman, National Chair of the firm's Private Client Services group and a former Associate Tax Legislative Counsel in the Treasury Office of Tax Policy. The trusts and estates group works with executors and trustees in estate administration and handles the fiduciary litigation that arises from it, and advises high-net-worth individuals and family offices on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning and IRS controversies.

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1-202-753-3800

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Estate planning attorneys in the District of Columbia average $347 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,041 to $2,082 for a simple individual will and $3,820 to $5,730 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the District of Columbia will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In the District of Columbia, estates with personal property of $40,000 or less skip probate with the Transfer by Affidavit, 60 days after death. 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 District of Columbia probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In the District of Columbia, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the District of Columbia estate tax threshold of $4,988,400; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most District of Columbia estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Probate Litigation Attorneys in District of Columbia

District of Columbia attorneys average $347 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,041–$2,082; online services cost $30–$300.

District of Columbia imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $40,000 in the District of Columbia can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

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(4)·Updated October 15, 2026

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in District of Columbia

Free District of Columbia forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form.

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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 the District of Columbia, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavit.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in District of Columbia

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in the District of Columbia: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool.

How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in the District of Columbia costs an estimated $26,493. Attorney fees run 2% to 3.1% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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Who Inherits Without a Will?

Without a will in the District of Columbia, a surviving spouse takes two-thirds of the estate when every child of either spouse is a child of both, and descendants divide what passes to them per stirpes.

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What Are the Creditor Claim Deadlines?

In the District of Columbia, creditors have 6 months from first publication of the creditor notice to present claims; late claims are barred.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in the District of Columbia: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 6 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 12 months.

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How Much Can an Executor Charge?

District of Columbia pays executors reasonable compensation, typically 2.2% to 3.8% of the estate.

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Probate Litigation Attorneys in District of Columbia