FirmSeaford, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from Seaford, with further offices in Camden, Milford, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach and Middletown. Represents executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in probate filings, creditor notices, deed transfers and distributions, and in trust administration. Attorneys work in English and Spanish, and Steve Nowak heads the estate planning department.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 326 High Street, Suite 101Seaford, DE 19973
FirmMilton, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Milton. Guides executors and beneficiaries through estate administration before the Register of Wills, advises trustees on administering trusts that hold local real estate or family businesses, and handles trust disputes over validity, distributions and breach of fiduciary duty. Jason W. Adkins and Jennifer A. Tartt also practise real estate and business law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection
- Office
- 401 Broadkill RoadMilton, DE 19968
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Dover, Lewes and Georgetown. The Estates & Trusts group advises executors and trustees on settling estates and administering trusts, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests, guardianship, accounting and fiduciary duty disputes. Its elder law practice handles Delaware Medicaid long-term care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
- Office
- 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 401Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1958 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Courthouse Square on King Street in downtown Wilmington. The Wills, Trusts and Estates practice, led by senior counsel Steven R. Director, handles estate and trust administration, family disputes after a decedent's distribution decisions become known, and federal estate and gift tax planning. Director is a past Chair of the Estate Planning Council of Delaware.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningAsset Protection
- Office
- 600 North King Street, Suite 400Wilmington, DE 19899
Solo PracticeNewark, DE
Since 2015 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Newark. Valerie M. Carr opens estates with the Register of Wills, handles creditor notices, inventories, accountings and final distributions, and helps beneficiaries collect non-probate assets at hourly rates. She sits on the Estate Administration subcommittee of the Delaware State Bar Association's Estates and Trusts section and opened the practice in 2015.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate
- Office
- 300 Creek View Road, Suite 210Newark, DE 19711
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 2006 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Wilmington. Its Wills & Probate practice drafts wills, powers of attorney and living wills, alongside family law, personal injury and workers' compensation work. Founded in 2006 by Tabatha L. Castro, it describes itself as one of the first Hispanic-owned law firms in Delaware and has a Spanish-language site.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawPersonal Injury
- Office
- 409 Larch CircleWilmington, DE 19804
Solo PracticeWilmington, DE
John James Conly, Attorney at Law
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from an office on Old DuPont Road in Wilmington. John James Conly lists wills, trusts and probate as his areas on the New Castle County Register of Wills probate attorney list, and the Delaware courts named him in 2024 as the contact for a deceased attorney's closed practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 301 Old DuPont Road, Suite HWilmington, DE 19804
FirmMontchanin, DE
Since 2018 · Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from Montchanin, near Wilmington. Andrew P. Taylor drafts wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives and helps families with the administration and settling of an estate after a death. The firm's other practices are family law and real estate, and Taylor is Legal Counsel for the Delaware Association of Realtors.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawReal Estate
- Office
- 4 W. Rockland Road, Suite 200Montchanin, DE 19710
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from offices in Wilmington and Newark. The Trusts, Estates, and Taxation group supports trustees, executors and beneficiaries in administration, litigates will contests, estate disputes and trust cases, and handles trust modification and estate, gift and GST tax planning. Four of its partners are fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 1201 North Market Street, 20th FloorWilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Wilmington. Represents executors, personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in will contests, accounts by executors and trustees, removal of fiduciaries and disputes over estate and trust administration. Also handles guardianship appointments, oppositions and terminations, and prepares wills and trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 1105 North Market Street, Suite 901Wilmington, DE 19801
Solo PracticeHockessin, DE
Since 2021 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Stone Mill Office Plaza in Hockessin. Douglas J. Cummings, Jr. represents personal representatives through probate before the Register of Wills and represents families applying to the court for guardianship of a relative who lacks capacity, alongside wills, trusts and powers of attorney. His other practices are business litigation and real estate transactions.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipReal Estate
- Office
- 724 Yorklyn Road, Suite 260Hockessin, DE 19707
Solo PracticeHockessin, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware and Pennsylvania from Hockessin. Frederick J. Dimichele guides executors, administrators and beneficiaries through probate, from filing the will and petitioning for letters through short-form administrations, creditor claims and distribution, and handles trust administration, guardianship proceedings and Medicaid and long-term care planning. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 724 Yorklyn Road, Suite 370Hockessin, DE 19707
FirmMillsboro, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from offices in Millsboro and Millville. Represents executors through estate administration before the register of wills, advises trustees on trust administration, and handles adult guardianship petitions for relatives whose incapacity planning was not completed. Its VA-accredited attorneys help clients qualify for long-term care Medicaid, and meetings can be held virtually.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 108 Main StreetMillsboro, DE 19966
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1978 · Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from eight offices, with its main office on Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington. Its trusts and estates lawyers prepare wills, powers of attorney and living wills, explain probate before the Register of Wills, and advise families considering guardianship of an elderly relative. The firm has practised in Delaware since 1978.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePersonal Injury
- Office
- 1202 Kirkwood HighwayWilmington, DE 19805
FirmRehoboth Beach, DE
Since 2024 · Serves the whole state
Serves Sussex, Kent and New Castle counties from Rehoboth Beach. Guides families through probate, trust settlement and asset distribution after a death, and petitions for court-appointed guardianships of adults and minors. Founded in February 2024 by Rebecca N. Doyle, named a Delaware Today Top Lawyer five consecutive years; consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipand 2 more
- Office
- 20245 Bay Vista Road, Unit 204Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from an office on Kennett Pike in Wilmington. Settles estates for executors, handling the court paperwork, probate fees, claims and taxes, alongside long-term care Medicaid applications and estate planning. Founder W. Wade W. Scott holds a Graduate Certification in Estate Planning from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 3711 Kennett Pike, Suite 110Wilmington, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street, established in 1985. Partner Jocelyn Margolin Borowsky handles estate and trust administration, Delaware trust modifications and decantings, and trust and estate litigation for fiduciaries and beneficiaries, including estate and gift tax audits. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 1201 North Market Street, Suite 501Wilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on Gilpin Avenue. Its probate and trust administration lawyers assist personal representatives and executors with probate petitions, required notices, self-proving affidavits, asset transfers, distributions and trust administration. Senior associate Amanda Jester handles probate and estate administration in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 1509 Gilpin Avenue, Suite 2Wilmington, DE 19806
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Greenville, with Delaware and Pennsylvania licensure. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, and adult guardianship petitions, annual updates and accountings in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Works primarily on a flat-fee basis, quoted at the end of the first meeting.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 20 Montchanin Road, Suite 1000Greenville, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Red Clay Center on Centerville Road, northwest of downtown Wilmington. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, guardianships and Medicaid applications alongside estate and special needs planning. Founded in 1992 and led by Certified Elder Law Attorneys Catherine B. Read and William W. Erhart.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 2961 Centerville Road, Suite 350Wilmington, DE 19808