FirmBangor, ME
Since 2001 · Serves the whole state
Based in Bangor and serves clients throughout Maine, especially Central, Eastern, and Northern Maine. Guides personal representatives from filing the will and notifying creditors through the inventory, accounting, and distribution, advises trustees, and represents parties in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Among the first Maine firms focused on aging Mainers.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
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- 33 Mildred AvenueBangor, ME 04401
FirmSkowhegan, ME
Since 2019 · Serves the whole state
Serves clients across Maine from the Skowhegan Legal Center in Somerset County. Guides families through probate and estate administration after a death, handles guardianships, and prepares wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, asset protection trusts, and MaineCare plans. Founder Claudia Raessler, who opened the practice in 2019, also handles probate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
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- 67 Court Street, Suite BSkowhegan, ME 04976
Solo PracticeLewiston, ME
Serves the whole state
Serves Lewiston, Auburn, and surrounding communities in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, and Kennebec counties from a Lewiston office. Guides personal representatives through informal and formal probate, and mediates or litigates disputes between beneficiaries, challenged wills, and contested executor decisions in the Maine probate court. Also handles family law and personal injury.
PracticesProbateProbate LitigationFamily Law
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- 588 Main StreetLewiston, ME 04240
FirmFarmington, ME
Serves 1 county
Serves Franklin County from Farmington, including Wilton, Jay, and New Sharon. Guides executors through Maine probate, from filing the will with the probate court to collecting, valuing, and liquidating estate assets, locating beneficiaries, and paying estate taxes. Also represents beneficiaries in probate disputes over challenged wills and executor decisions.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationReal Estate Law
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- 163 Main StreetFarmington, ME 04938
FirmPortland, ME
Serves 1 county
Serves Cumberland County from Portland and handles ancillary administration proceedings throughout Maine for non-resident estates. Probates wills and administers estates, administers trusts, advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries on their duties and rights, handles guardianships, conservatorships, and probate litigation, and assists with transfers of non-probate assets.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 75 Pearl StreetPortland, ME 04101
FirmWaterville, ME
Since 1996 · Serves the whole state
Serves Kennebec County from Waterville, formed by the July 2024 merger of O'Donnell Lee with Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Stevens. Handles probate, estate planning with wills and trusts, and elder law for central Maine families. Runs a Maine-Florida estate planning practice for clients who split residence between the two states.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMunicipal Law
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- 325-E Kennedy Memorial DriveWaterville, ME 04901
FirmPortland, ME
Serves 2 counties
Serves Cumberland and Kennebec counties from offices in Portland and Augusta, with its Trusts & Estates group in Portland. Handles estate administration, trust administration including trustee appointments, accountings, and nonjudicial settlement agreements, and probate litigation over guardianships, conservatorships, and disputed wills and trusts. Its attorneys also serve as trustees.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 254 Commercial StreetPortland, ME 04101
Solo PracticeCamden, ME
Serves 3 counties
Serves Knox and Waldo counties and the Augusta area from Camden, with a signing location in Manchester. Represents personal representatives in probate court, probating wills and handling intestate estates, and prepares MaineCare applications for a spouse or parent entering a nursing home. Attorney Jesse Bifulco also runs free online estate planning webinars.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 66 Elm StreetCamden, ME 04843
Solo PracticeTopsham, ME
Since 2020 · Serves the whole state
Serves Sagadahoc County and clients throughout Maine from Topsham, including Bath, Brunswick, and Freeport. Attorney Richard Regan handles estate administration, will contests and other probate litigation, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, alongside a bankruptcy and personal injury practice. Offers free consultations on probate matters and meets clients in person or online.
PracticesProbateProbate LitigationConservatorshipGuardianship
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- 4 Union Park Road, #7Topsham, ME 04086
FirmBangor, ME
Since 1917 · Serves the whole state
Serves clients across Maine from offices in Bangor and Ellsworth. Guides families through estate and trust administration in and outside probate court, represents fiduciaries or beneficiaries in probate litigation, and handles contested and uncontested guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Professional fiduciary services come through its affiliate, Maine Fiduciary Services.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 84 Harlow StreetBangor, ME 04401
FirmLewiston, ME
Since 1853 · Serves 1 county
Serves Androscoggin County from downtown Lewiston. Advises executors and personal representatives on administering an estate, keeping probate administration out of court where it can, and represents them when an estate turns into a dispute. Also handles MaineCare planning, including crisis planning when nursing home care is needed suddenly.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 491 Lisbon StreetLewiston, ME 04240
FirmBrunswick, ME
Since 1993 · Serves 1 county
Serves Cumberland County from Brunswick. Represents personal representatives, trustees, and other fiduciaries in probating wills and administering trusts, from periodic check-ins to full administrative support by firm staff, much of it at paralegal rates. Prepares MaineCare applications for assisted living and nursing home benefits; does not handle guardianship or conservatorship.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 49 Pleasant StreetBrunswick, ME 04011
FirmCaribou, ME
Since 1938 · Serves 1 county
Serves Aroostook County from Caribou, representing clients in Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield, Washburn, Limestone, Fort Kent, Madawaska, and other northern Maine towns. Handles probate of estates and wills alongside real estate, municipal, and litigation work, with partner Richard D. Solman covering probate and estate planning. Offers a free consultation about a case.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawReal Estate Law
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- 709 Main StreetCaribou, ME 04736
FirmAugusta, ME
Serves the whole state
Serves Kennebec County from Augusta and handles cases throughout Maine. Guides personal representatives through probate, from appointment through inventory, claims, and distribution, including small estate affidavits. Daniel Stevens litigates will, trust, and power of attorney disputes over capacity, undue influence, and misuse of a power of attorney, with a free consultation for those cases.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation
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- 82 Winthrop StreetAugusta, ME 04330
FirmRockland, ME
Since 1963 · Serves 3 counties
Serves Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo counties from Rockland, where it has practiced since 1963. Handles estate planning, probate, and elder law matters, and its attorneys appear before Maine DHHS on behalf of Midcoast clients.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
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- 10 Masonic StreetRockland, ME 04841
FirmPortland, ME
Since 1862 · Serves 3 counties
Serves Cumberland, Penobscot, and Kennebec counties from offices in Portland, Bangor, and Augusta. Its Private Clients & Fiduciary Services group handles estate administration, opens probate estates, appears in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and litigates estate and trust disputes in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut probate courts. It also manages trusts as fiduciary.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 1 Portland Square, Floor 10Portland, ME 04101
FirmBangor, ME
Since 1971 · Serves the whole state
Serves Penobscot, Aroostook, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, and Washington counties from Bangor. Helps personal representatives administer a will or an intestate estate, inventory assets, settle creditor claims, and distribute property, including small estate affidavits. Works out heir disagreements and will challenges between lawyers where it can.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation
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- 23 Water Street, Suite 300Bangor, ME 04401
FirmBiddeford, ME
Since 1985 · Serves the whole state
Serves York County from downtown Biddeford and takes clients throughout Maine. Represents estates, personal representatives, and other interested parties in the Probate Court and handles probate and estate administration, with four attorneys in its estate planning and probate group. Merged with Hull Law Office in 2021.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
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- 234 Main StreetBiddeford, ME 04005