Probate Attorneys in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

13 probate firms have an office in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Suffolk County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning13 Tax Planning11 Special Needs Planning5 Asset Protection6 Medicaid Planning3

Settling an estate

Trust Administration11 Probate13 Probate Litigation8 Trust Litigation6

Capacity and care

Elder Law6 Conservatorship5 Guardianship8

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13 firms

Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP

One Boston Place, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02108

Serves Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire counties from Springfield, Hadley, Pittsfield and Great Barrington, with an office in Boston. Its Trusts and Estates attorneys handle probate and estate administration, trust administration and trustee support services, and trust and estate litigation. Merged with the Berkshire firm Cain Hibbard & Myers on December 1, 2025.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-617-419-7154

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

75 Federal Street, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02110

Serves Worcester, Suffolk and Plymouth counties from offices in Worcester, Boston, Plymouth and Southborough. Administers estates and trusts, from Probate Court filings, inventories and annual accounts to estate tax returns and audits, and litigates contested wills, trust disputes and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Established in 1914.

Since 1914Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-617-757-6500

Casner & Edwards, LLP

303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210

Serves Suffolk County from Boston, representing individuals, families, family charitable trusts and professional fiduciaries. Handles estate and trust administration, gift and estate tax returns and fiduciary services, with attorneys serving as trustees or personal representatives; colleagues handle will contests and other probate controversies. Every matter is partner-led.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-617-426-5900

Fletcher Tilton PC

100 Franklin Street, Suite 404, Boston, MA 02110

Serves Worcester, Middlesex, Suffolk, Barnstable and Bristol counties from offices in Worcester, Boston, Framingham, Centerville and New Bedford. Guides executors and trustees through probate, estate tax, post-mortem planning, sale of estate property and trust administration, for estates from insolvent to over $40 million. Manages more than 250 trusts and administers more than 130 estates a year.

Since 1822Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+2

1-617-336-2285

Flowers and Manning, LLP

15 Court Square, Suite 110, Boston, MA 02108

Serves Suffolk County and nearby Middlesex and Norfolk communities such as Cambridge, Newton and Brookline from an office on Court Square in Boston. A tax-focused firm whose estate planning and administration practice covers wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and plans built to reduce estate taxes and avoid probate. Formed in 2000 by Walter Flowers and Jennifer Manning.

Since 2000Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateTax Planning

1-617-589-0601

Long Hagan Huff-Harris

4238 Washington Street, Unit B, Boston, MA 02131

Serves Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth and Dukes counties from offices in Boston and Duxbury, with offices in Brookline, Hingham and Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Handles trust and estate administration and probate, fiduciary litigation for fiduciaries and beneficiaries, and contested guardianship and conservatorship actions. Partner Sean Hagan advises on estate and tax planning.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-617-752-2654

The Marques Law Firm, PLLC

867 Boylston Street, 5th Floor, Suite 1881, Boston, MA 02116

Serves Massachusetts clients from a Boston office on Boylston Street, with a second office in New York City. Founder Michael M. Marques manages probate administration for families settling an estate and prepares wills, trusts and business succession plans. He also represents clients in tax audits and is admitted in the U.S. Tax Court.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness LawBusiness Succession

1-617-735-7474

Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

175 Federal Street, Suite 1220, Boston, MA 02110

Serves Worcester and Suffolk counties from offices in Worcester, Westborough, and Boston. Settles estates through the probate court, prepares estate and fiduciary income tax returns, and serves as trustee; its litigators handle will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Established in 1916.

Since 1916Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7

1-617-261-2417

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

155 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA 02210

Serves Suffolk and Barnstable counties from offices in Boston and Hyannis. Handles estate and trust administration and Probate Court proceedings, serves as personal representative, trustee, conservator, and guardian, and litigates will contests and trust disputes. Its trust department administers more than 2,100 trusts; co-founded in 1879 by Louis D. Brandeis.

Since 1879Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-617-439-2000

RackiLaw, LLC

55 Union Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02108

Serves Massachusetts families from an office in downtown Boston. Settles estates through probate (petitions, appointing the personal representative, heirs, creditor claims, asset transfers), and firm attorneys serve as successor or replacement trustees. Greg Racki founded the firm in 2009 after WilmerHale's Private Client Department.

Since 2009Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning

1-617-285-6388

Rudolph Friedmann LLP

92 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

Serves clients throughout Massachusetts from Boston's Financial District at 92 State Street. Handles probate, will contests, trust administration, trust litigation and asset distribution, and its attorneys act as executors, administrators and trustees. Estate planning covers wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, business succession, Medicaid planning and gifting.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-617-723-7700

Squillace & Associates, P.C.

20 Park Plaza, Suite 1115, Boston, MA 02116

Serves Suffolk County from Park Plaza in Boston. Handles probate, estate administration and trust settlement, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and MassHealth applications and fair hearings; its attorneys also serve as independent trustees. Founded and led by Scott E. Squillace, with concentrations in LGBTQ and international estate planning.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+5

1-617-716-0300

Wilchins Cosentino & Novins LLP

101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110

Serves Norfolk and Suffolk counties from offices in Needham and Boston. Its private client group handles estate and trust administration and fiduciary services, and its litigators handle probate litigation, alongside trust and estate planning, tax planning and elder law. Partner Brian D. Bixby has written the MCLE Probate Manual chapter on will contests for more than 40 years.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-781-235-5500

Probate in Suffolk County

Probate Court Record

Suffolk County Probate and Family Court

Suffolk County

Phone

1-617-788-8301

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Office

24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114

Website

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E-filing

Optional

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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How to file probate in Suffolk County →

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Do I need a lawyer for probate in Suffolk County? →Settling an estate in Suffolk County →

Probate Firms Serving Suffolk County

DGVE Law, LLC

51 Mill Street, No. 1, Hanover, MA 02339

Serves the South Shore, Cape Cod and Greater Boston from Hanover, with video and phone meetings available. Guides surviving family members through probate and trust and estate administration, alongside wills, trusts and estate planning. Founding attorney Danielle G. Van Ess started the firm in Hingham in 2008.

Solo PracticeSince 2008Serves 3 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-781-740-0848

Eckert Byrne LLC

10 Rogers Street, Suite 118, Cambridge, MA 02142

Serves Cambridge and Boston from Cambridge. Works with personal representatives and trustees on formal and informal probate, asset collection, creditor claims, fiduciary and estate tax returns, real estate sales and distributions, and in limited instances serves as a successor professional trustee. Founded in 2009 by Anna Eckert Byrne, author of The Inheritor's Guide.

Since 2009Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningAsset Protection

1-617-453-9001

Fields and Dennis LLP

80 William Street, Suite 210, Wellesley, MA 02481

Serves Norfolk and Middlesex county communities such as Wellesley, Newton, Needham and Westwood from Wellesley. Administers and settles testate and intestate estates, litigates will contests and handles the removal of fiduciaries, plus guardianships and Medicaid qualification for nursing-home residents. Founding partner Sheryl Dennis pairs estate work with family law and special needs planning.

Since 2004Serves 3 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+6

1-781-489-6776

Gemma Law Office, P.C.

35 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 103, Braintree, MA 02184

Serves Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex, Plymouth, Barnstable and Essex counties from Braintree. Advises personal representatives through probate and successor trustees through trust administration, and litigates will contests, undue influence claims and fiduciary disputes, including in the Probate Fiduciary Litigation Session. Anthony H. Gemma tried over 35 jury trials as a prosecutor.

Solo PracticeServes 6 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-781-380-8183

Jordan & White, LLC

491 Maple Street, Unit 106, Danvers, MA 01923

Serves Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties from Danvers. Attorney Jonathan M. White helps executors with probate filings, estate inventories, creditor notices, tax returns and will disputes, and guides trustees from acceptance through final accounting and distribution. Estate administration is billed at a flat fee, with deferred payment available when the estate includes real estate.

Solo PracticeSince 2011Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship+2

1-978-744-2811

Law Office of Frank V. Grimaldi, PC

875 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 31, Cambridge, MA 02139

Serves Middlesex, Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk counties from an office on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Attorney Frank V. Grimaldi probates estates, including complicated cases with lost heirs or lost property, and prosecutes and defends will contests, alongside guardianships, conservatorships and Medicaid planning. Offers a free consultation.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawConservatorship+4

1-617-876-1111

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

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

How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Massachusetts costs an estimated $27,714. Attorney fees run 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Massachusetts: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 12 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.

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How Much Can an Executor Charge?

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

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Do I Need Probate?

In Massachusetts, estates with personal property of $25,000 or less use the Voluntary Administration, 30 days after death, a court filing short of full probate.

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What Are the Creditor Claim Deadlines?

In Massachusetts, creditors have 12 months from the date of death to present claims; late claims are barred.

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Can I Self-File Probate?

Massachusetts has no statewide fill-in probate petition, so the opening petition is drafted as a legal pleading, and informal probate is available.

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Probate Attorneys in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Probate Attorneys in Suffolk County, Massachusetts