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.

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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.

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Serves Harnett, Wake, Lee and Cumberland counties from Lillington, filing with the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the decedent lived. The firm walks executors and administrators through probate — the 90-day inventory, creditor notices, accountings and distribution — alongside elder law, Medicaid spend-down and long-term care planning. Founded in 1982 as Kelly & West.

Since 1982Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

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.

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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.

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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.

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