Easton firm serving Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Monroe county families, founded in 1853 and now the practice of Robert C. Brown, Jr. For a personal representative it attends the Register of Wills to probate the will and secure letters, handles beneficiary notices and publication, inventories assets, prepares the Pennsylvania inheritance and federal estate tax returns, and closes the estate by court audit or family settlement agreement. Also handles elder law, Medicaid long-term care planning and special needs planning; initial consultations are free.

Solo PracticeSince 1853Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

Northeast Philadelphia firm on Bustleton Avenue serving Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties, with Russian-speaking attorneys. Works with executors on probate, inheritance tax returns, creditor and beneficiary notice and estate real estate, and handles will contests, breach of fiduciary duty, removal of trustees, contested heirship and guardianship appointments.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship+3

West Conshohocken trust and estate firm in Montgomery County, founded in 1994, that appears before the Register of Wills and Orphans' Courts throughout Pennsylvania. Represents executors and trustees in probating wills, filing federal estate, state death and fiduciary income tax returns, and discharging the executor by family agreement or formal audit, and litigates will and trust contests, fiduciary accountings, surcharge and removal, and contested guardianships for beneficiaries and fiduciaries alike.

Since 1994Serves 5 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

Philadelphia firm on Walnut Street handling estate probate and administration in Philadelphia County and across Southeastern Pennsylvania. Serves executors, administrators, heirs and trustees from appointment and estate advertising through inventory, tax returns, final accounting and distribution, and readies inherited homes for sale for out-of-state fiduciaries who settle the estate remotely.

Serves 9 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbate

Montgomeryville firm on Bethlehem Pike serving Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, with a second office in West Lawn, Berks County. Walks executors, administrators and beneficiaries through probate and non-probate settlement: filing the will, securing letters, inheritance and estate tax filings, creditor negotiations, deed transfers, Orphans' Court accounting and distribution. Litigates will contests, trust disputes and executor misconduct claims in the Orphans' Court; consultations are free.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+3

Norristown firm founded in 1975, located one-half block from the Montgomery County Courthouse and serving Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, and Bucks counties. Handles estate administration and estate litigation over the distribution of assets or the validity of estate planning documents, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives; services are offered in English and Spanish.

Since 1975Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationFamily LawReal Estate