Uniontown firm on East Main Street, with a Belle Vernon office, where attorneys Benjamin F. Goodwin and Amanda M. Como handle estate and probate work. Guides personal representatives from the petition for letters at the Register of Wills through estate publication, notice to heirs and the Department of Human Services, inheritance and estate tax returns, and payment of debts in priority, and opens ancillary estates for out-of-state owners of Pennsylvania real estate. Also prepares wills and trusts and handles adult and minor guardianships; initial consultations are free.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateGuardianship

Solo general civil practice in Indiana, PA, opened by Marshall D. Chriswell in 2012, handling matters across Indiana, Armstrong, Clearfield, Westmoreland, Cambria and Jefferson counties. Represents executors, administrators and beneficiaries in estate, probate and trust administration, from obtaining Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration through Pennsylvania and non-resident decedent inheritance tax returns and Medical Assistance reimbursement claims. Also handles wills and estate planning, real estate, family law and small business matters.

Solo PracticeSince 2012Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawFamily LawReal Estate

Erie County firm on West 10th Street in Erie, with a Pittsburgh office, whose Estate Planning & Administration Group handles estate administration with a team of estate administration paralegals it describes as the largest in the region. Also prepares wills and trusts, guardianships, special needs trusts and Medicaid asset protection plans.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+5

Attorney Colt McKelvey practices from offices in Salix, serving the Johnstown area of Cambria County, and in Canonsburg, Washington County. The practice handles estate planning and estate administration, wills, trusts and powers of attorney, and elder law matters including long-term care and Medicaid planning and guardianships.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipGuardianship+3

Harrisburg-based firm on Pine Street with Pennsylvania offices in Lancaster, York, Reading, State College, Pittsburgh, Plymouth Meeting and Radnor. Guides executors and trustees through estate and trust administration, including gathering assets, paying debts, inheritance, estate and income tax returns, fiduciary accountings and Orphans' Court petitions. Its fiduciary litigators handle surcharge actions, objections to accounts, elective share claims and guardianship proceedings in the Orphans' Court.

Serves 8 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

Grove City firm with a second office in Cranberry Township, serving Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, Venango, Allegheny, Beaver and Crawford counties. Handles estate administration from opening the estate and the executor's appointment through the inventory and appraisal, the PA inheritance tax and federal estate tax returns, family settlement agreements and the first and final account. Remote and phone consultations for wills and estates matters are free.

Serves 7 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningMedicaid Planning