Six-attorney Brattleboro firm, successor to Phillips, Dunn, Shriver & Carroll, where Alycia M. Sanders and Wendy Janis Malkin focus on estate planning and probate administration. It drafts wills, trusts, Enhanced Life Estate Deeds and powers of attorney, assesses whether a Vermont probate estate must be opened and guides the family through it, and helps trustees distribute trust assets.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 147 Western AvenueBrattleboro, VT 05301
Regional firm with Vermont offices in Burlington and Woodstock. Its estate practice takes executors through Vermont probate, from filing the will through the inventory, estate and gift tax returns and distribution, and handles trust administration and accountings. Its litigators handle will contests, removal of trustees or personal representatives and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 30 Main Street, Suite 500Burlington, VT 05402
FirmBurlington, VT
Serves the whole state
Burlington firm with a White River Junction office whose attorneys handle matters in all fourteen Vermont counties. Its estates and trusts attorneys represent trustees in trust administration and fiduciaries and families in probate court estate and guardianship proceedings. Principal Mark Melendy served on the bar committees that drafted Vermont's trust-decanting and directed-trust acts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 30 Main Street, 6th FloorBurlington, VT 05402
FirmBurlington, VT
Since 1980
Chittenden County firm with offices in Burlington and Essex Junction, practicing since 1980. It assists executors and trustees with administering wills, trusts and estates both inside and outside the probate process, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Medicaid planning. Initial consultations are free, and evening or weekend appointments are arranged as needed.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 308 College StBurlington, VT 05402
Solo PracticeShelburne, VT
Shelburne practice of attorney Adam Bartsch, focused solely on estate planning and related areas since 2004. It assists with all phases of Vermont probate, from filing the will through paying claims and distributing assets, and handles guardianship court proceedings. Initial consultations are free and most services carry a fixed fee.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningGuardianship
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- 181 Falls RdShelburne, VT 05482
FirmBarre, VT
Since 1965 · Serves the whole state
Barre firm established in 1965 that assists clients throughout Vermont with estate planning and probate. It represents executors, administrators and trustees and also serves in those fiduciary roles itself; its staff prepare estate, guardianship and trust accountings. The firm also handles guardianship establishment, administration and disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipBusiness Law
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- 186 Washington StreetBarre, VT 05641
FirmStowe, VT
Serves the whole state
Stowe firm with offices in Jeffersonville, Waterbury and Shelburne, representing clients in probate estates and guardianships in all Vermont counties. It works with executors, heirs and beneficiaries on estate settlement and trust administration, coordinates estate tax filings, and can itself serve as executor, administrator or successor trustee.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
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- 255 Maple StreetStowe, VT 05672
FirmBarre, VT
Serves the whole state
Barre firm providing estate planning services to clients throughout Vermont. It guides families through Vermont probate, including estates where the person died without a will or trust, and attorney Christopher Pelkey handles wills, trusts, estates and probate matters. The firm also practices personal injury, real estate and business law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 172 North Main Street, Suite 301Barre, VT 05641
Rutland general civil practice firm handling probate administration with and without wills, including small estates, estate property sales, ancillary proceedings and accountings. It also takes will challenges, estate disputes, probate appeals and guardianships, and offers trust administration, including limited fiduciary services, and supplemental needs trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
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- 64 North Main StreetRutland, VT 05701
Solo PracticeMiddlebury, VT
Serves the whole state
Middlebury solo practice serving clients throughout Vermont, begun by Jennifer Wagner in 2023 after Marsh & Wagner, P.C. dissolved. It guides executors through probating a will in Vermont probate court, from filing the will through paying creditors and taxes and locating beneficiaries, and handles will challenges and probate disputes. The first office visit is half-price.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 2 more
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- 135 S. Pleasant StreetMiddlebury, VT 05753
Solo PracticeRutland, VT
Since 1996 · Serves the whole state
Rutland practice Nicole McPhee opened in 1996, serving all 14 Vermont counties; she has appeared before probate courts in every county. Her work includes Vermont probate administration and guardianship matters as well as wills, trusts, special needs trusts and estate tax planning, for a flat fee in three meetings held in person, by Zoom or through an online portal.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 405 Curtis Brook RoadRutland, VT 05701
FirmMiddlebury, VT
Since 2020 · Serves the whole state
Middlebury firm formed in 2020 that practices in all of Vermont's civil, probate and environmental courts. Attorney Amy Menard focuses her litigation practice on trust and estate matters, handles probate and trust administration, and commonly serves as an estate administrator or trustee. Planning work includes wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid long-term care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
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- 1 Cross StreetMiddlebury, VT 05753
Solo PracticeVergennes, VT
Vergennes solo practice of Carolyn Thompson, a fourth-generation lawyer with 25 years in wills, trusts and estates, including trust and estate litigation. After a death she helps families manage an estate or trust and advises people on their interests in a deceased person's assets. The initial consultation of up to 90 minutes is a flat $150.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
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- 75 Main StreetVergennes, VT 05491
Downtown Brattleboro firm practicing estate planning, elder law, probate and trust administration, and guardianships. After a death it represents executors and administrators in probate court, from opening the estate through inventories, property sale licenses, creditor claims and decrees, and serves as counsel to trustees. It also prepares Long Term Care Medicaid applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 28 Vernon Street, 5th FloorBrattleboro, VT 05301
FirmBurlington, VT
Since 1979 · Serves 1 county
Burlington firm serving Chittenden County since Marc Wiener opened his practice in 1979. For executors it locates and secures estate assets, obtains appraisals, advises on debts, sells property and retitles assets to beneficiaries. Attorney Launa Slater focuses on estate planning, elder law, guardianship, probate and trust administration; the first one-hour consultation is free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 110 Main Street, Suite 4FBurlington, VT 05401
Windsor office of attorney Tracy Kelly serving Windsor County clients, where real estate closings are the majority of the practice. For families going through probate, the office fills out and files the necessary court paperwork. It also drafts wills, powers of attorney, advance directives and trusts over an intake meeting and a signing meeting.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate
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- 12 Depot AvenueWindsor, VT 05089
Ludlow office established by James Young in July 2008, with a second attorney, Emily Samet, on staff. Its primary areas include probate cases covering estates and guardianships, and estate planning with wills, trusts and powers of attorney. Residential, land and commercial real estate transactions are also a primary area of the practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 16 Pleasant StreetLudlow, VT 05149