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

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

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

Handles probate in Middlesex and Essex counties from Woburn, with estate planning and elder law for residents of eastern Massachusetts. Attorney Matthew G. Karr guides personal representatives through probate administration and handles trust administration and MassHealth applications for long-term care. Estate planning documents are billed at a flat fee and include a no-charge 3-year review.

Solo PracticeServes 7 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

Serves Worcester, Norfolk and Barnstable counties from Worcester, Leominster, Braintree and Hyannis. Counsels executors, administrators and trustees from probate of the will through inventories, fiduciary accounts, estate tax returns and distributions, and handles contested guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. The firm also serves as executor or trustee when clients ask.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+5

Serves Massachusetts from Waltham, concentrating on Greater Boston, with offices in New Hampshire and Florida. Guides executors, administrators and trustees through probate court proceedings, trust administration and distribution, and estate and fiduciary tax returns, and handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions. Founder David M. Beliveau is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+6