Downtown Detroit solo practice serving Wayne and Oakland Counties in estate planning and probate for more than 10 years. Handles estate administration, litigates and mediates contested estates and disputes over a fiduciary, and petitions for guardianship and conservatorship. Also serves as an independent fiduciary and prepares wills, trusts and special needs trusts, with a free consultation.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationConservatorshipGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning

Detroit firm, in practice since 1854, with estate offices in Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids and southwest Michigan. Represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in estate, trust, guardianship and conservatorship administration, will contests, trust litigation, fiduciary tax returns and estate tax audits, including estates over $100 million.

Since 1854Serves 7 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

Grand Rapids and Livonia estate firm started in 1994 by former Navy JAG attorney John Tamboer. For executors it obtains letters of authority and handles the notices and court filings to the end of the case; for successor trustees it handles private trust settlement, retitling and beneficiary notices, and it files small-estate petitions. The first administration consultation is free.

Since 1994Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection

Wyandotte elder law office on Fort Street run by Kevin M. Gilhool, admitted in Michigan and Florida. Opens and administers probate estates, including ancillary probates, wraps up funded trusts, and represents families in will and trust contests, homestead and elective share litigation, and exploitation of vulnerable adults. Also handles guardianship and Medicaid planning.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

Grand Rapids firm with offices in Kalamazoo and Detroit, regularly representing clients before the Michigan probate courts. Its Private Client group administers estates of decedents of all sizes, handles will contests, claims against estates and contested trusts, and prepares fiduciary and estate tax returns. A group member led the Kent County Bar Association Probate and Estate Section.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+6

Livonia elder law and estate planning office in Wayne County, founded by Shannon DeWall. Guides personal representatives through probate and trustees through trust administration after a death, from creditor notices to inventory, taxes and distribution, represents beneficiaries in trust disputes, and handles guardianships, conservatorships, Medicaid and special needs planning. Bills flat fees.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+6