FirmSeaford, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from Seaford, with further offices in Camden, Milford, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach and Middletown. Represents executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in probate filings, creditor notices, deed transfers and distributions, and in trust administration. Attorneys work in English and Spanish, and Steve Nowak heads the estate planning department.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
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- 326 High Street, Suite 101Seaford, DE 19973
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Dover, Lewes and Georgetown. The Estates & Trusts group advises executors and trustees on settling estates and administering trusts, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests, guardianship, accounting and fiduciary duty disputes. Its elder law practice handles Delaware Medicaid long-term care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
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- 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 401Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1958 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Courthouse Square on King Street in downtown Wilmington. The Wills, Trusts and Estates practice, led by senior counsel Steven R. Director, handles estate and trust administration, family disputes after a decedent's distribution decisions become known, and federal estate and gift tax planning. Director is a past Chair of the Estate Planning Council of Delaware.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningAsset Protection
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- 600 North King Street, Suite 400Wilmington, DE 19899
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from offices in Wilmington and Newark. The Trusts, Estates, and Taxation group supports trustees, executors and beneficiaries in administration, litigates will contests, estate disputes and trust cases, and handles trust modification and estate, gift and GST tax planning. Four of its partners are fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 1201 North Market Street, 20th FloorWilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street, established in 1985. Partner Jocelyn Margolin Borowsky handles estate and trust administration, Delaware trust modifications and decantings, and trust and estate litigation for fiduciaries and beneficiaries, including estate and gift tax audits. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 1201 North Market Street, Suite 501Wilmington, DE 19801
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Greenville, with Delaware and Pennsylvania licensure. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, and adult guardianship petitions, annual updates and accountings in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Works primarily on a flat-fee basis, quoted at the end of the first meeting.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
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- 20 Montchanin Road, Suite 1000Greenville, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Red Clay Center on Centerville Road, northwest of downtown Wilmington. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, guardianships and Medicaid applications alongside estate and special needs planning. Founded in 1992 and led by Certified Elder Law Attorneys Catherine B. Read and William W. Erhart.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 2961 Centerville Road, Suite 350Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from its Greater Wilmington office on Kennett Pike, alongside offices in West Chester and Philadelphia. Trusts and estates attorney P. Kristen Bennett handles the probate of wills, the marshaling and inventory of assets, the administration of living and testamentary trusts, and estate tax returns and post-mortem tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
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- 3711 Kennett Pike, Suite 100Wilmington, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1994 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Highlands neighborhood of Wilmington. Its Private Wealth group helps personal representatives and trustees administer estates and Delaware trusts, and represents fiduciaries in litigation in the Court of Chancery. Founded in 1994; ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law: Delaware in the 2026 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 1925 Lovering AvenueWilmington, DE 19806
Solo PracticeOcean View, DE
Since 1993 · Serves the whole state
Serves Sussex County from Ocean View, near Bethany Beach, with a second office in Annapolis, Maryland, and sees clients from throughout Delaware. Guides personal representatives through estate administration with the Register of Wills, from inventory and creditor claims to final accounting, alongside Medicaid, special needs trust and estate planning. Founded in 1993 by attorney John F. Robbert.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 29 H Atlantic AvenueOcean View, DE 19970
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1999 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Center Meeting Road in Centreville, outside Wilmington. Guides executors through estate administration, from Register of Wills filings to tax filings, and handles trust administration, adult guardianships and Court of Chancery estate and trust litigation. Also handles ancillary probate for non-Delaware decedents who owned Delaware real estate.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 15 Center Meeting RoadWilmington, DE 19807
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Delaware from a Greenville office, with a father-son team of Kevin and Paul O'Brien. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, small estate affidavits and federal estate tax returns, and drafts special needs trusts and Delaware asset protection trusts. Planning documents are quoted as a flat fee after the initial consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 3801 Kennett Pike, Suite C-204Greenville, DE 19807
FirmDover, DE
Since 2010 · Serves the whole state
Serves Kent County and clients throughout Delaware from an office on The Green in Dover. Handles probate administration and estate litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, estate tax filing, and elder law planning for long-term care and Medicaid. Founded in 2010 by Mitchell W. May and Adam M. Perza, the firm also practices family, real estate and small business law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 7 more
- Office
- 34 The GreenDover, DE 19901
FirmGreenville, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from offices in Greenville and Dover. Drafts and reviews wills and trusts, advance healthcare directives and durable powers of attorney, and advises on estate and gift tax issues and inheritance in blended families. The firm also practices landlord-tenant, manufactured housing and fair housing law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTax Planning
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- 3704 Kennett Pike, Suite 200Greenville, DE 19807
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1931 · Serves the whole state
Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach. Handles the probate and administration of multi-jurisdictional estates and trust administration, and represents clients in the Court of Chancery in fiduciary litigation, contested will cases and elective share proceedings. Practicing since 1931.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 3205 Avenue North Boulevard, Suite 100Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves trusts and estates clients from Wilmington and acts as Delaware trust counsel for financial institutions and law firms. Guides personal representatives through Delaware probate, advises on trust administration and decanting, and litigates breach of trust, capacity, undue influence and will validity disputes. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers High Net Worth for Delaware private wealth law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 1201 North Market Street, 16th FloorWilmington, DE 19801
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves trusts and estates clients from Little Falls Centre II in Wilmington. Settles estates and prepares estate and inheritance tax returns and probate documents, advises trustees on trust modifications, reformations, mergers and decantings, and handles will and trust contests and beneficiary disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth guide.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 2751 Centerville Road, Suite 401Wilmington, DE 19808
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1992 · Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware from offices in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach. The Wills, Trusts & Estates group administers estates from the initial probate proceedings through formal accounts, files fiduciary income tax returns, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust litigation, with elder-law and Medicaid planning. A Mid-Atlantic firm founded in 1992.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 305Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmWilmington, DE
Since 1899 · Serves 1 county
Serves clients from One Rodney Square in Wilmington. The Trusts & Estates Group advises executors and trustees on estate settlement, including before the Court of Chancery and the IRS, and represents settlors, beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will contests, trust reformation and construction, probate controversies and fiduciary-duty claims. Practicing Delaware law since 1899.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 920 North King StreetWilmington, DE 19801
FirmGeorgetown, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout Delaware from Georgetown. Its attorneys and estate administrators open estates, handle court filings and distributions for personal representatives, guide trustees through trust administration, and petition the Court of Chancery for guardianships, alongside Medicaid planning and Miller trusts. Phone and video consultations are offered.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 25 Chestnut StreetGeorgetown, DE 19947