Solo PracticeFayetteville, NC
Serves Fayetteville, all of Cumberland County and surrounding areas, where the firm has practiced for over 30 years. It assists clients with probate and administration of decedents' estates, including complicated tax planning and IRS disputes. Nicole A. Corley is admitted in North Carolina and South Carolina, practicing taxation, business law, and estate planning and administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession
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- 2517 Raeford RoadFayetteville, NC 28305
Solo PracticeGastonia, NC
Since 1978 · Serves 1 county
Serves Gaston County from Gastonia, including Belmont, Cherryville, Dallas, and Cramerton. Attorney Morris W. Keeter guides executors through probate — filing the will, valuing and transferring assets, paying taxes and debts — and handles will disputes on either side, alongside wills and living trusts. In private practice in Gastonia since 1978.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more
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- 309 South StreetGastonia, NC 28053
FirmNew Bern, NC
Serves 1 county
Serves Craven County and eastern North Carolina from New Bern. John W. King, Jr. is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate; the firm drafts wills and trusts, sets up guardianships and conservatorships, and handles Medicaid planning for older clients. Its published practice pages describe planning work; estate administration is not named among them.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 3 more
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- 301 South Front Street, Unit 5New Bern, NC 28560
FirmSmithfield, NC
Since 1979 · Serves 2 counties
Serves Johnston County from Smithfield, with a second office in Benson and a Raleigh office reaching Wake. The estates group prepares wills, powers of attorney and trusts, manages the probate process, and handles estate and trust administration and trust and estate litigation. Founding partner James W. Narron has been a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law since 1987.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 102 South Third StreetSmithfield, NC 27577
Solo PracticeWilmington, NC
Serves Wilmington and the surrounding New Hanover County area from an office on Oleander Drive. The practice pairs court-supervised probate and estate administration — inventorying assets, paying creditors, and distributing to heirs — with advanced estate planning and tax work. Sole attorney Rick E. Graves is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness Succession
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- 5700 Oleander DriveWilmington, NC 28403
Serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County from a Carnegie Boulevard office. The firm represents executors, administrators, trustees, and corporate fiduciaries through probate and trust administration — inventories and accountings with the Clerk of Superior Court — and litigates will caveats and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. Senior partner Jim Hickmon is a Board Certified Specialist.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
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- 5605 Carnegie Blvd, Suite 420Charlotte, NC 28209
Serves Charlotte and the surrounding Mecklenburg County area from a Congress Street office. The firm guides executors and trustees through estate and trust administration, including the strict asset accounting North Carolina law requires of a fiduciary, and litigates will and trust contests. R. Anthony Orsbon and Cynthia T. Fenninger are both board-certified specialists.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 4201 Congress St, Suite 110Charlotte, NC 28209
A seven-attorney firm working from a Westbrook Avenue office in Burlington. Its estate and trust administration team represents executors, administrators, and trustees from routine probate through litigation contesting or defending a will, and handles guardianship of the estate of a minor or incompetent adult, including appointment paperwork and required accountings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 1694 Westbrook AvenueBurlington, NC 27215
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
Works from four North Carolina offices — Raleigh, Charlotte, Rocky Mount, and Southern Pines. Its Trusts & Estates group lists trust and estate administration alongside planning, testamentary documents and inter vivos trusts, closely held business succession, and charitable trusts. The published practice page names neither probate nor contested estate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900Raleigh, NC 27601
FirmCharlotte, NC
Since 1960
A Charlotte firm founded in 1960, now more than 165 attorneys across four offices. Its trusts and estates group represents individual and corporate fiduciaries through estate and trust settlement: court inventories and accountings, estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns, and post-mortem planning. A separate fiduciary litigation group handles trustee, executor, and beneficiary disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 600 South Tryon Street, Suite 2300Charlotte, NC 28202
Solo PracticeBlack Mountain, NC
A Black Mountain solo office serving Buncombe County and the mountains west of Hickory. Walton Davis, certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in estate planning and probate law, assists executors and trustees through estate and trust administration — court inventories and accountings, estate liabilities, fiduciary tax returns, and distribution to beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
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- 207 East State StreetBlack Mountain, NC 28711
FirmAsheville, NC
Since 1986
An Asheville firm on College Street, formed by a 1986 merger of two local practices. Its estates and trusts team handles domiciliary and ancillary probate, estate, trust and guardianship administration, and estate tax returns and audits; its litigators take caveat proceedings. Partner Mary Robinson Hervig is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 301 College Street, Suite 400Asheville, NC 28801
Serves Wake County from downtown Raleigh, where its Trusts and Estates lawyers advise executors, trustees, and beneficiaries on trust and estate administration, fiduciary and tax matters, and controversies before tax authorities. The same team prepares wills and trust instruments. Chambers and Partners gave the practice its highest North Carolina Private Wealth Law ranking in 2026.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800Raleigh, NC 27601
Serves Buncombe and Henderson counties from Asheville and Hendersonville, with further offices in Raleigh and Durham. After a death the firm files the will and opens probate, handles intestate estates, guides trustees through post-death trust administration, prepares the final accounting and closing filings, and takes up disputes among beneficiaries. The firm offers a free initial consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 77 Central Avenue, Suite FAsheville, NC 28801
FirmJacksonville, NC
Since 1988 · Serves 4 counties
Serves Onslow, Pender, Duplin, and Jones counties from Jacksonville, including residents of Camp Lejeune. It files the paperwork to open and administer the estate, organizes its finances and taxes, answers litigation brought by an heir left out of the will, and handles partition proceedings when heirs inherit the same real property. Kevin McConnell serves as Onslow County Public Administrator.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 400 New Bridge StreetJacksonville, NC 28540
Serves Wake County and the Triangle from three offices — Raleigh, Cary, and Wake Forest. The firm represents executors, administrators, and trustees through probate administration with and without a will, trust administration, and guardianship proceedings, and litigates will caveats, trust disputes, and financial elder abuse claims. It also runs an elder law and Medicaid practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
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- 4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 310Raleigh, NC 27612
Serves Orange County and the Triangle from Chapel Hill, with a practice concentrated on wills, trusts, and estates. The firm settles decedents' estates through the court probate process — distribution of assets, creditor claims, and tax returns — and handles guardianship proceedings. Beth Tillman is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 501 Eastowne Drive, Suite 130Chapel Hill, NC 27514
FirmGreensboro, NC
Since 1974
A Greensboro firm serving Guilford County and the Piedmont Triad since 1974. Attorneys administer testate and intestate estates end to end — qualifying the personal representative, preparing inventories and accountings, and filing estate and fiduciary tax returns — and have served as personal representative and trustee themselves. Six attorneys carry the practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 400 Bellemeade Street, Suite 800Greensboro, NC 27401
FirmDurham, NC
Serves 2 counties
Serves Durham and Johnston counties from Durham and a second office in Clayton, and has served Triangle families for over 40 years. Its trust and estate administration department, led by Shirley M. Diefenbach, obtains letters testamentary or of administration from the Durham County Clerk of Superior Court, publishes creditor notice, and prepares trust accountings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 240 Leigh Farm Road, Suite 100Durham, NC 27707
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
Headquartered in Raleigh with offices in Asheville, Winterville (Greenville), Morehead City, New Bern, and Wilmington. Its attorneys and paralegals commence, administer, and formally close estate and probate proceedings, whoever prepared the original estate plan, and its litigation group handles will caveats. Six attorneys are Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
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- 751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300Raleigh, NC 27607