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
FirmMilton, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from Milton. Guides executors and beneficiaries through estate administration before the Register of Wills, advises trustees on administering trusts that hold local real estate or family businesses, and handles trust disputes over validity, distributions and breach of fiduciary duty. Jason W. Adkins and Jennifer A. Tartt also practise real estate and business law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection
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- 401 Broadkill RoadMilton, DE 19968
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 Wilmington. Represents executors, personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in will contests, accounts by executors and trustees, removal of fiduciaries and disputes over estate and trust administration. Also handles guardianship appointments, oppositions and terminations, and prepares wills and trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 1105 North Market Street, Suite 901Wilmington, DE 19801
Solo PracticeHockessin, DE
Serves the whole state
Serves Delaware and Pennsylvania from Hockessin. Frederick J. Dimichele guides executors, administrators and beneficiaries through probate, from filing the will and petitioning for letters through short-form administrations, creditor claims and distribution, and handles trust administration, guardianship proceedings and Medicaid and long-term care planning. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 724 Yorklyn Road, Suite 370Hockessin, DE 19707
FirmMillsboro, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves Sussex County from offices in Millsboro and Millville. Represents executors through estate administration before the register of wills, advises trustees on trust administration, and handles adult guardianship petitions for relatives whose incapacity planning was not completed. Its VA-accredited attorneys help clients qualify for long-term care Medicaid, and meetings can be held virtually.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 108 Main StreetMillsboro, DE 19966
FirmRehoboth Beach, DE
Since 2024 · Serves the whole state
Serves Sussex, Kent and New Castle counties from Rehoboth Beach. Guides families through probate, trust settlement and asset distribution after a death, and petitions for court-appointed guardianships of adults and minors. Founded in February 2024 by Rebecca N. Doyle, named a Delaware Today Top Lawyer five consecutive years; consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 20245 Bay Vista Road, Unit 204Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
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
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on Gilpin Avenue. Its probate and trust administration lawyers assist personal representatives and executors with probate petitions, required notices, self-proving affidavits, asset transfers, distributions and trust administration. Senior associate Amanda Jester handles probate and estate administration in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 1509 Gilpin Avenue, Suite 2Wilmington, DE 19806
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
Since 1990 · Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from Concord Pike in Wilmington. Works with executors and trustees on estate and trust administration, and handles estate and trust litigation, guardianship administration and Medicaid planning. Founded in 1990.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 202Wilmington, DE 19803
FirmWilmington, DE
Serves 1 county
Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street. Partner Denise D. Nordheimer advises guardians, executors and trustees on administration, establishes trusts and guardianships, and handles estate and trust disputes. In 2015 the New Castle County Register of Wills commended her for closing an estate open more than 14 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 1201 North Market Street, Suite 1200Wilmington, DE 19801
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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