FirmAsheboro, NC
Serves 2 counties
Serves Randolph and Guilford counties from Worth Street in Asheboro, with a second office on Eastchester Drive in High Point. Its estate administration work runs from petitioning to appoint the personal representative and obtain Letters of Administration through creditor notices, claim objections and petitions to remove an executor. Beth McQuaid handles estate administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 111 Worth StreetAsheboro, NC 27203
FirmCharlotte, NC
Since 1912
Serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County from East Morehead Street. Its estate administration attorneys lead executors and administrators through probate and through estate, income and generation-skipping tax issues, while a separate fiduciary litigation group takes will caveats and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. The firm traces its Charlotte practice to 1912.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 10 more
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- 1065 East Morehead StreetCharlotte, NC 28204
Serves Durham County and the Triangle from an office between Durham and Chapel Hill. Four attorneys and three estates paralegals handle estate and trust administration: probating the will, filing estate and fiduciary income tax returns, and post-mortem disclaimers and family settlement agreements. The firm has NC Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning
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- 4011 University Drive, Suite 300Durham, NC 27707
Serves Wilmington and New Hanover County from Wrightsville Avenue. Two of its attorneys work in trusts and estates, taking fiduciaries through estate and trust administration and handling estate-tax, gift-tax and charitable gift planning. Jill Kaess is a CPA, a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law certified by the North Carolina State Bar, and an ACTEC Fellow.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningCharitable Planning
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- 3414 Wrightsville AvenueWilmington, NC 28403
Solo PracticeGastonia, NC
Since 2024 · Serves 4 counties
A Gastonia practice serving Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland and Catawba counties, opened in 2024 by attorney Alyssa E. Kisby-Meadows. She walks personal representatives through probate — the petition, the inventory, creditor notice and final accountings — and assists trustees with collecting and distributing trust assets. Meetings are offered at the office, in the client's home, or by phone and video.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 121 W Main Avenue, Suite 201Gastonia, NC 28052
FirmRaleigh, NC
Since 1993
Serves Wake County and the Research Triangle from Raleigh, where Maria M. Lynch and Jerome R. Eatman, Jr. founded the firm in 1993. Its attorneys open estates with the Estates Division of the Wake County Clerk of Superior Court and carry executors through inventory, creditor claims and ancillary probate. Lynch is a board-certified estate planning and probate law specialist.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 4130 Parklake Avenue, Suite 100Raleigh, NC 27612
FirmCharlotte, NC
Serves the whole state
Serves Mecklenburg County from Charlotte, with a second North Carolina office in Raleigh. The trust and estate administration team advises executors and trustees on probate, estate tax returns, distributions, and trust modifications, and handles fiduciary litigation. Chambers High Net Worth ranks the practice in North Carolina private wealth law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000Charlotte, NC 28202
A Durham firm founded in 1997 and focused on estate planning and its related disciplines. Attorneys advise executors and beneficiaries through probate court filings, asset transfer and tax returns, and assist trustees with trust administration and modifying or decanting outdated trusts. Each partner is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 3211 Shannon Road, Suite 400Durham, NC 27707
Serves Mecklenburg County from Charlotte, with a second North Carolina office in Raleigh. The trust and estate administration attorneys handle probate of wills, administration of testate and intestate estates and of trusts, post-death tax planning and fiduciary tax returns, and fiduciary litigation among beneficiaries and fiduciaries. The firm is the only Charlotte-based member of the Am Law 200.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700Charlotte, NC 28202
FirmWilmington, NC
Serves 4 counties
Serves New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, and Onslow counties from Wilmington. Nick Leger represents executors, administrators, and trustees through probate and intestate administration — inventories, creditor notices, accountings, and distribution — and litigates will caveats, undue-influence claims, and spousal elective-share disputes. The practice is limited to estate work and guardianship.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 1 N. 16th StreetWilmington, NC 28401
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
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
- Office
- 1694 Westbrook AvenueBurlington, NC 27215
FirmHickory, NC
Since 1946 · Serves 1 county
Has served Hickory and Catawba County since 1946, from the PNC Bank Building downtown. Its estate attorneys advise executors, administrators, and trustees on administering an estate or trust and draft the wills and trusts behind them, alongside a parallel elder law practice. Managing partner Kimberly H. Whitley is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 34 2nd Street NW, Suite 400Hickory, NC 28601
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
- Office
- 301 College Street, Suite 400Asheville, NC 28801
FirmFuquay-Varina, NC
Since 1953 · Serves 1 county
A three-attorney Fuquay-Varina firm whose predecessor opened in 1953 and took its present name in 2001. Its estate practice assists executors in administering the estate, handles disbursement and closure of estates and administration of trusts, and files guardianship proceedings. Linda F. Johnson is appointed by the Wake County court as a public administrator for estates that have gone awry.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship
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- 114 Raleigh StreetFuquay-Varina, NC 27526