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 Wake County and central North Carolina from north Raleigh, with offices in Charlotte and Charleston, South Carolina. Its trust and estate administration attorneys represent executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees — initiating probate with the clerk of court, valuing assets, preparing estate accountings, paying claims and taxes, and distributing property — and handle will caveats.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship
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- 4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 400Raleigh, NC 27609
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
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- 77 Central Avenue, Suite FAsheville, NC 28801
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
FirmAsheville, NC
Since 1907
Serves Buncombe, Henderson, and the Western North Carolina mountains from Asheville and Hendersonville, with roots in the region since 1907. The Trusts, Estates and Elder Law team handles trust and estate administration, guardianships, and trust and estate disputes including will contests and trust terminations. The team includes board-certified specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 11 North Market StreetAsheville, NC 28801
FirmBurlington, NC
Since 1933 · Serves 2 counties
Established in 1933 and one of the oldest law firms in Alamance County, Vernon Law serves Alamance and Guilford counties from Burlington. Its wills and estates attorneys administer simple and complex estates and trusts and handle will contests, spousal allowance and spousal share claims, and Medicaid planning, alongside wills, trusts and powers of attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationMedicaid Planning
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- 522 S Lexington AvenueBurlington, NC 27215
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
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- 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
FirmRaleigh, NC
Serves the whole state
The Raleigh office of a transatlantic firm with four other North Carolina offices — Charlotte, Greensboro, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem. Its Private Wealth Services team lists estate and trust administration and international estate and tax planning among its services, and its fiduciary litigation work covers will contests and caveats, trust contests, and probate disputes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1100Raleigh, NC 27601
FirmWaynesville, NC
Serves 5 counties
Serves Haywood, Jackson, Buncombe, Macon, and Madison counties from Waynesville. The firm guides executors and administrators through estate administration — opening the estate at the courthouse, paying creditors in the order the law requires, and filing the final accounting — and states it has done this work for over two decades. Sarah P. Wenzel handles the estate and probate work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship
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- 166 Branner Avenue, Suite AWaynesville, NC 28786
FirmKinston, NC
Since 1927
Serves Lenoir, Pitt, Craven, and Greene counties from Kinston, Greenville, New Bern, and Snow Hill, with roots in Kinston dating to 1927. Estate work covers probate and estate administration — creditor matters, tax filings, and distribution of assets — along with trust administration and fiduciary litigation. Two estate attorneys are board-certified specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 106 South McLewean StreetKinston, NC 28502
Serves Wake County and the Triangle from a single Raleigh office, under the Young Moore and Henderson name since 1954. The trusts and estates group counsels executors and trustees on fiduciary duties, prepares probate filings and fiduciary tax returns, and litigates will and trust challenges. Three attorneys are Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 3101 Glenwood Ave, Suite 200Raleigh, NC 27612