Trust Litigation Attorneys in New Castle County, Delaware

18 trust litigation firms have an office in New Castle County, Delaware. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its New Castle County office and its phone.

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County

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Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning57 Tax Planning21 Special Needs Planning12 Asset Protection18 Medicaid Planning16

Settling an estate

Trust Administration29 Probate54 Probate Litigation20 Trust Litigation18

Capacity and care

Elder Law15 Guardianship18

Firm Type

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18 firms

Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC

2711 Centerville Road, Suite 401, Wilmington, DE 19808

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.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-302-327-1100

Connolly Gallagher LLP

1201 North Market Street, 20th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning

1-302-757-7300

Cross & Simon, LLC

1105 North Market Street, Suite 901, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-777-4200

Duane Morris LLP

1201 North Market Street, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-657-4900

Ferry Joseph, P.A.

1521 Concord Pike, Suite 202, Wilmington, DE 19803

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.

Since 1990Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-575-1555

Fox Rothschild LLP

1201 North Market Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

1-302-654-7444

Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A.

1925 Lovering Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806

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.

Since 1994Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-652-2900

Herdeg, du Pont & Dalle Pazze, LLC

15 Center Meeting Road, Wilmington, DE 19807

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.

Since 1999Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-655-6500

MacElree Harvey, Ltd.

5721 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

Serves New Castle County from its Centreville office on Kennett Pike; the firm's other offices are in West Chester and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The Centreville office lists estates and trusts law and trust and estate litigation, and its attorneys litigate trust and estate matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Founded in 1880.

Since 1880Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbate LitigationTrust LitigationSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection+2

1-302-654-4454

Morris James LLP

3205 Avenue North Boulevard, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19803

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.

Since 1931Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-888-6800

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

1201 North Market Street, 16th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-658-9200

McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan P.C.

900 Foulk Road, Suite 201, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves Delaware clients from offices in Wilmington and Georgetown, with its main office in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Handles estate administration and probate, guardianships, and will contests, trust distribution disputes and guardianship abuse cases, alongside special needs trusts and long-term care Medicaid planning. Founded in 1982 by Dennis McAndrews, the firm also practices special education law.

Since 1982Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+3

1-302-380-4975

McCollom D'Emilio Smith Uebler LLC

2751 Centerville Road, Suite 401, Wilmington, DE 19808

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-468-5960

The Powell Firm, LLC

1813 N. Franklin Street, Wilmington, DE 19802

Serves clients throughout Delaware from a N. Franklin Street office in Wilmington. Advises executors, administrators and trustees through probate and trust administration, and litigates will and guardianship contests, undue influence cases and trust disputes. Also handles Medicaid planning and elder law alongside civil litigation in all Delaware courts.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-650-1572

Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP

1521 Concord Pike, Suite 305, Wilmington, DE 19803

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.

Since 1992Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-302-477-7100

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

920 North King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.

Since 1899Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning

1-302-651-7700

Tomasetti Law, LLC

707 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, DE 19809

Serves New Castle and Sussex counties from Wilmington and Fenwick Island. Its estate administration team guides personal representatives through probate and the Register of Wills filings, offers the same services to trustees, and represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust disputes. Raymond E. Tomasetti Jr. has practiced in Delaware for over 30 years.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationReal Estate

1-302-995-2840

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

1000 North King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves clients from Rodney Square in Wilmington. The Tax, Trusts and Estates group probates complex estates, assists with trust litigation, will contests and contested petitions, and has substantial experience representing Delaware institutional trustees. Its planning work uses structures that reduce wealth transfer and income taxes, such as grantor trusts and GRATs.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning

1-302-571-6600

Probate in New Castle County

Probate Court Record

New Castle County Register of Wills

New Castle County

Phone

1-302-395-7800

wills@nccde.org

Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-3:30 PM; Friday 8:00 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Office

800 North French Street, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

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