Trust Litigation Attorneys in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

9 trust litigation firms have an office in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Mecklenburg County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning15 Tax Planning13 Special Needs Planning5 Asset Protection7 Medicaid Planning2

Settling an estate

Trust Administration13 Probate13 Probate Litigation10 Trust Litigation9

Capacity and care

Elder Law4 Conservatorship2 Guardianship4

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9 firms

Culp, Elliott & Carpenter, P.L.L.C.

6801 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28211

A Charlotte tax and estate boutique at Morrocroft Centre that represents executors and trustees in all aspects of estate and trust administration: collecting assets, paying the decedent's debts and taxes, and post-mortem tax planning. It also handles trust and estate accounting disputes and litigation. Its attorneys include Board Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

Since 1982Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-704-372-6322

Davies Law PLLC

15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 203, Charlotte, NC 28277

A Ballantyne solo practice in Charlotte serving Mecklenburg County, led by Janice L. Davies, an NC Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law. She takes personal representatives and trustees through estate and trust administration, prepares estate and income tax returns, and resolves will and trust conflicts through settlement agreements and caveats.

Solo PracticeServes 7 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+8

1-704-295-1001

Johnston, Allison & Hord, P.A.

1065 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28204

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.

Since 1912Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+9

1-704-332-1181

McGuireWoods LLP

201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000, Charlotte, NC 28202

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.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-704-343-2000

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700, Charlotte, NC 28202

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.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-704-331-1000

North Carolina Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law

5605 Carnegie Blvd, Suite 420, Charlotte, NC 28209

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.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-704-248-6325

Orsbon & Fenninger, LLP

4201 Congress St, Suite 110, Charlotte, 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.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-704-556-9600

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

600 South Tryon Street, Suite 2300, Charlotte, NC 28202

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.

Since 1960Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-704-377-2536

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

301 S. College Street, Suite 3500, Charlotte, NC 28202

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.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-704-331-4900

Probate in Mecklenburg County

Probate Court Record

Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court

Mecklenburg County · Superior Court District 26

Phone

1-704-686-0400

Hours

Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Office

832 East Fourth Street, Suite 3600, Charlotte, NC 28202

Website

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Required for attorneys

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Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Mecklenburg County

Hopler, Hanna & Associates, PLLC

2314 S. Miami Blvd, Suite 151, Durham, NC 27703

Represents executors, administrators and heirs across North Carolina from an office on S. Miami Blvd in Durham/RTP. The practice opens and settles estates, supports trust administrators through their fiduciary duties, presses stalled personal representatives on behalf of beneficiaries, and litigates will and trust validity and fiduciary misconduct. In-office and virtual appointments are offered.

Serves the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

1-919-244-2019

Ward and Smith, P.A.

751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607

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.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7

1-919-277-9100

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Trust Litigation Attorneys in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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Trust Litigation Attorneys in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina