Solo PracticeGrafton, ND
Since 1996
Grafton firm providing probate support across northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Represents personal representatives in locating assets and heirs, managing estate finances, and distributing — and represents heirs against a representative, including will and trust contests, routed first through alternative dispute resolution. Initial consultations are not free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 640 Hill AveGrafton, ND 58237
FirmGrafton, ND
Steven C. Ekman, PC
Two-attorney office in Grafton serving Walsh County and northeastern North Dakota. Steven Ekman was admitted in North Dakota in 1992 and is joined by Jarrod Steele, admitted in 2017. The firm also runs a land-auction arm under its own name, which bears on farm estates where selling the land is part of settling. No practice website; contact is by phone or email.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate Law
- Office
- 910 Hill AvenueGrafton, ND 58237
FirmGrand Forks, ND
Since 1932
Grand Forks firm founded in 1932, practicing in North Dakota and Minnesota. Its wills and trusts group handles probate and estate administration, trust administration and drafting, gifting of assets, Medicaid eligibility, and elder law; trust and estate litigation is carried in-house by the commercial litigation group rather than referred out. Mineral succession planning is a named service.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
- Office
- 401 DeMers Avenue, Suite 500Grand Forks, ND 58201
FirmGrand Forks, ND
Since 1932
Grand Forks firm, formerly Zimney Foster P.C., with roots to 1932. Estate administration covers notifying heirs and creditors, inventorying and valuing assets, transferring property, paying debts and taxes, and distributing. Creditor claim resolution is its own service line — validating claims and protecting estate assets from improper ones.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 3770 S Washington Street, Suite BGrand Forks, ND 58201
FirmGrand Forks, ND
Since 1898
Grand Forks firm serving the region since 1898, with lawyers licensed in North Dakota and Minnesota — it makes the difference between the two states’ probate rules its stated focus. Probate administration runs from appointing the personal representative through gathering asset and debt information, paying final expenses, and distributing. Farm succession and guardianship are named practices.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 802 DeMers AvenueGrand Forks, ND 58201
FirmGrand Forks, ND
Since 1958
Serves both sides of the river from Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, licensed in North Dakota and Minnesota state and federal courts. Handles probate, estates and trusts, simple and complex wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives, with the firm’s litigation team available for disputes arising out of estate matters. Initial consultations carry no attorney’s fee.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningWills
- Office
- 24 North 4th StreetGrand Forks, ND 58206
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