Pennsylvania allows informal probate, so many families settle straightforward estates in Monroe County without hiring an attorney. A probate attorney earns the fee when the estate is contested, includes a business or out-of-state real estate, has unclear or insolvent debts, or when beneficiaries disagree.
Probate attorney fees in Pennsylvania are based on reasonable compensation, billed hourly or as a flat fee. Ask a Monroe County firm to quote a structure up front.
A probate attorney files the petition with the Orphans' Court, publishes the required creditor notices, prepares the inventory and accounting, handles creditor claims and tax filings, and guides the final distribution. They represent the personal representative — not the beneficiaries — a distinction that matters if a dispute develops.
FirmWilkes-Barre, PA
Serves 3 counties
Wilkes-Barre firm on South Franklin Street handling probate and estate administration in Luzerne County, Lackawanna County and the Poconos. Guides families through probate from reviewing the estate plan to identifying, valuing and distributing assets and paying debts and taxes, helps resolve disputes that arise, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives; the first consultation is free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawPowers Of AttorneyReal Estate
- Office
- 152 South Franklin StreetWilkes-Barre, PA 18701
FirmStroudsburg, PA
Since 1923 · Serves 2 counties
Stroudsburg firm serving Monroe County and the Poconos, founded as a solo practice in 1923, with a second office in Bethlehem. In probate its attorneys collect, inventory and appraise estate assets, pay and collect debts, file estate taxes, and distribute what remains, and they handle probate litigation over contested wills and trusts. The firm also prepares wills and living, testamentary, life insurance, and special needs trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationSpecial Needs Planning
- Office
- 712 Monroe StreetStroudsburg, PA 18360
FirmOlyphant, PA
Serves 5 counties
Three-attorney firm with its main office in the Archbald area (Olyphant mailing address) and a second office on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, representing estates in Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Monroe counties and the Poconos. Handles probate and estate administration before the register of wills and the orphans' court, prepares wills and trusts, and maintains fiduciary ledgers, makes distributions to beneficiaries, and prepares fiduciary tax returns.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 1 Terrace DrOlyphant, PA 18447
FirmEaston, PA
Since 1985 · Serves 4 counties
Firm founded in 1985 with offices in Easton, Allentown, Bethlehem, Doylestown, and Stroudsburg, serving Bucks County and the Lehigh Valley. Administers testamentary and living trust estates, preparing Pennsylvania inheritance tax returns, estate settlement agreements, and the ancillary documents for the executor or trustee. Also prepares wills, revocable, irrevocable, charitable, and testamentary trusts, and Medicaid plans.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateMedicaid Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 1 South 3rd StreetEaston, PA 18042
Solo PracticeEaston, PA
Since 1853 · Serves 4 counties
Easton firm serving Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Monroe county families, founded in 1853 and now the practice of Robert C. Brown, Jr. For a personal representative it attends the Register of Wills to probate the will and secure letters, handles beneficiary notices and publication, inventories assets, prepares the Pennsylvania inheritance and federal estate tax returns, and closes the estate by court audit or family settlement agreement. Also handles elder law, Medicaid long-term care planning and special needs planning; initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 940 West Lafayette Street, Suite 100Easton, PA 18042
FirmLancaster, PA
Serves 8 counties
Lancaster firm on East King Street whose Trusts & Estates Practice Group works across south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, with main offices in Gettysburg, Hanover, Camp Hill, Lebanon, Malvern, Wyomissing, Schuylkill Haven and York. Guides personal representatives through estate administration and assists trustees, guardians and agents under powers of attorney with their fiduciary duties. Trust and estate litigators handle will contests, surcharge actions and contested guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 126 East King StreetLancaster, PA 17602
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