Pennsylvania allows informal probate, so many families settle straightforward estates in Venango 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 Venango 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.
FirmErie, PA
Since 1897 · Serves 9 counties
Erie firm at 300 State Street, founded in 1897, practicing in all counties of northwestern Pennsylvania. Represents clients in the probate and administration of decedents' estates, conservatorships and guardianships, advises individual and corporate fiduciaries, and handles post-mortem tax elections, disclaimers and family settlement agreements. Represents clients in audits, appeals and litigation in Orphans' Court and before the IRS in estate and gift tax matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 300 State Street, Suite 300Erie, PA 16507
FirmGrove City, PA
Serves 7 counties
Grove City firm with a second office in Cranberry Township, serving Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, Venango, Allegheny, Beaver and Crawford counties. Handles estate administration from opening the estate and the executor's appointment through the inventory and appraisal, the PA inheritance tax and federal estate tax returns, family settlement agreements and the first and final account. Remote and phone consultations for wills and estates matters are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 209 West Pine StreetGrove City, PA 16127
Solo PracticeClarion, PA
Serves 3 counties
Clarion solo general practice on Madison Road focused on Clarion, Venango, and Jefferson counties. Attorney John Troese guides executors and administrators through probate administration, from the court petition through gathering assets, paying debts and taxes, and distributing the estate, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawReal Estate
- Office
- 415 Madison RoadClarion, PA 16214
FirmButler, PA
Serves 5 counties
Veteran-owned elder law and estate planning firm based in Butler, with offices in Erie, Cranberry Township, Franklin, Greenville and Indiana serving Western Pennsylvania. Handles probate, estate and trust administration from a free initial consultation through the executor or administrator appointment, alongside guardianships, Medicaid planning and asset protection; meetings are in person, by video or by phone.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 318 South Main StreetButler, PA 16001
FirmWilliamsport, PA
Since 2002 · Serves 5 counties
Williamsport elder law and special needs planning firm with offices in State College, Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, Muncy, Wyalusing, and Wysox. Handles probate and estate administration, including collecting assets, paying estate taxes, and distributing the estate, and litigates will contests, guardianships, and trustee removals. Attorneys Julieanne Steinbacher and Landon Hodges are Certified Elder Law Attorneys.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 413 Washington BoulevardWilliamsport, PA 17701
FirmHarrisburg, PA
Since 2005 · Serves the whole state
Harrisburg firm on Linglestown Road, opened in 2005, with a second office in Newport, representing executors, trustees, guardians, and beneficiaries across Pennsylvania. Probates wills for in-state and out-of-state executors, handles ancillary probate, trust administration, and estate tax returns, and litigates will contests, claims against fiduciaries, and demands for accounting or removal of trustees and executors.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 2000 Linglestown Road, Suite 106Harrisburg, PA 17110
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