16 Best Birmingham Probate Attorneys

With over 70 years' experience, Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith is a Birmingham law firm that handles probate matters in state and federal courts. The firm represents beneficiaries, executors, trustees, and administrators in probate proceedings. Using alternative dispute resolution when possible to keep disputes out of court, including in cases involving contested wills, guardianships, conservatorships, and breaches of fiduciary duties. The firm also resolves disputes involving patient advocate designations, trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills.

Since 2010, Battle & Winn has provided legal counsel to residents in the Birmingham area. The firm represents family members and other beneficiaries wishing to contest wills or estates during the probate process. Attorneys handle all court filings, negotiations, and courtroom litigation when necessary. The firm has handled estate litigation cases in numerous courts across the state and at the Alabama Supreme Court level. Attorneys Robert Battle and Harlan Winn are recognized Super Lawyers and maintain AV ratings with Martindale-Hubbell.

Bradford & Holliman LLC brings 45 years of combined experience in serving clients with elder law, probate, and estate planning matters from its offices in Pelham and Scottsboro, AL. The firm develops strong estate plans to avoid probate issues, protect assets, and help surviving family members manage and distribute assets through the probate process. The husband-wife team often helps clients with guardianships or conservatorships for incapacitated individuals. John and Melanie help elderly clients and families protect and obtain government benefits for long-term care such as VA benefits and Medicaid planning. They consistently rank highly with AVVO and Martindale-Hubbell.

Founded in 1887, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal LLP provides representation in probate matters throughout Alabama. The firm represents families and trusts in estate and probate-related matters, resolving disputes involving contested wills, undue influence on decedents, and determining estates' debts. Out-of-state beneficiaries and fiduciaries frequently engage the firm as local counsel for estates and trusts outside Alabama. Partner Nancy W. Ball and other firm members also serve as knowledgeable witnesses regarding beneficiaries' rights and fiduciaries' duties.

The Dominick Feld Hyde PC law firm has represented clients in the Birmingham area since 1943. It practices probate law and handles probate, estate, and trust administration, counseling individual and business fiduciaries on the responsibilities and proper administration of a decedent's estates and assets. Shareholder and lead attorney William J. Bryant, who is a member of the Birmingham and Alabama State Bar Associations, has several decades of probate law experience.

Gordon, Dana, & Gilmore LLC is a Birmingham litigation law firm that represents individuals and entities in lawsuits and disputes that arise in the probate arena including estates, trusts, guardianships, conservatorships and related areas. Its attorneys provide cost-efficient, hard-nosed representation for clients who find themselves fighting difficult probate issues like improperly executed wills, forged wills, wills procured by undue influence, improper fiduciary management of a loved one's account like retirement or trust accounts, and mishandling of duties by executors. GDG is the right choice for clients who are looking for a law firm to fight for their rights and those of their loved ones.

The law office of Key, Greer, Harrison, & Casey has provided probate and estate administration services to clients in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Shelby County, and throughout Alabama for more than three decades. It assists executors and those appointed by a probate court to serve as the representative of those who died intestate with duties including inventorying and distributing assets, filing tax returns, and collecting debts. The firm also helps with conflict disputes and guardianship arrangements.

Meadows & Howell LLC is a Birmingham tax law firm that handles probate litigation. Its attorneys deal with estate probate administration for the distribution of assets from decedents' estates, also representing individuals, financial institutions, and professionals in claims arising from their duties as estate administrators. The firm also assists with asset planning to reduce tax exposure, including through will preparation, trust formation and administration, gift tax and charitable planning, and powers of attorney.

Moses & Moses PC is a probate law firm in Birmingham. The husband-and-wife attorney team advises clients with deceased loved ones on concerns involving estates, asset gathering, outstanding bills, asset distribution, and estate closing. The firm also handles business succession for the deceased, when applicable. Partner Anne R. Moses concentrates on estate planning, elder law, and probate law. She is a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

Founded in 2013, the law office of Summer G. Walker located in Birmingham provides statewide legal services in several areas, including estate administration and probate matters. Its duties include assisting a decedent's beneficiaries in making sure that their loved one's estate and assets, whether simple or complex, are properly administered with or without a will. The firm also assists living clients with drafting a proper will and with estate planning. Founder Summer Walker is an Alabama State Bar member.

White, Arnold, & Dowd PC is a law firm that handles probate and elder law in the greater Birmingham area. The firm represents the assets and interests of decedents and their beneficiaries and trustees. White, Arnold, & Dowd attorneys assist in the proper distribution of damages awarded in wrongful death cases, create special needs trusts for families of minors or persona with disabilities, and draft wills, trusts, and durable powers of attorney.