Berger Burns is a general practice law firm that serves clients in Columbia and the nearby areas. It assists clients with estate planning and probate matters such as wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, and guardianship. The firm also handles family law cases such as traditional divorce, collaborative divorce, child custody, child support modification, and visitation rights. Managing partner Victor D. Berger has over 29 years of legal experience. He is also licensed to practice law in New York.
Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett & Scherr, LLP, is a law firm that provides legal services to individuals, families, and businesses throughout Columbia. Its attorneys are experienced in trusts and estates, taxation and business, real estate, and litigation. They help clients navigate the complex issues surrounding estates, trusts, and their legal implications, advising trustees, preparing tax returns, and accounting for the estate. Formerly known as Reese & Carney, the law firm adopted its current name in 2008 to reflect its broad expertise and geographical reach.
Founded in 2010, Elville and Associates is a law firm with offices throughout Maryland. The probate attorneys in Columbia educate and counsel administrators and executors about their rights and responsibilities and assist them with the court proceedings to ensure a smooth transition of their loved one's estate. Its legal team also guides clients through the estate planning process to reduce or prevent probate time through living trusts, advanced health care proxies, and powers of attorney.
Frost Law is a legal firm representing individuals at offices in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Its probate attorneys near Columbia have experience and knowledge of the state estate laws and work with executors and administrators to fulfill their obligations, such as notifying heirs, paying creditors, filing final tax returns, transferring real estate, and distributing the remaining assets. The firm also handles estate planning matters to help reduce or avoid probate time.
The Law Office of Charles L. Fuller is a legal firm serving clients in Columbia and the surrounding areas. Its probate attorney helps clients understand their responsibilities and assists them with the court proceedings, including notifying creditors and heirs, locating and appraising assets, preparing and filing final tax returns, and distributing any remaining assets according to the will. The firm also handles will contests and claims against the estate. Other practice areas include personal injury, criminal defense, and civil litigation.
The Law Office of Neveen H. Kurtom offers legal counsel to clients in the Columbia metro. It handles probate cases and assists in estate planning, such as drafting of power of attorney, wills, and advance directives. Other practice areas that the law firm handles include family law and criminal defense. Kurtom has been advocating for clients for nearly 15 years. She was the past chair of the Governor’s Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs and volunteers at the Maryland Lawyer Volunteer Service.
The Law Offices of Addison-Darden serves individuals and families in Columbia. The firm is committed to providing personalized services to clients dealing with a variety of legal concerns, including wills and trusts preparation, estate planning, and guardianship appointment. It also helps clients' beneficiaries manage and distribute their estates and carry out their final wishes after they pass away. Evelyn Darden, the firm's principal and managing partner, sits on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
Catering to the residents of Columbia and its neighboring metros, the Law Offices of Dwight W. Clark L.L.C. has been providing its services for more than two decades. It offers legal counsel on matters involving estate planning, wills, and trusts. The firm’s team of legal professionals also handles cases in practice areas such as family and business law. Principal Dwight Clark established his practice after a career in the Department of Defense. The attorney has given talks and led seminars on estate planning and administration.
The Law Offices of Jayson A. Soobitsky P.A. is a Columbia-based firm that represents clients in estate-related and family law cases. Its attorneys help clients develop estate plans, drafting documents like wills, advanced health directives, and durable general powers of attorney. They also assist in estate administration. Emily Machovec, one of the firm's attorneys, has over a decade of legal experience and is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.
The Law Offices of Robert M. Stahl LLC is a law firm serving individuals, families, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations in Columbia. It practices in probate, estate planning and administration, bankruptcy, tax law, and debtor/creditor law. Aside from assisting clients with drafting wills and creating estate plans to protect assets, the lawyer also provides representation in personal injury claims and criminal cases. Robert M. Stahl has been practicing law for more than 30 years.
The Lundy Law Group is a private firm that offers legal counsel and representation to individuals and families in Columbia, Howard County at large and its surrounding counties, as well as the District of Columbia. Its staff assists in drafting estate planning documents like powers of attorney, wills and trusts to help clients avoid the probate process. In cases wherein probate is necessary, the office provides representation in litigation, disputes, and administration. Other areas of practice include guardianship, family law, business start-up and succession, non-profit consulting and special needs planning. Founding attorney Paulette Lundy has over 20 years of experience in the legal field.
McDonald Law Firm LLC provides legal services for clients in the Washington D.C. area and throughout Howard and Montgomery Counties. The probate attorneys in Columbia helps administrators and executors understand their duties and work with them to navigate the complex court proceedings. The firm guides clients through beneficiary notifications, inventorying the estate, handling the estate's accounting, and distributing the remaining assets to the heirs. McDonald Law Firm LLC also offers estate planning to reduce or eliminate probate time.
MVP Law Group, P.A. serves clients in Columbia seeking a probate lawyer. The law firm provides assistance with the drafting, revision, and revocation of wills, helping individuals leave behind a legacy for their loved ones. It also provides guidance on how power of attorney and advance directive works and its coverages. Managing attorney Kellie N. Lego provides pro bono legal services through her involvement with the Wills for Heros Program and the Homeless Persons Representation Project.
O'GuinnMcNeal is a full-service law firm in Columbia representing individuals, families, and businesses. Its attorneys handle all probate-related matters, including guiding executors through the court proceedings, such as notifying heirs and creditors, locating all assets, preparing taxes, meeting deadlines for documents, transferring real estate, and distributing the remaining assets. The firm also assists with estate probate litigation. Other practice areas include complex civil litigation and criminal, elder, and business law.
Providence Law Group LLC is a legal firm that focuses on estate planning and probate services in Columbia and the surrounding areas. Its attorneys help representatives through the court proceedings and their responsibilities, such as notifying heirs and creditors, filing required documents, paying the estate's bills, transferring real estate holdings, and distributing the rest of the assets to the beneficiaries. The firm also assists with special needs planning to preserve government benefits and other finances.
The Collaborative Law Group provides legal services for individuals and families in Columbia and the surrounding areas. Its collaborative attorney has over 41 years' experience guiding clients through the probate process, such as notifying creditors and heirs, locating assets, filing estate taxes, and distributing the remaining assets to beneficiaries. The firm also helps with estate planning to simplify property transfers and other tasks without going through the probate process. Other practice areas include family and real estate law.
The Law Office of Anshu Karki, LLC, offers legal representation to clients in the Columbia area. It provides assistance to loved ones in the court-supervised administration of a deceased person's estate. Principal lawyer Anshu Karki helps with disputes among beneficiaries, the determination of heirs, and claims against the estate. She also handles issues involving immigration law like deportation and employment issues. Karki also works on family law cases, including divorce, child support, and alimony.
The Law Offices of Rick Todd provides legal services for individuals and families throughout the area. Its probate lawyer in Columbia, with additional locations in Chevy Chase and Fairfax, helps clients understand their duties and guides them through the complex process to settle their loved one's estate. The legal team assists with petitioning the probate court, notifying the heirs, inventorying the assets, paying the deceased's debts, transferring property, and distributing any remaining assets to beneficiaries.
The Spencer Law Group, P.C. offers legal counsel from its office in Columbia. Covered in its practice areas are probate and estate planning. The firm provides assistance in preparing advance planning documents such as financial powers of attorney, wills, trusts, and advance directives. It also offers legal representation for clients going through a divorce and facing issues concerning property division and child custody. Managing partner Chad Spencer has been practicing independently since 2005. He used to work for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office.
Founded in 2017, Thienel Law LLC is a legal practice representing individuals and businesses in Columbia and the surrounding communities. Its probate attorneys handle probate matters and guide clients through the court proceedings. The firm's legal team helps administrators petition the probate court, marshal the assets, give proper notices, pay the estate's bills, file the tax returns, complete all required court documents, distribute the remaining assets, and close the estate.
Located in Columbia, Tracy Miller Law, LLC, provides clients with legal assistance in a wide range of practice areas, such as family law, civil litigation, CINA, estate planning, and juvenile law. The firm handles various cases involving family law, such as child support and custody, adoption, collaborative divorce, domestic violence, and property division. It aggressively represents and advocates for its clients' rights in the entire process of negotiating separation agreements and divorce litigation. The owner and founder, Tracy Miller, has been practicing law since 2012.
Walsh & Company is a law firm that has been serving Columbia since 1995. It helps individuals and families with different aspects of estate administration and probate processes, such as establishing accounts, reviewing the estate's outstanding debts, and filing the necessary tax and probate paperwork. One of its legal practitioners, James D. Walsh, is also a CPA with extensive experience in tax law, which can help in minimizing an estate's tax exposure and preserving the assets for the beneficiaries.