18 Best Raleigh Probate Attorneys

Since 2005, Batch, Poore, & Williams PC has offered legal services in the greater Raleigh area. The firm provides legal assistance to executors working through the probate process after the loss of a loved one. Attorneys help clients with all probate administration tasks, including identifying and appraising assets, notifying beneficiaries, and distributing properties. The firm also provides complete estate planning services. Attorney Sydney Batch is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and is a recognized Super Lawyer.

The Brady Law Firm is a Raleigh-based legal practice that represents individuals, families, and businesses throughout the state in matters of probate, estate planning, real estate, and corporate law. Its attorneys render legal counsel in probate matters, advising clients in all aspects of law related to the decedent's will, including cases where the deceased neglected to leave a will. Other services include identifying and collecting the estate, dealing with tax returns, and distributing the estate to its heirs.

Kirschbaum, Nanney, Keenan & Griffin PA, located in Raleigh, has more than 40 years of experience handling probate issues for families, including individuals, executors, and personal representatives. The practice handles probate actions including gathering and valuating assets, dealing with creditors, handling accounting, and distributing assets to beneficiaries and heirs. The firm's probate team also takes care of required inventories, notices, and filings with the court, including final accounting to close probate.

Maginnis Law PLLC has provided legal services in the greater Raleigh metro area since 2009. The firm provides probate administration and litigation services to executors, family members, and other beneficiaries. Attorneys also handle estate planning services involving wills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianships, and conservatorships. Attorney Anthony Klish is a member of the North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations. Additionally, Maginnis Law takes cases pertaining to personal injury, employee rights, consumer law, and business litigation.

McGuireWoods LLP is an international law firm with over two dozen offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, including one in Raleigh. The firm provides probate administration and litigation services. Attorneys guide clients through all aspects of the probate process from start to finish. It also handles contested wills and estates on behalf of executors, beneficiaries, potential heirs, guardians, and corporate officials. Attorney Jean Gordon Carter is a CPA and certified in estate planning and probate law.

Miller, Monroe & Plyler is a firm of civil litigation attorneys who represent plaintiffs and defendants in matters of complex interpersonal and legal issues, such as probate-related controversies. Located in Raleigh since its foundation in 2009, the boutique law firm represents individuals, local businesses, and public companies across the metro area and beyond. Its estate and fiduciary litigation experience includes breach of fiduciary duty claims, allegations of estate administration failures, and will caveat actions.

Founded in 1897, Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough LLP has law offices across the country, including one in Raleigh. The firm assists executors with all parts of the probate process, including filing estate taxes, distributing assets, and contacting creditors. Attorneys assist with simple and complex estates and provide probate litigation services for cases involving contests wills, disputed guardianships, and trust challenges. Nelson, Mullins, Riley, & Scarborough also takes cases involving real estate, business law, and financial services.

Founded in 1912, Smith Anderson is a large, full-service law firm that represents clients in the greater Raleigh area. The firm handles all aspects of probate administration with a key focus on large, complex estates. Attorneys guide executors, beneficiaries, and trustees through the stages of the probate process, including filing estate taxes, settling outstanding debts, and distributing assets. Attorney Donovan Munford is a CPA and certified in estate planning and probate law, and also maintains an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Founded in 1972, Raleigh-based Smith Debman is a general practice law firm providing assistance with probate matters for families and individuals following the death of a loved one. Its scope of practice includes initiating probate proceedings, collected information for filing the estate's tax returns, advising on accounting, valuing the assets of the estate, and ensuring payment of taxes, claims, and expenses. It also disposes and distributes the assets of the estate and closes probate with final accounting help.

The law firm of W.G. Alexander & Associates PLLC practices elder law, estate planning, and probate from its Raleigh offices, serving individuals and families across the metro area. Founded in 1976 by award-winning attorney, Bill Alexander, the firm provides comprehensive counsel to executors and other stakeholders involved in probating a loved one's final will. They help to clarify the legal complexities and ease the transfer of the estate to its heirs by shouldering the practical burdens and ensuring statutory compliance.