Top Rated Durham, NC Probate Lawyers

42 probate lawyers serve Durham, NC. Compare the best based on 164+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Durham County are listed below.

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Durham Has 42 Probate Attorneys with 164 Reviews

Hopler, Wilms, & Hanna, PLLC
2216 South Miami Blvd, Suite 101, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Wills & Living Wills

Bio: Attorney Christopher Wilms is an experienced Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, Power of Attorney, Living Wills, etc.), Probate, and Guardianship Attorney. He represents claimants all over North Carolina with a variety of legal issues. He treats his ...

Rating: 9.0

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Jeff Austin Law
411 W. Chapel Hill Street, Suite C-2, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 13 years

Practice Areas: Probate

Bio: Jeff serves as the appointed public administrator for Durham County, which means the courts rely on him when someone dies in Durham without anyone to manage their estate. He’s active in the local bar association and the PTA at his children’s schoo...

Rating: 8.3

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Ampersand Law
PO Box 61182, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Wills & Living Wills and more

Bio: Estate planning made easier. Really. In 2016, I founded my Durham, North Carolina-based law firm, Ampersand Law, on the belief that estate planning doesn’t need to be a confusing, stressful, and opaque process. With more than 10 years of experienc...

Rating: 10

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Southpoint Estate Planning
5842 Fayetteville Rd., Suite 113, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Bio: Dori J. Dixon is the founder of Southpoint Estate Planning. Dori enjoys helping families navigate important legal issues including: wills, trusts, special needs planning, guardianships, long-term care planning, Medicaid, estate administration, pro...

Rating: 10

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Walker Lambe, PLLC
240 Leigh Farm Rd., Suite 100, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Bio: Shirley M. Diefenbach began her law practice in New York where she was an associate of a nationally recognized Elder Law and Estate Planning law firm. Through her many years of practice, she has had the opportunity to help hundreds of families wit...

Rating: 10

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Stubbs, Cole, Breedlove, Prentis & Biggs, PLLC
4 Consultant Place, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 52 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Contracts & Agreements and more

Over forty years of experience in estate planning and estate administration.

Rating: 9.8

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Law Offices of Douglas E. Koenig, PLLC
P.O. Box 13186, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Bio: The right plans, the right documents, the right time. Attentive and patient planning for life's transistion. Why me? I'm a second-career attorney, meaning that I retired from a career in Engineering and IT to become a lawyer. It has been a great c...

Rating: 9.3

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Po Box 51549, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Bio: I am an attorney at the estate planning and business law firm Walker Lambe Rhudy Costley Gill, PLLC, practicing in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, tax law, and nonprofit law. For nearly thirty years, Walke...

Rating: 8.3

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McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson, Wilson & Hinkle, PLLC
3211 Shannon Road, Suite 620, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Trusts and more

Rating: 9.7

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331 W Main St Ste 406, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 18 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning

Bio: My job as an estate planner is to discern your family's specific needs by listening and empowering you through the process. I look forward to getting to know you and your family while crafting an estate plan that accomplishes your needs and puts y...

Rating: 7.0

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The Law Office of Cheri Patrick
3500 Westgate Dr., Suite 701, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Wills & Living Wills, Family and more

Bio: Ethan Timmins Law has merged, and become part of The Law Office of Cheri Patrick, an established and well-respected Family Law practice in Durham, North Carolina. We still offer all the great service and personal care with your Will, Trusts, and P...

Rating: 8.9

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Vail Gardner Law PLLC
732 9th St Ste 621, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 28 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Trusts

Bio: Vail Gardner Law PLLC is a woman-owned Durham law firm dedicated to providing expert estate planning services to families and individuals. A personalized estate plan provides a mission and vision for your family’s future. Planning ahead is a gift ...

Rating: 7.0

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Mcpherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren, PLLC
3211 Shannon Rd Ste 620, Southcourt, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Review: "Excellent in considering all aspects of my family’s estate plan and other end of life planning needs."

Rating: 7.8

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Pierce Law Group, PLLC
3020 S. Miami Blvd., Suite 201, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning

Rating: 6.7

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McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren, PLLC
3211 Shannon Rad, Suite 620, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Wills & Living Wills, Trusts and more

Rating: 8.0

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3211 Shannon Rd Ste 400, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 41 years

Practice Areas: Banking, Probate, Securities and Investment Fraud

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2726 Croasdaile Dr Ste 202, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Wills & Living Wills and more

Bio: Lori M. Bernstein is an attorney in solo law practice focused on wills, trusts, and estate planning, and estate administration and probate. Lori guides her estate planning clients through a process that may include: * identifying clients' goals fo...

Rating: 7.8

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Mitchell Law Group
2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 100, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law and more

Review: "Our family hired Tovah to help us navigate Edler law and planning. She was wonderful from the word go. She has a thorough knowledge of the laws and explains things to you very clearly. Tovah is very professional, extremely pleasant and comfortable."

Rating: 6.6

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123 W Main St Ste M 14, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 34 years

Practice Areas: Banking, Probate, Securities and Investment Fraud

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Law Office of Ken Hirsh
411 W. Chapel Hill St., Suite C-2, Durham, NC

Probate Lawyer Licensed for 6 years

Practice Areas: Probate, Landlord & Tenant, Contracts & Agreements and more

Review: "As one of the clients of Attorney Hirsh in the realm of real estate, my experience with him has been exceptionally positive and noteworthy. With his extensive knowledge and profound experience in real estate law, he managed my legal needs with unp..."

Rating: 5.9

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Which Probate lawyers have been licensed the longest in Durham, NC?

Marcus Hudson 60 years licensed
Richard F. Prentis Jr. 52 years licensed
Merle U. Richey 48 years licensed
Ronald G. Coulter 45 years licensed
Scott W. Heintzelman 43 years licensed
William W. Browning 41 years licensed
Kathryn T. Curran 41 years licensed
Jay H. Krall 40 years licensed
Mark O. Costley 40 years licensed
Gregory Herman-Giddens 38 years licensed

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Which Durham, NC Probate lawyers are newest to the area?

Alexander Jeffrey Palme 4 years licensed
Kenneth Jay Hirsh 6 years licensed
Nicholas Hamilton Gilder 7 years licensed
Donna Rinck 8 years licensed
Joseph Duffy Palmer 10 years licensed
Jason Robert Jones 10 years licensed
Adam Bruce Perry 11 years licensed
Jeffrey Larkin Austin 13 years licensed
Michael Spolander Munson 14 years licensed
Jennifer Elaine Dalman 14 years licensed

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Durham, NC Probate Lawyers

Durham Has 42 Probate Attorneys with 164 Reviews

Christopher C Wilms