Top Rated Durham, NC Trusts Lawyers

27 trusts lawyers serve Durham, NC. Compare the best based on 103+ reviews and detailed profiles. Related practice areas and nearby towns in Durham County are listed below.

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Durham Has 27 Trusts Attorneys with 103 Reviews

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

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate 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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Walker Lambe Rhudy Costley & Gill
240 Leigh Farm Road, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

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

Review: "Excellent attorney. Very knowledgeable and helpful. Explained information clearly and provided a great product."

Rating: 8.9

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Trusts Lawyers in Durham, NC

Trusts and estates attorneys draft and administer trusts and create wills, and other estate planning documents. They create revocable and irrevocable trusts, advise on trustee selection, handle trust administration and accounting, resolve beneficiary disputes, assist with probate filing and administration, and ensure assets are distributed according to clients’ wishes with tax efficiency.

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Ampersand Law
PO Box 61182, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate 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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Vail Gardner Law PLLC
732 9th St Ste 621, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate

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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Po Box 51549, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 14 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, 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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The Law Office of Cheri Patrick
3500 Westgate Dr., Suite 701, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 17 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, 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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McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson, Wilson & Hinkle, PLLC
3211 Shannon Road, Suite 620, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 32 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Probate, Estate Planning and more

Rating: 9.7

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

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 37 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, 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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McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren, PLLC
3211 Shannon Rad, Suite 620, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 31 years

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

Rating: 8.0

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6726 Johnson Mill Rd, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 40 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Insurance

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2726 Croasdaile Dr Ste 202, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, 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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Walker Lambe Rhudy Costley & Gill, PLLC
240 Leigh Farm Road, Suite 100, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Elder Law

Bio: Miriam Markfield joined Walker Lambe in 2010, after earning her Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law. While at Duke, Miriam served as a Staff Editor and later as a Lead Editor on the Duke Journal for Comparative and International Law...

Rating: 6.7

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4011 University Dr Ste 300, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 25 years

Practice Areas: Corporate and Incorporation, Trusts, Government

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Po Box 51549, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Business, Elder Law and more

Rating: 6.2

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2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 200, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 40 years

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

Rating: 6.5

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Gragg Law Firm
811 Ninth Street, Suite 120-119, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 22 years

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

Bio: Mavis graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and Pepperdine School of Law. In addition to being a lawyer, Mavis has extensive experience in conflict resolution and a Master of Dispute Resolution degree. Mavis began her career as a mediation professional h...

Rating: 6.5

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5322 Highgate Drive, Suite 241, Durham, NC

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 27 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Corporate & Incorporation and more

Rating: 6.6

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Trusts Attorney near Durham (Chapel Hill)

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 40 years

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

Over 30 years experience in Estate Planning, Special Needs Planning and Elder Law

Rating: 10

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Trusts Attorney near Durham (Chapel Hill)

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 10 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate and more

Bio: It is my goal to reduce unecessary estate-related lawsuits with proactive estate planning and thoughtful estate administration. When a dispute arises nonetheless, I offer a non-lawsuit option for its resolution through the Collaborative Law method...

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Trusts Attorney near Durham (Chapel Hill)

Trusts Lawyer Licensed for 38 years

Practice Areas: Trusts, Probate, Estate Planning and more

Bio: I guide high net worth individuals and families through the complex legal and tax aspects of estate planning, probate and trust administration. After over 35 years of helping folks, I like to say that I specialize in "peace of mind." I grew up in ...

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

Robin M. Barefoot 40 years licensed
Stuart B. Dorsett 40 years licensed
Jay H. Krall 40 years licensed
Mark O. Costley 40 years licensed
Gregory Herman-Giddens 38 years licensed
Larry H. Rocamora 37 years licensed
Lori Merrill Bernstein 36 years licensed
Christina G. Hinkle 32 years licensed
Sarah Elizabeth Tillman 32 years licensed
Rupinder Singh Gill 32 years licensed

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

Peter Glenn Mattocks 9 years licensed
Joseph Duffy Palmer 10 years licensed
Jason Robert Jones 10 years licensed
Charles Eugene Davis III 11 years licensed
Angela Ruth Spong 14 years licensed
William Brantley Aycock II 14 years licensed
Michael Spolander Munson 14 years licensed
Jennifer Elaine Dalman 14 years licensed
Heather Elizabeth Hazelwood 14 years licensed
Miriam Hamilton Markfield 15 years licensed

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Durham, NC Trusts Lawyers

Durham Has 27 Trusts Attorneys with 103 Reviews

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