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North CarolinaEstate and Probate Law Lawyers in Orange County, North Carolina

Attorneys that focus on estate and probate law in Orange County, North Carolina help clients resolve all facets of planning for the conservation and disposition of estates. Estate and probate lawyers must understand the state and federal tax burdens that apply to this area of the law. Estate and probate lawyers prepare the legal instruments to accomplish the estate plans including drafting and executing wills, administering formal and summary estates, including tax related matters. Attorneys also engage in probate litigation including will contests or will or trust construction suits in probate court.

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Gregory Herman-Giddens

Gregory Herman-Giddens
TrustCounsel and Southern Gun Law Group
205 Providence Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Licensed for 13 years, Gregory Herman-Giddens is a Trusts and Tax Law lawyer who attended University of Miami School of Law... read more >

Thomas J Neagle

Thomas J Neagle
Neagle Law Firm, PC
605 W Main St
Carrboro, NC 27510
Licensed for 21 years, Thomas J Neagle is a Estate and Probate Law lawyer who attended North Carolina Central School of Law... read more >

Beth Tillman

Beth Tillman
Tillman, Whichard & Cagle, PLLC
501 Eastowne Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Licensed for 31 years, Beth Tillman is a Estate and Probate Law lawyer... read more >

Stuart B Dorsett

Stuart B Dorsett
Brown Advisory
1295 Environ Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Licensed for 39 years, Stuart B Dorsett is a Criminal Defense and Estate and Probate Law lawyer who attended University of North Carolina S... read more >

J Alan Campbell

J Alan Campbell
PO Box 850
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Licensed for 29 years, J Alan Campbell is a Estate and Probate Law and Tax Law lawyer who attended Duke Law School... read more >

Timothy A Nordgren

Timothy A Nordgren
100 Europa Dr Ste 271
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Licensed for 26 years, Timothy A Nordgren is a Estate and Probate Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of North Carolina... read more >

David R Frankstone

David R Frankstone
Higgins, Frankstone, Graves & Morris, P.A.
1414 Raleigh Rd Suite 320
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Licensed for 49 years, David R Frankstone is a Estate and Probate Law lawyer who attended University of North Carolina School of Law... read more >

Robert Nelson Maitland II

Robert Nelson Maitland II
Maitland Law Firm
2 Couch Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Licensed for 22 years, Robert Nelson Maitland II is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer... read more >

Faye Ellen Hilpert

Faye Ellen Hilpert
1220 Environ Way Ste 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Licensed for 18 years, Faye Ellen Hilpert is a Estate and Probate Law and Probate lawyer who attended New York University School of Law... read more >

Marcus Hudson

Marcus Hudson
641 Rock Creek Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Licensed for 59 years, Marcus Hudson is a Estate and Probate Law and Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >
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Estate and Probate Law Specialty Areas

Estate Planning Certification

National Association of Estate Planners and Councils - NAEPC is accredited by the ABA to certify attorneys as estate planning law specialists.



Board Certified in Estate Planning

Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate in North Carolina - Estate Planning and Probate was first proposed as a potential specialty area to the North Carolina Bar in 1982.


The North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization designated estate planning and probate law as a field of law for certification of specialists under the Plan of Legal Specialization.


State Bar Rules, Ch. 1, Subch. D, .2302, defines the specialty of estate planning and probate law as the "practice of law dealing with planning for conservation and disposition of estates, including consideration of federal and state tax consequences; preparation of legal instruments to effectuate estate plans; and probate of wills and administration of estates, including federal and state tax matters."


Nonprofit Legal Associations

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

ACTEC is a fellowship of attorneys seeking to improve trust, estate and tax laws, as well as the procedures and ethics of attorneys who work in those fields. Many of the top trust and estate attorneys belong to this respected organization.


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