Practice Areas / Estate Planning
A good estate plan is half the work. The other half is what happens when it's needed — settling an estate through probate, or administering a trust after death. We handle the full lifecycle — one attorney of record from drafting through closing, so context doesn't get lost between people.
The journey
Estate planning isn't a single transaction — it's a path with stops, decisions, and people you trust at each turn. Here's how we map it out.
What we offer
Most firms draft the documents and then disappear. We're here for the work the documents were designed to make possible — including when it matters most.
Wills, revocable living trusts, healthcare directives, and powers of attorney — designed around your family in plain language, and funded properly so they actually work when needed.
Plan an estate →The court-supervised process for settling an estate after death. We guide personal representatives through Minnesota's three probate paths, handle creditor notice and accounting, and close the estate properly.
Settle an estate →When a trust becomes irrevocable, the successor trustee takes over. We counsel trustees (and beneficiaries) through their duties, deadlines, distributions, and the personal liability that comes with the role.
Administer a trust →Why one firm for all three
The attorney who designed the plan is the attorney your family works with when it comes time to use it. No re-explaining the history to strangers, no learning curve at the worst possible time — and a small support team keeping scheduling and follow-through moving.
Because we administer estates and trusts, we draft them differently than firms that don't. We've seen what ambiguous language costs in court fees, and we write documents that don't create those costs later.
Probate and trust admin work is quoted up front where scope is clear, and hourly with regular updates where it isn't. No surprises during what's already a difficult time.
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A 30-minute consultation, free, with the attorney.