Continuity
The attorney who designed the plan is the same attorney your family talks to when it comes time to use it. No re-explaining, no missing context, no learning curve at the worst possible time.
Practice Areas / Estate Planning
Estate planning — and
what comes after.
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, with the same attorney from drafting to closing.
The journey
From the first conversation to family heritage.
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
Three services, one continuous relationship.
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.
Estate Planning
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 →Probate
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 →Trust Administration
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 plan and the execution belong together.
Plans that anticipate execution
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.
Predictable fees, even in the hard moments
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.
Get started
Wherever you are in the process — call us.
A 30-minute consultation, free, with the attorney.