Alleviating Burdens of Complex Probate
Administration at a Family's Time of Loss

The loss of a loved one is difficult enough without the challenges of estate administration. Sommers Schwartz adeptly handles and advises clients on all aspects of probate, including:

• Settlement of decedents' estates
• Accounting for conservators
• Annual reports for guardians
• Estate planning
• Business succession planning
• Federal estate tax / state death tax planning
• Charitable giving
• Irrevocable trusts
• Educational trusts
• Family (charitable) foundations
• Charitable trusts
• Probate litigation
• Will and trust contests
• Guardianship disputes
• Conservatorship disputes
• Special needs trusts
• Estates connected to a wrongful death claim

Our skill at managing and facilitating probate can reduce delays in asset distribution and lower overall costs. In an effort to help our clients save even more time and money, pleadings and court filings are managed by our carefully selected, well-supervised staff of probate paralegals, when appropriate.