Top Estate Planning Lawyers Near Me in Arlington Area

Ryan A. Brown was born in Kansas City and raised in California. His first job in the computer industry began at the age of eleven, building and repairing personal computers for a local store in Santa Barbara, California. In 1993 he began a computer and Internet consulting firm and started the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Santa Barbara.. Ryan went on to attend Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he received a BS in Computer Science with departmental and school honors and a BA in Spanish in 2000. Ryan is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon and the ACM, and won awards for undergraduate research and teaching. Continuing at Johns Hopkins, he received a Masters of Science and Engineering in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins in May of 2002.. After completing his Computer Science studies, Ryan went on to earn a Juris Doctorate Magna Cum Laude in December of 2006 from George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia, with concentrations in business, tax and estate planning law.. Since starting Arlington Law Group in 2007, Ryan has worked with a wide array of businesses and individual clients on estate planning, business law and tax planning. Ryan also works with several technology start-up and early stage companies on company governance, private placements of stock and debt, and computer and Internet law.. Ryan has served and continues to serve on the boards of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. Ryan previously served on the board of the Arlington County Bar Association and has volunteered for several pro-bono projects in Northern Virginia including Wills for Heroes which provides free wills and estate planning documents to first responders (police, sheriff, fire & paramedics). Ryan regularly gives seminars on estate planning, tax and business law, teaches an annual Continuing Legal Education class at George Mason University School of Law and occasionally guest lectures at the law school.. Bar Admissions:. Bar Associations:

Prior to forming Curnutt & Hafer, L.L.P. with his partner in 2000, Mr. Curnutt worked in both a small Dallas trial boutique firm and for one of the largest firms in the world. Since graduation from law school, he has tried cases in many state and federal courts, ranging from personal injury to complex commercial and business tort matters. Mr. Curnutt is AV rated by Martindale Hubble, the highest ethical and legal ability ranking available.. Mr. Curnutt is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas, and is admitted in the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western United States District Courts of Texas, as well as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.. Mr. Curnutt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and its Litigation Section; the American Bar Association, and its Litigation and Tort & Insurance Practice Sections; and the Dallas County, Tarrant County and Arlington Bar Associations.. Mr. Curnutt obtained his law degree in 1993 from the Southern Methodist University School of Law where he was the Managing Staff Editor of the SMU Law Review Association, Oral Argument Champion and Best Brief Finalist in the all-school moot court competition, Outstanding Advocate in the mock trial competition, recipient of an American Indian Graduate Center Scholarship, member of the Order of the Barristers, and Province Winner in the International Graduate of the Year Award for the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Mr. Curnutt received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 1989 from the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as president of his fraternity, was selected to the Honor Roll and National Dean's List from 1985 to 1989, and served as a Younglife School Director. Mr. Curnutt is a former Certified Public Accountant, having previously worked for the KPMG Peat Marwick public accounting firm prior to entering law school.

Mr. Miller’s philosophy in his estate planning practice is to protect your legal rights while honoring your wishes and to do so while respecting your loved ones, financial situation, and family situation no matter how typical or atypical.. His further philosophy is that Mr. Miller wants the client to understand and be comfortable with the legal effect of their document(s) or their decisions. While Mr. Miller can’t make you a lawyer, he’ll do his best to make sure you have enough understanding that you can make an educated decision about your estate plan.. Further, Mr. Miller believes that the client should feel completely free to ask questions and not be “talked down to”, no matter how large or small, about the estate planning process. Most of Mr. Miller’s estate planning work is on a flat-fee basis; meaning that the client is not spending billable hours on questions.. Also, Mr. Miller believes an important quality of a professional is being able to say “I don’t know” if a person doesn’t know an answer. This means that he does not like to “shoot from the hip” and guess when it comes to your legal matter; if there’s doubt on an answer, Mr. Miller prefers to research the question and come up with the best answer under the law and available facts. Frequently, there is no extra charge for this assuming the work falls under the scope of a flat fee agreement. Even if there is a charge, Mr. Miller will help the client determine first if there is actually a need to research the answer to that question before spending the client’s valuable resources.. Mr. Miller further believes that a law firm lives or dies by receiving referrals from satisfied current and former clients. Mr. Miller wants to know immediately if you’re unhappy or don’t understand an aspect of the process. Mr. Miller wants to fix any unhappiness as well as teach you so you can understand the process. If you’re not willing to give us positive referrals, we want to know why so we can fix the issue for the future, and to see if there is any way to “make things right” with you. We are realists and know that not every single person can be happy; but, we want to try our best for you.. Finally, Mr. Miller believes that the estate-planning client should not be surprised or angered by the lawyer’s bill. The client should know relatively close, what the anticipated attorney’s fees and expenses should be at the beginning of representation. Because Estate Planning practice rarely involves the court, the attorney’s fees and expenses are more accurately estimated. While there are still some unknowns that can increase fees beyond the initial estimate, the costs for those unknowns and what is an ‘unknown’ will be communicated and dealt with in the fee agreement between lawyer and client so there are no big surprises. Most flat fee work will have small or very controllable unknowns; or, the unknowns can be investigated easily before signing the fee agreement.. Mr. Miller is a born-and-raised Texan. He graduated from Arlington High School in 2001. He attended UT Austin and earned a BA in Biology in 2004. He earned his JD from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2010 (formerly Texas Wesleyan University School of Law), which he attended on a partial academic merit scholarship. He graduated cum laude and was a member of both Phi Delta Phi and the Law Review.. After law school, Mr. Miller entered private general civil practice, helping clients in estate planning, probate, family, and small-business law. Mr. Miller quickly identified his passion for estate planning law.. He is a past officer and board member of Rotary Club of Arlington North and is a Paul Harris Fellow. His volunteer activities have included Rotary, Dental Health for Arlington, Autism Speaks, Special Olympics, Meals on Wheels, Young Men for Arlington, Arlington Young Lawyers Association, Legal Aid of North West Texas, and serving as a City of Arlington Teen Court Judge.. Mr. Miller is married to Dr. Haylie Miller, a psychology researcher studying autism at UNTHSC in Fort Worth, TX. They love their terrier-mix dog named Roly Cornelius Poly and they are expecting their first child named Thomas in July, 2015. In his free time, Mr. Miller enjoys UT football, photography, computers, cooking, science-fiction novels, and aquariums.

Mona has been practicing law since 2010, specializing in estate planning, real estate, and small business matters, with a focus on protecting clients' legacies, and assets. She specializes in estate planning by creating personalized Wills, Trusts, and Healthcare Directives that protect family wealth and ensure clients' wishes are a real estate attorney, she handles all aspects of real estate law, offering expert counsel on transactions, property rights, and legal matters related to both residential and commercial properties. She also offers legal counsel on residential and commercial transactions, landlord-tenant matters, and serves as outside general counsel to small businesses, advising on legal compliance and future planning.

Mark Cummings practices in the following areas of law:. Criminal Defense (includes felonies, sex crimes, possession of controlled substance, assault and battery, and serious traffic matters including hit-and-run, DUI/DWI, and accident related offenses). Personal Injury. White Collar Crimes. Wrongful Death. Legal Malprice. Commercial Litigation/Breach of contract. Expungement. Estate Administration. Defamation. Education:. Marshall-Wythe School of Law; International School of Law, J.D., 1978, University of Virginia, B.A., 1973; College of William & Mary. Admitted:. 1978, Virginia; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Virginia Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, District of Columbia; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Memberships:. Arlington County Bar Association (Director, 1987-1989; President, 1990-1991; Member, Judicial Selection Committee, 1993-2002; Arlington County Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 1990—present; Chairman, 2001-2002) and Virginia Bar Association (Member, Judicial Selection Committee, Federal Judiciary 2003—present); Virginia State Bar (Bar Council, 1995-2006; 2007-2013); The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, District 12, 2001—present); American Association for Justice (2015-present.). Biography:. Delta Theta Phi. Articles Editor, International School of Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: “Enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission Act: Does the Consumer Have a Private Right of Action in Federal Court?” ISL Law Review, Vol. 2, page 99, 1977. Adjunct Professor, George Mason University School of Law, 2000—present.. Representative Cases:. United States v. W. Mark Felt and Edward S. Miller, Crim. No. 78-00179 (D.C. D.C., 1980); Coleman v. Hogan, 254 Va. 64, 486 S.E.2d 548 (1997); Weimer v. Commonwealth, 5 Va.App. 47, 360 S.E.2d 381 (1986). Espinozo v. Hillwood Square Mutual Association, 525 F.Supp. 559 (E.D.1981). Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail Road v. Davis Industries, Inc. 787 F.Supp. 572 (E.D. Va. 1992).

James F. Anderson was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. He attended George Mason University's School of Law, where he focused his studies on estate planning, contracts, business law, and tax law; earning his J.D. in 2008. In law school, he participated in the Legal Clinic for Assistance to Service Members and Veterans and continued to assist the Legal Clinic as a supervising attorney after graduation. Since graduating, he has volunteered with the Wills for Heroes programs in Prince William and Fauquier counties (benefiting local police and other first responders) and has regularly presented programs on both basic and advanced estate planning to organized groups and members of the general public. At Arlington Law Group, he has reduced his litigation practice in order to focus on estate planning, client focused negotiations, and the creation of contracts and a wide variety of dispute resolution documents.  He continues to apply the lessons that he learned as a litigator to try to minimize potential future causes of conflict, and create positions of strength for clients involved in ongoing disputes.

I am an active volunteer with The Arc of Northern Virginia and founded and serve as counsel for the Personal Support Trusts, a pooled special needs trust operating in Northern Virginia.  I am the Northern Virginai member of the Special Needs Alliance,  a national organization of attorneys committted to legal issues of disability.

I am a Partner at Jackson, Landrith & Kulesz, PC and practice estate planning, immigration, business and real estate law, with additional experience in commercial and corporate transactions, oil and gas supply chain management, and contract law.

Gosselin Law is a full service trust planning, probate, and elder law firm serving all of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Services include Medicaid planning; asset protection; probate administration; estate and tax planning; real estate and title insurance; guardianship and trust administration. Our primary office is located in Arlington, Massachusetts. Free telephone case evaluation. Call.. ---. Serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Mr. Gosselin manages one of the most dynamic elder law practices in the region.  He offers free case evaluations and his hourly rate is $675. per hour.. Attorney Gosselin's practice counsels seniors with long term care concerns and requiring elder law advice, ranging from emergency assistance with mental health matters (including guardianship) to Medicaid applications and appeals.. In addition to probate administration and elder law, Attorney Gosselin also manages a very successful real estate practice.  He has acted as counsel or closing agent in over twenty-five thousand real estate transactions and his firm regularly advises parties on purchase and sale agreements, mortgages, and financial and title disputes.. Attorney Gosselin lectures extensively on elder law. In addition to being called upon as a legal expert for such publications as Aging Well, The NRMLA Journal, The Boston Globe and others, Attorney Gosselin is part of the adjunct faculty at Suffolk University's Sawyer Graduate School of Management as a Professor of Finance. He offers in-service and continuing education courses to social workers and registered nurses.

Contested and uncontested probate and guardianships and estate planning for flat fees when possible. Offices in Dallas and Tarrant Counties.. We are a full-service probate firm -- including estate planning, guardianship, and probate. We strive to take the fear and unpredictability out of the legal process by being clear on our services and setting flat-fees whenever possible. We handle both planning and contests so we see, from first-hand experience, how to plan to avoid problems. Our goal is achieve the best result for the client, whether that means trial or resolution. In probate matters, the issue is always how to get the needed result for the least cost. To give clients ease of mind, we use flat-fee arrangements in almost all non-contested matters. In contested matters, we carefully work with clients to understand their goals, their budget, and pursue the strategy that gives that result. Many "probate" lawyers know the rules, but don't know how to win cases before a jury. If there is any chance that your case will be contested, I urge you to find a lawyer, like me, who is ready to win your case in court but willing to consider out-of-court settlement when appropriate.

Breanne W. Martin is a graduate of Seattle University’s joint degree program in which she obtained a Law Degree and a Master of Business Administration. In recognition of her scholastic achievements, Breanne received Dean’s List honors and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for legal writing. Breanne served as a contributing writer and editor for the Seattle Journal for Social Justice and was an active member of the Student Bar Association, Graduate Student Council, and Women in Business Association.. Prior to attending Seattle University, Breanne graduated cum laude from Portland State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing and advertising and a minor in communications.. Prior to joining Bailey, Duskin, Peiffle & Martin, P.S. Breanne gained valuable experience while serving as an intern with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General, King County Superior Court, and King and Snohomish County law firms.. In her spare time, Breanne enjoys traveling, camping, cooking, attending sporting events, and spending time with her husband and two sons.

Arlington, Virginia based attorney practicing for over two decades with solid litigation background, providing advice and counsel on business formation and strategy, contracts, estate planning and administration; and real estate matters, with strong negotiation, problem-solving and dispute resolution skills. Former counsel to a major U.S. Senate Committee.. Manning & Murray, P.C., is a boutique law firm located in Arlington, Virginia, that serves the entire Northern Virginia community and focuses on wills and trusts, estate planning, estate/trust administration and elder law. Our firm's concentrated practice enhances our ability to provide high quality legal services in a personal yet professional manner and at a reasonable cost.