Comprehensive Estate Planning Made Easy.
Estate planning is more than documents; it’s about the plan for your assets, responsibilities, and legacy. We work together to develop instructions for how your important assets are managed if you’re not managing them, how your vital responsibilities are cared for if you’re not capable, and then how you wish to be remembered when you’re no longer narrating the story.
Living Trust Based Estate Planning
Advice and support beyond the basic documents so that which you hold dear will be managed with efficiency, love and grace.
Trust Administration
and Probate
Streamline your estate planning. Our efficient probate and trust administration services, ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Estate Integration Advisory
Ensuring your family is as ready for the money as your money is ready for the family. We start with a discovery process and facilitate a multi-generational and multi-advisory understanding of the mechanics of an estate plan.
Path to a Plan
Move from “What do I do?” to “Done!” in three easy steps
Schedule a Consultation
Call us or email to start a free, no-obligation conversation. We’ll get a good sense of each other, what kind of service is appropriate for you, pricing and next steps.
Design Your Plan
Develop the best set of instructions for your assets, responsibilities and legacy. Prepare the appropriate documentation, review, execute, and support follow-up.
Ensure a Successful Plan
Confidently organize necessary information and discuss your plan with those who will carry it out.
We’re here to help
Our team looks forward to putting our experience and passion to work for you and your family.
Let’s start the conversation
Working with us starts with a conversation.
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The entire estate planning experience from beginning to final document was easy. It was very easy to work with their team and to have my questions answered.
John A.
Michael Blacksburg is friendly, professional, astute, knowledgeable, and empathetic. Working through the complications of our estate planning was made understandable and smooth.
Demarest C.
Michael and his team are fantastic. Their work was timely, of high quality, and priced fairly. Michael did a great job incorporating my wife’s and my priorities, educating us about potential considerations, and explaining the estate plan that resulted from this process. They've gone above and beyond helping me navigate some complicated issues that arose when funding my trust.
Arthur R.
Michael's attention to detail and personal approach helped me realize a plan that truly reflects my values. His passion for estate planning brings humanity and meaning to what could easily be a stressful, morbid project. He and his awesome team also have great systems to move you painlessly through the paperwork. If you're looking for organized, efficient, and thoroughly knowledgeable, look no further.
Sierra F.
Excellent service and attention to deal. Michael Blacksburg and his team make the legal process easy and understandable. Their work is superior and they are excellent at client communication.
Lyn A.
Michael and his team took great care in the preparation of my family trust, and includes ongoing support for as long as I need. The process was relatively easy (as far as trust preparations go). I'll always work with Michael and am grateful for his help
Kenny H.
I had dreaded doing estate planning and put it off for years, but Michael Blacksburg made it understandable, easy and affordable. I felt listened to, well-counseled, and cared for.
Elinor M.
Excellent attorney to guide one through the complications of estate planning. Exceptionally easy to work with.
Demarest C.
We communicated by email, phone and Skype – without one single f2f meeting! Michael’s associate Louis was at the same professional level, and the signing of the final documents was as easy as was the whole process.
Emma K.
Blacksburg was a Boy Scout. Why is that relevant to an estate planning attorney? Because, he got his Eagle badge, he’s still trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, and kind. It’s these personal qualities that separate him from other lawyers just as knowledgeable or technically adept.
David G.
Michael was a knowledgeable, professional and extremely patient attorney. He explained things in common English, so the process made sense, and got very specific when necessary. In all, he took a painful process and made it as pain-free as possible.
Aman D.