Lancaster Probate and Estate Planning Lawyers

Elder Law - Family Law - Business Law - Tax Law - Personal Injury

If you are looking for an experienced lawyer, May, Metzger & Zimmerman, LLP can assist you. We have been serving the Lancaster County community and surrounding areas since 1929. We provide personal service, skill and efficiency at an exceptional value large-city firms simply don't offer. Contact our Lancaster County attorneys to discuss your situation.

Our probate law firm does far more than the following practice areas we concentrate in. As a general practice firm we have the resources to effectively assist our clients in a wide range of legal matters, including:

Probate and estate administration: The firm has a large estate practice. Estate accounts are updated on a daily basis. Whether large or small, estates are settled and distributed efficiently. We ensure that all deadlines are met and discounts on inheritance taxes are received wherever possible. We give equal attention to estates of all sizes.

Estate planning: We draft wills, healthcare directives, living wills, letters of attorney, and family business succession plans.

Trust law: Our extensive experience includes help in establishing and administering trusts including traditional, charitable and special needs trusts.

Elder law: We offer families help in caring for elder family members, including managing financial affairs, making healthcare decisions, preserving assets against future costs, arranging nursing home or assisted living care, Medicare and Medicaid planning, and insurance and tax planning.

Family law: We are experienced attorneys who assist with all aspects of family law, such as adoption, divorce, and child custody.

Guardianships: We provide help in setting up legal guardianships which allow one family member to make decisions for another who may be incapacitated or too young to address issues related to medical care, money, property, and avoiding theft or fraud.

Personal Injury: When people in Lancaster and the surrounding communities are injured, our firm is ready to help them recover compensation for injuries and damages caused by auto accidents, fall on dangerous property or business premises, defective products, assaults and more.

Real estate: Our work includes handling land use and zoning issues, residential and commercial real estate transactions, title searches and the issuance of title insurance policies.

Tax law: Our firm assists individuals, businesses, and estates with state or federal income tax returns, inheritance and estate tax returns, and representation before the IRS with regard to audits as well as offers in compromise.

Business law: We assist clients with their businesses including business formation, incorporation, sales, mergers, acquisitions, successions, and business litigation.

Motor Vehicle Code: We defend individuals who have received traffic citations, speeding tickets, stop sign violations, traffic signal violations, and commercial driver citations.

Other civil litigation: We represent parties to civil disputes such as business litigation, appeals from probate, Orphans' Court litigation, breach of contract, real estate disputes, family litigation, and other civil disputes. Experienced and Efficient Representation

At May, Metzger & Zimmerman, we offer extensive experience and significant value to our clients. We are efficient in the resolution of legal matters and responsive in tending to clients' needs. For skilled representation with these and other practice areas, call us to discuss your case.

Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the attorneys at May, Metzger & Zimmerman, LLP serve clients throughout South Central Pennsylvania, including Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Manheim, New Holland, Hershey, Willow Street, Conestoga, Lebanon, Mount Joy, Columbia, York, West Chester, and Harrisburg, and the Main Line communities of Narberth, Upper Darby, Devon, Berwyn, Radnor, Villanova, Wayne, Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne and Downingtown.

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