Estate Planning

A Leading Saint Paul, Minnesota Law Firm

Estate Planning and Probate

The St. Paul, Minnesota law firm of Nolan, MacGregor, Thompson & Leighton helps families preserve assets, reduce estate taxes and provide for their children and heirs through estate planning and administration services.  We help clients in St. Paul and throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Metropolitan area and greater Minnesota.

Estate planning is more than just the transfer of money and assets to children and other loved ones after you die. A good estate plan goes much further. We will help you plan not only for the transfer of your wealth through wills and trusts, but also for the protection of your accumulated assets during times of incapacity.  We create financial powers of attorney to enable trusted family members to retain control of your important assets to protect them from loss if you should become incapacitated.  We also help clients write living wills and health care directives.  These documents allow you to determine, while you are still healthy and competent, what steps should be taken to sustain your life should your health deteriorate.  For your beneficiaries, we can create trusts so that the wealth you pass on to them is protected from bankruptcy, divorce, judgments, and unforeseen circumstances.

We focus on providing a personalized estate plan that is tailored to your family and your financial circumstances.  Estate planning is an ongoing process. Your estate plan will grow and change with you as your circumstances change. We can help you set up guardianships and conservatorships to plan for the care of loved ones.

We also represent clients in probate proceedings, paying legitimate bills and expenses and distributing the remainder of the estate according to the terms of the decedent's will.  Good legal advice and guidance can expedite the probate process, prevent costly errors, and protect the executor from being sued.

Individual Attention by Experienced Lawyers

Nolan, MacGregor, Thompson & Leighton
710 Lawson Commons
380 St. Peter St.
St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: (651) 227-6661
Fax: (651) 225-9215