Probate Lawyers in Alabama | Compare & Hire

If you need legal help with probate matters in Alabama, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. Alabama attorneys handle cases involving estate administration, will contests, trust disputes, guardianship, and conservatorship proceedings, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Circuit Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

The statute of limitations for probate matters in Alabama is generally 6 years written, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Circuit Court, and Alabama's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The Alabama State Bar sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on probate in Alabama bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

The probate attorneys listed here practice throughout Alabama and can be filtered by location, reviews, and experience. Each profile includes practice area details, office locations, and client feedback. We recommend comparing several attorneys before making a decision — most offer free initial consultations, which gives you a chance to evaluate their approach and determine whether they're the right fit.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to probate law in Alabama for an in-depth look at Alabama's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Jared Dale Vaughn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jared Vaughn, Lawyer at Law
 612 S 4th St Gadsden AL 35901
(256) 547-4444
Birmingham School of Law (2006)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Agricultural Law Animal & Dog Law Antitrust Law
Susan Michele Schaefer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cardea Law Group, LLC
 P.O. Box 681586 Prattville AL 36068
(334) 440-6261
Valparaiso University School of Law (1985)
English
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Accredited Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Probate
Emily Hawk Mills - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cusimano, Roberts & Mills, LLC
 153 S 9th St Gadsden AL 35901
(256) 543-0400
University of Alabama School of Law (1999)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Divorce Estate Planning Nursing Home Abuse
Ken Guin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 229 19th Street West Jasper AL 35501
(205) 512-0304
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1984)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
James Guy Fullan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fullan and Fullan Lawyers at Law
 50 South Greeno Road Suite B Fairhope AL 36532
(205) 251-8596
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1985)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
James R Howison - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Stanton Law Office LLC
 807-C Shoney Drive Huntsville AL 35801
(256) 882-5673
Samford University (1999)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Collections Foreclosure Defense
Josh Pipkin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 116 S. Main Street, Suite 304 P.O. Box 310272 Enterprise AL 36331
(334) 348-1562
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (2006)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Sheila Crumley Field - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sheila Field, Lawyer at Law
 11 East 13th Street ANNISTON AL 36201
(256) 239-8000
Birmingham School of Law(AL)
Alabama Bar
Active License
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Criminal Law
Anne Wilson Guthrie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1308 Greensboro Ave Tuscaloosa AL 35401
(205) 349-2330
University of Alabama School of Law (1997)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Divorce Probate
Christopher S Hamer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC
 1801 Fifth Avenue North Suite 400 Birmingham AL 35203
(205) 324-4400
University of Alabama School of Law (2011)
English
U.S. Tax Court Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Construction Law
Christopher Kern - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 P.O. Box 48 Mobile AL 36601
(251) 438-4357
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1981)
US District Court Northern District Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Family Law
Derrick Blythe - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Derrick Blythe Attorney at Law
 151 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010
(256) 234-4101
Auburn University
Alabama Bar
Active License
Business Law Construction Law Divorce
Christine Hernandez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hernandez & Associates Law Office, LLC
 1850 Airport Blvd Mobile AL 36606
(251) 479-1477
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2002)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Criminal Law
Thomas R. Finley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lyle Johnson Lawyers
 455 Pine Street Fairhope AL 36532
(251) 929-8992
English
Florida Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Employment Law Estate Planning
Johnnie Franks Woodruff - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Woodruff & McCaney Law Office
 1604 Mockingbird Court Ste G Florence AL 35630
(256) 349-5370
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2005)
11th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Criminal Law Divorce
William Grady Nolan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1232 Blue Ridge Blvd. Hoover AL 35226
(205) 390-0101
Cumberland, Samford University(AL)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Elder Law Estate Planning Probate
Gary Stephen Wiggins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lawyer at Law
 1490 Northbank Parkway Suite 238 Tuscaloosa AL 35406
(205) 764-1262
Samford University
11th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Carmella Johnson Penn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Carmella Johnson Penn
 P.O. Box 5252 Union Springs AL 36089
(334) 750-4141
Alabama, University of
Alabama Bar
Active License
Business Law Criminal Law Estate Planning
Sean Hampton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hampton Law Offices
 5901 Airport Blvd, Suite 206 Mobile AL 36608
(251) 767-7266
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (2001)
Mississippi Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
John Finley Porter III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 123 East Laurel Street Scottsboro AL 35768
(256) 574-5156
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1975)
English
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Business Law Construction Law Consumer Law
Jason Dwight Duke - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Duke & Rudder Lawyers at Law LLC
 132-A East Peachtree Street Scottsboro AL 35768
(256) 999-0132
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Collections Criminal Law
Sara J. Doty - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sara Doty Lawyer at Law, LLC
 4725 Whitesburg Drive South Suite 202 Huntsville AL 35802
(256) 519-9970
Birmingham School of Law (2004)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Elder Law Estate Planning
Terrie A. Sadberry - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC
 7124 Stone Drive Suite B Daphne AL 36526
(251) 517-8201
Birmingham School of Law (2008)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law DUI & DWI
Ashley Marshall - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cranford Marshall Legal, LLC
 210 E. Grubbs St. #3 Enterprise AL 36330
(334) 417-0399
University of Alabama School of Law (2000)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Divorce Estate Planning
Brenton McWilliams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Brenton C. McWilliams
 25814 Canal Rd #5 Orange Beach AL 36561
(251) 215-9275
University of Alabama School of Law
Alabama Bar
Active License
Elder Law Estate Planning Probate
Kathy Long Skipper - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Kathy L. Skipper
 1901 Richard Arrington Junior Boulevard South Birmingham AL 35209
(205) 939-1010
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Bert Rice - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rice Law, LLC
 303 North Cedar Street Foley AL 36535
(251) 620-7650
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Construction Law Criminal Law Estate Planning
Baxter Bishop - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vaughan, Poe, and Bishop LLC
 507 Church St Mobile AL 36602
(251) 432-8883
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Estate Planning Municipal Law Probate
Brannan W. Reaves - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 105 Tallapoosa Street Suite 101 Montgomery AL 36104
(334) 264-9472
University of Alabama School of Law (2007)
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Construction Law Estate Planning
Janice Boyd Neal - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jan Neal Law Firm, LLC
 207 N 4th St Opelika AL 36801
(334) 745-2779
Jones School of Law
Alabama Bar
Active License
Elder Law Estate Planning Probate
Jonathan David Townsend - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cockrell, Cockrell, Townsend & Ritchey, LLP
 1409 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa AL 35401
(205) 349-2009
Samford University (2011)
Alabama Bar
Active License
Business Law Civil Rights Entertainment & Sports Law
Brennan Clifton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brennan Ross Clifton, Lawyer at Law
 11111 Hwy. 31 Suite C Spanish Fort AL 36527
(251) 422-6417
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
DUI & DWI Estate Planning Municipal Law
Malcolm S McLeod - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McLEOD & ASSOCIATES, LLC
 1980 BRADDOCK DR HOOVER AL 35226
(205) 930-1774
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Family Law Probate
William J. Miller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Miller Estate and Elder Law
 818 Leighton Avenue P.O.BOX 1732 Anniston AL 36207
(256) 241-6794
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1991)
11th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Elder Law Estate Planning Probate
Jason P. Bailey - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Browne House Law Group
 1924 7th Street Tuscaloosa AL 35401
20529352931005
University of Kentucky College of Law
English
Kentucky Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Employment Law Probate
Brian W Moore - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Brian W Moore LLC
 2740 Zelda Road, 4th Floor Montgomery AL 36106
(334) 293-0568
University of Alabama School of Law (2009)
English, Spanish
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama Bar
Active License
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Alyse Phillips Fowler - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Alyse Fowler Law
 415 Davis Street Post Office Box 647 Elba AL 36323
(334) 897-3413
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2014)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
William Terry Bullard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
W. Terry Bullard, P.C.
 707 W. Main Street DOTHAN AL 36301
(334) 793-5665
Cumberland, Samford University(AL)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Blake Alan Payne - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Blake Alan Payne
 1816 3rd Ave S, Suite 101 Jasper AL 35501
(205) 221-4660
Birmingham School of Law(AL)
Alabama Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
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