Estate Planning, Wills, and Trusts

Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC

West Virginia — Kentucky — Pennsylvania — Ohio

At Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC, we understand that our clients look to us to ensure that their wishes will be carried out after their lifetime. Taking this responsibility seriously, our attorneys advise clients on relevant estate planning issues and provide useful tools designed to preserve families' and individuals' financial resources. Our lawyers represent clients with both simple and complex estate planning needs — irrespective of the size of their estates — and prepare wills, trusts, and other appropriate legal documents, as needed, to reflect each individual clients' goals and their changing families or financial circumstances.

We offer estate planning and asset protection services regarding:

• Simple and complex wills
• Revocable trusts
• Irrevocable trusts
• Complex business valuations
• Business succession plans
• Living wills / health care directives
• Powers of attorney / durable powers of attorney
• Guardianships
• Conservatorships
• Estate tax planning
• Probate and estate administration

Regardless of the particular issues and needs involved with any one client's estate, our lawyers make certain they understand all of the options that are available to them and the various advantages and disadvantages associated with each one has before helping them to make an informed decision.

Estates-Related Litigation Services
Our estate planning attorneys also handle a variety of disputes and litigation related to estate planning and estate administration. These matters include heirship disputes, probate litigation, will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, professional malpractice claims, trust disputes, and claims of executor, estate administrator, or trustee misconduct.

Office Locations in Charleston and Morgantown, West Virginia

Contact Information

Related Practice Areas:
family law / appeals

Related Attorneys:
Bowers, Debra A. / McCuskey, Hon. John F. / Sears, Christopher J. / Miner, Margaret