McCarthy & Akers, PLC

This law firm focuses on estate planning. It serves clients across the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia, including families and small businesses. Services include revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, special-needs trusts, trust funding and titling, wills, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives. The firm also offers Medicaid and long-term care planning, elder law, and asset protection. For businesses, it provides succession planning that can address ownership transfers, generational succession, tax strategy, and continuity. The planning process starts with understanding a client's goals, then developing and reviewing a plan before guiding clients through signing and next steps. The firm provides notary and witnesses for execution and supports trust funding. Flat fees are agreed before work begins.