Firm Profile

Fortenberry Law Group is a boutique law firm with offices in Gulfport, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama. Our goal is to provide quality, specialized representation in the area of probate, trusts and estates, taxation, and nonprofit law. Jeramie Fortenberry holds a Master of Laws Degree in Taxation (LL.M.) and is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. We serve clients across the United States, affiliating local counsel where necessary to ensure efficient and effective representation.

Estate Planning Attorney Services

Estate planning is the process of helping structure your affairs so that your assets are preserved and transferred the next generation in the manner that you desire. A solid estate plan will smooth the transition of property at your death and ensure that your beneficiaries receive your property when and how you desire. Estate planning can also help reduce taxes that you pay at death and avoid the cost and hassle of probate.

Our estate planning attorney practices integrated estate planning, an interdisciplinary approach to estate planning that combines traditional “death planning” with planning to meet your lifetime goals. This approach recognizes that the preservation of your assets during your lifetime is as important as dealing with it at your death. The goal of integrated estate planning is to organize your assets and affairs in advance to provide for the possibility of incapacity or the need for asset protection.

Our trust and estate lawyer can help you reach your goals in a tax-efficient manner using a variety of techniques, including:

Probate Attorney Services

Fortenberry Law Group provides estate and probate-related legal counsel to clients from across the United States, with a focus on uncontested probate matters throughout South/Central Mississippi and South Alabama. Our probate attorney services include common and solemn form probate in Mississippi, formal and summary probate in Alabama, ancillary probate, intestate succession, and various alternatives to probate that may be available.

Our probate attorney can guide you through the Mississippi or Alabama probate process as quickly and cost-efficiently as possible. Here is how a probate attorney can help you:

• We offer a free telephone consultation with a probate attorney to help you explore the alternatives to probate. These alternatives may include a small estate affidavit, muniment of title, affidavits of heirship, or other mechanisms to avoid probate.
• If probate is necessary, our probate attorney can help you choose the probate process that fits your specific situation and goals. Choices may include formal administration, summary probate administration, ancillary probate, or intestate succession.
• Once decisions have been reached, our probate attorney will represent you in the probate process, including helping you obtain Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration (open the estate) and otherwise guiding you through the Mississippi or Alabama probate proceeding. The probate attorney will prepare the appropriate documents on your behalf and represent you before the court, usually without the need for you to appear in court or otherwise travel from out-of-state.

Contact us today to speak to a probate attorney about your Alabama or Mississippi probate needs.

Note: We routinely work with out-of-state clients to settle Mississippi and Alabama estates. In most cases, there is no need for you to appear in person in court or otherwise travel to Mississippi or Alabama from out-of-state.