Best Law Firms in North Carolina for Trusts and Estates

Founded in 1982, Culp Elliott & Carpenter is a dynamic law firm with a focus on entrepreneurs, growth-oriented businesses, and high net worth individuals. The foundation of our success is our sophisticated tax and family estate planning practices. Over the past three decades, our firm has grown to become one of the most highly respected tax law firms based in the Southeast. We have a culture of staying abreast of ever changing tax laws and diligently representing clients so they pay the least amount of taxes legally possible. We are recognized by clients for our ability to creatively identify innovative and effective solutions to complex tax, legal and financial problems. We feel that our passion, experience and expertise in these areas are unmatched.

Our Work
Clients turn to CEC when they face their most challenging issues. We have built our reputation on providing innovative, efficient, effective and responsive legal counsel through an integrated platform. This translates into creative, high-quality services delivered at a fair and reasonable cost.

Our Team
In order to provide our clients with solutions to their toughest problems, we invite only the most qualified and creative professionals to join our firm. We have a multi-disciplinary practice of attorneys, certified public accountants and tax consultants, which provides us with a broad and deep pool of tax, legal, financial and accounting talent. Our lawyers have received professional recognition for their accomplishments, some of which include North Carolina Super Lawyers, Business North Carolina Legal Elite, The Best Lawyers in America and Worth Magazine Top 100 Attorneys in America. We are active in the professional community as authors and speakers on a variety of topics and regularly receive national recognition for our expertise.

Our Business Model
Our clients benefit from the fact that our attorneys, certified public accountants, and tax consultants operate from a single office. State of the art technology allows us to operate effectively on a national basis. Our one-office model aids collaboration, communication and efficiency – all of which contribute to the delivery of excellent integrated services. The low overhead of our one-office model allows us to provide services more cost-effectively than larger law firms employing a multi-office, high overhead business model.

Our Goal
Our goal is to provide you with cost-effective integrated services at the highest level. Regardless of you or your organization’s needs and challenges, our firm stands ready to assist you by providing innovative, efficient, effective and responsive services. We invite you to contact us to discuss how you or your organization can benefit from the integrated services offered by CEC.

North Carolina Attorneys
At Nicholls & Crampton, P.A., our experienced, versatile attorneys forge lasting relationships with our clients, based on earned trust and proven performance.

Attorneys
Our attorneys have a wide range of experiences and honors. Some members of our firm hold leadership positions in state and local bar associations. Others have been law clerks for prominent judges. In addition, some of our lawyers are certified in their specialties by the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, and list government agencies on their resumes. We put this experience and education toward achieving the best possible results for our clients.

Guiding Principles
Our staff and attorneys believe in providing excellent service within the context of a small law firm to keep client costs reasonable. Our high-quality service includes ongoing communication with clients, sound advice, and personal attention to client concerns. We are proud to be held in high regard by our colleagues in the legal profession, and work hard to maintain our reputation as one of North Carolina's pre-eminent small law firms.

Providing Experienced Legal and General Business Counsel Since 1978
We are a Raleigh, North Carolina-based law firm providing a wide range of family law, personal injury, real estate, estate planning and administration, and business litigation services in the Research Triangle area. Practicing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Contact us for an initial consultation. Call 919-827-0994.