The attorneys of Williams Coulson are highly renowned for their sophisticated estate planning and trust practice which focuses on the needs of high net worth clients and family-owed businesses. Working closely with private wealth advisors and other professionals, providing comprehensive service to private clients is a priority for Williams Coulson. The group’s expertise includes:

The attorneys at Williams Coulson have been advising clients in estate, probate and trust matters for more than 30 years. We are dedicated to offering comprehensive trust and estate-related services that span several generations for many families. We counsel clients with respect to business succession; charitable, estate and gift planning; estate and trust administration; fiduciary litigation and income tax planning and compliance. Our group practitioners have extensive experience in the field of trusts and estates and include members of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization of distinguished estate planners, Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh and a officer in the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Allegheny Bar Association Trust Law Committee. Our attorneys frequently speak and write on a variety of estate planning topics. Many of our group attorneys have earned advanced specialized LLM degrees in taxation, are certified public accountants and teach estate and gift taxation at an area law school.


Estate Planning & Trusts

The attorneys of Williams Coulson are highly renowned for their sophisticated estate planning and trust practice which focuses on the needs of high net worth clients and family-owed businesses. Working closely with private wealth advisors…

Business Succession Planning

Williams Coulson’s Business Succession Planning Group counsels owners of closely-held businesses on tax-efficient strategies for transferring ownership and management of their businesses to children or others. Members of the Business Succession Group…

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Charitable Planning

Williams Coulson provides charitable and other nonprofit organizations with comprehensive advice on all issues they might face, including organizational, compliance, planning, governance, tax, and employment issues. We regularly create…

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Estate and Gift Tax Planning

Williams Coulson Trusts and Estates attorneys counsel a variety of successful individuals, business owners, executives, professionals, investors and retirees on all aspects of estate and gift planning. We help clients develop estate plans that…

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Personal Income Tax Planning & Compliance

Williams Coulson counsels executors, trustees, beneficiaries and individual clients on many income tax issues that arise during the course of administering decedents’ estates and trusts. We also counsel clients on the income tax…

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