Why don't you ask your financial planner? They have spent the time vetting and weeding out the salespeople and the non-professionals and non fiduciaries.

Most of the estate planners are now order takers.

Sean Joyner
The Law Office of Sean Joyner PLLC
joynertrustlaw.com
contact@joynertrustlaw.com
(703) 485-8995
12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, suite 100
Reston, VA 20190

Sean runs a high-touch boutique estate planning practice based in Reston, VA serving clients throughout NoVa.

In Fairfax, so slightly outside your preferred areas but we had a good experience with

Geller Law Group, PLLC
4000 Legato Road
Suite 1100
Fairfax, VA 22033

Debbie Cochran. https://cochran.law/attorneys/deborah-cochran/

Wayne Zell in Reston was great when we did our trust/estate planning with our kids as the priority.

Kathryn D. Bigus
Attorney, Of Counsel
TATE BYWATER
2740 Chain Bridge Rd., Vienna, VA 22181
P: 703-938-5100
F: 703-991-0605
kbigus@tatebywater.com
www.tatebywater.com

great firm and not too expensive

My wife and I would like to find an estate lawyer in NoVa, ideally Arlington/Falls Church/Tysons, to help set up some will-related legal documents. If you had a good experience with one, we would appreciate hearing your recommendation.

Our situation is pretty straightforward, no complex financial circumstances, $4.5M in investment assets (and we both have life insurance FWIW). We have two elementary age children: one in 4th grade and another in 7th grade. So, our most pressing concern is ensuring we have their care covered for the next 10 years. If something happens to both of us, my wife's sister would become their guardian and help manage our children's financial decisions until they graduate from college. I don't know what needs to happen legally to set up that arrangement - but I'm sure an estate lawyer can help explain.