AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION
At Chris Pritt Law, we provide quality legal services in a wide variety of practice areas. These include:
Divorce
Child Custody
Child Support
Paternity
Wills & Trusts
Adoptions
Medical Powers of Attorney
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
Estate Disputes
Prenuptial Agreements
Durable Powers of Attorney
Property Deeds
“I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for all the care and concern you have shown me, and for working tirelessly to ensure that the law worked in our favor."
EM. G
Trust and Wills Attorney Charleston, WV
An Online Template Can't Do What a Custom Will or Trust Can
Estate planning means putting your wishes in writing now, so your family isn't stuck in court after you pass away.
If you own a home in Charleston, run a business in Kanawha County, or have spent decades building savings and assets, you need a plan built around your specific situation, not a generic form downloaded from the internet.
Chris Pritt Law works with Charleston-area families to create legally sound, personalized estate plans that keep assets out of probate court and put your wishes clearly on record. As a Charleston wills and trust attorney, Chris Pritt builds each plan around the client's unique situation, ensuring everything is in place for their wishes to be respected.
A Trust and Wills Attorney Dedicated To Keeping Your Legacy In Your Hands
West Virginia has default rules that decide who inherits your property if you pass away without a valid will. Those rules may not match who you'd actually choose. They also mean your estate goes through Kanawha County's public court process, which takes time and costs money, while your family is also handling the loss.
A properly drafted will states who receives your assets, names the person who will settle your affairs, and, if you have minor children, names who will raise them. A revocable living trust goes further: property held in a properly set-up trust passes directly to the people you name, without going through court at all. This option is recognized under West Virginia's trust law.
These aren't small details. They decide whether your family gets what you wanted, quickly and privately, or spends the next year or more sorting things out in court, something that could have been avoided.
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A will is a legal document that puts your wishes in writing and makes them enforceable. It tells the courts exactly what you want to happen with your property, your finances, and even your minor children when you're gone—so your family isn't left guessing, arguing, or at the hands of a legal process that doesn't know them.
Keep your family out of the extensive and frustrating process of probate while saving them from the mandatory trust fees and bonding costs that eat into an inheritance. Without probate, your assets will immediately be distributed to your chosen beneficiaries after your death.
An Online Template Can't Do What a Custom Will or Trust Can
Online platforms market themselves as fast, affordable alternatives to hiring an attorney. For some documents, that trade-off is fine. For a will or a trust, it can be costly.
For a will to hold up in West Virginia, it has to meet specific requirements: it must be in writing, signed by you, and, unless the entire will is in your own handwriting, signed in front of at least two people who are present at the same time and witness your signature together. A downloaded template doesn't check any of this for you. It can look complete and still fail the moment a court reviews it.
Beyond those basic requirements, a generic template also can't account for what you actually own. Real estate, a family business, digital accounts, cryptocurrency, and personal belongings with sentimental value each need their own approach for how they're passed on. A form built for everyone ends up built for no one's actual situation.
The mistake isn't buying a cheap template. The mistake is finding out it doesn't work after it's too late to fix.
Chris Pritt Law Builds Your Will or Trust Around Your Personal Circumstances, Concerns, and Goals
A Will, a Trust, or Both, Depending on What You Need
For many Charleston families, the right plan combines both: a will to cover anything outside the trust, name the person who will settle your affairs, and name a guardian for your children, paired with a revocable living trust to hold property and pass it to your family without going to court. For other families, a well-drafted will on its own does everything they need.
Choosing Who Manages Your Estate and Who Manages Your Trust
Chris Pritt also helps with decisions people tend to overlook: picking the right person to settle your estate without putting themselves at personal financial risk, and picking the right person or institution to manage your trust with both skill and honesty. These choices directly affect the people you're leaving things to, and they deserve more thought than a guess.
Your Medical Wishes, Documented Alongside Your Financial Plan
Chris Pritt Law's estate reviews go beyond how your assets are handled. They also cover documents that state your medical wishes if you're ever unable to speak for yourself, so those wishes are on record alongside your financial plan. Before any drafting starts, you get clear pricing and a clear timeline for the process.
How We Work Together to
Address Your Legal Needs
Schedule a confidential legal consultation
Meet with us to discuss your situation and explore your legal options.
Approve and begin representation
Once you’re ready, we’ll take action and advocate for your rights every step of the way.
Start building your will and trust
We'll create a customized plan for your case, ensuring every detail is covered.
Achieve your goals
With our support, move confidently toward resolution and a secure future.
Schedule a confidential legal consultation
Meet with us to discuss your situation and explore your legal options.
Create a custom legal strategy
We'll create a customized plan for your case, ensuring every detail is covered.
Approve and begin representation
Once you’re ready, we’ll take action and advocate for your rights every step of the way.
Achieve your goals
With our support, move confidently toward resolution and a secure future.
What Our Clients Say Working With Us
Esquire Pritt is a down to earth, very personable & approachable attorney. His moral & ethical code - as well as his faith in God - guides his decisions and solidifies his integrity. He will give you 100% every time.
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W. Todd. L.
We had a legal consultation a couple years ago and was very very pleased with the advise he gave us. Then we this past couple months we went back again and this time it was for my husband to adopt our oldest daughter. We were very very pleased. Mr. Pritt stayed in touch with us while waiting for the court date and and answered all of our questions. I would definitely recommend Pritt.
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Jessica M.
Chris Pritt is a great lawyer! He listened intently to my needs and was pleasant and easy to work with! Highly recommend!!
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Why Our Client's Choose Chris Pritt Law
There's a real difference between a document that technically exists and one that holds up when it matters. Chris Pritt is licensed in West Virginia and works regularly in Kanawha County's court system. He knows how local courts handle disputed estates, what the probate clerks look for when they review filings, and where generic plans most often fall apart.
Chris Pritt Law has helped Charleston families move real estate into trusts, protect family businesses from being forced into a sale, and work through the added complexity that comes with blended families and complicated beneficiary situations. That kind of local, hands-on experience is something an online platform can't offer.
An attorney who knows both West Virginia law and how Kanawha County courts actually work isn't just for large estates. It's the difference between a plan that works and paperwork that creates more problems than it solves. That's what a Charleston wills and trust attorney who practices locally actually offers.
Get In Touch With Pritt Law Today
Set up the right protection now, and the home, land, and savings you've spent a lifetime building stay with the people you intend to have them. Wait until a claim is filed, and the law may not let you fix it. Chris Pritt Law is located in downtown Charleston, a short walk from the Kanawha County Courthouse, serving families throughout Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, and Boone counties. The earlier you bring in an asset protection attorney, the more options remain to protect what's yours.
If you're ready to protect what you've built, contact Chris Pritt Law to schedule a consultation.
1012 Kanawha Blvd E 5th Floor
Charleston, West Virginia, 25301
Phone: (304) 720‐4412
Email: [email protected]
OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
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