Located in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Griffin Law Offices’ staff of 7 include an attorney, 4 paralegals, an office manager and an office assistant.

Committed to Community

Griffin Law Offices has been committed to the community for the past 29 years.
Compassionate commitment to community is nothing new, but it is more essential than ever in this fast-paced, global era; we need roots and not just routes.

Firm Profile

Carl R. “Chip” Griffin and his paralegals focus on real estate, estate planning, elder law, and estate administration.

The real estate portion of the practice includes all areas of real estate form contract to closing, as well as title insurance, general real estate planning, and land use issues. Real estate work incorporates drafting contracts, counseling clients, preparing deed, examining titles, and issuing title insurance. Representative title insurance companies are First American Title Insurance Co. and Ticor Title Company.

Estate planning identifies estate planning goals and objectives. It also includes estate planning documents, such as wills, power of attorney, health-care directives, living trusts, and all of the steps necessary to properly re-title assets. Estate tax planning can be significant part of the estate planning process.

Elder law work concentrates on assisting people to plan long-term care, both well in advance and crisis situations.

Estate administration includes probating the will, administering wills and trusts, working on payment of bills and facilitating the accounting and distribution of assets, and preparation of Maine and Federal estate tax returns.

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