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Capable Washington, D.C. and Maryland probate, estate administration, and Elder Law attorney

George Teitelbaum has been practicing law since 1983. For many years, he has concentrated his practice exclusively on probate, estate administration, estate planning, wills, trusts, and elder law. He was selected as the Washington DC attorney for several major legal service plans, including those of Chase Manhattan, American Express and Montgomery Ward, helping thousands of satisfied clients with their legal problems.  He has been a participating attorney with AARP, and does volunteer work for the Legal Counsel for the Elderly.

George Teitelbaum is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and in Maryland, but has handled matters in other jurisdictions such as Virginia, on a pro-hac vice basis when needed.

In his legal practice, he has taken many cases to trial when necessary, but has settled many hundreds of disputes to the mutual satisfaction of his clients, sometimes involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the process, He has handled cases in such areas of concentration as:

  •  Probate Administration
  •  Probate Litigation
  •  Elder law
  •  Estate Planning
  •  Conservatorships and Guardianships
  •  Guardianship Litigation
  •  Wills, Simple and Complex
  •  Will contest Litigation
  •  Testamentary Trusts for Minors or for Estate Planning
  •  Living Trusts, for Estate Planning
  •  Durable Powers of Attorney for Health or Financial
  •  Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, and Health Directives

Attorney Teitelbaum was the lead counsel for the landmark decision in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, in the case of In Re Mollie Orshansky in 2002. The Court of Appeals decided in favor of Mollie Orshansky, who was being forced into a nursing home by the District of Columbia Adult Protective Services, against her own wishes and those of her family, in spite of advance preparations she had made to be with her family in New York.

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George A. Teitelbaum

We offer a wide variety of estate and elder law services for clients throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland. For more information, please contact our law office today. Attorney George Teitelbaum also assists clients located out of state that may have legal issues in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Law Offices of George A. Teitelbaum
 
11141 Georgia Avenue, Suite 514
Wheaton,  MD 20902
Fax: 301-949-7657
(right next to the Wheaton Metro Station on the Red Line)
301-949-7656
 
1025 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1012
Washington,  DC 20036
Fax: 301-949-7657
(right next to the Farragut North Metro Station on the Red Line)
202-783-7177

 

Probate and estate administration, estate planning, and elder law attorney George Teitelbaum provides representation to clients throughout Washington, D.C., in all areas such as Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, George Washington University, Downtown, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Sheridan, Logan Circle, Mount Vernon Square, Shaw, West End, Barney Circle, Capitol Hill, Chinatown, Judiciary Square, Kingman Park, Navy Yard, Near Northeast, Penn Quarter, NoMa, Southwest Federal Center, Southwest Waterfront, Union Station, and the National Mall. Also, Suburban Maryland, including: Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Rockville, Bethesda, Aspen Hill, Gaithersburg, Olney, Leisure World, and Potomac. Attorney George Teitelbaum also assists clients located out of state that may have legal issues in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

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