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Firm Overview & General Information

Clarity Legal Group is a Chapel Hill, North Carolina law firm providing estate planning, elder law, probate, and trust administration services to individuals and families throughout the Research Triangle. The firm helps clients protect their assets, plan for the future, navigate estate administration, and address legal matters involving aging and long-term care.

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Legal Team & Professional Staff

The Clarity Legal Group team includes attorneys and professional staff who assist clients with estate planning, trust administration, probate, and elder law matters. 

Attorneys

• Mark O. Costley
• Margaret V. Costley 
• Jonathan D. Williams 
• Alan R. Dickinson 

Administration & Client Services

• Heather Reidinger 
• Elizabeth Turnbull 
• Kelleigh Smith 
• Brady Bowman 
• Ashlee Hicks-Scottland 
• Cecile Meredith
• Emma Denman 
• Grace Guy 

Practice Areas

Clarity Legal Group provides estate planning, elder law, Medicaid planning, probate, and trust administration services to individuals and families throughout Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle. Our practice areas help clients protect their assets, prepare for incapacity, navigate long-term care planning, and administer estates under North Carolina law. 

Estate Planning

Foundational legal structures and instruments that protect individuals, families, and dependents against incapacity while directing the distribution of assets:

• Estate Planning 
• Special Needs
• Wills 
• Revocable Living Trusts 
• Power of Attorney 

Probate

Legal counsel and administrative support for executors, personal representatives, and trustees tasked with managing, settling, and distributing assets following a death:

• Trust Administration 
• Probate 

Elder Law

Strategic legal planning centered on the financial, medical, and long-term care challenges affecting aging individuals and their families:

• Elder Law 
• Medicaid Planning 
• Long-Term Care Denials 

Business & Advanced Planning

Advisory services tailored to business owners, high-net-worth individuals, and philanthropists seeking tax-advantaged wealth preservation, entity succession, and structured giving:

• Charitable Giving 
• Business Succession Planning 
• Estate and Gift Tax Figures 
• Family Foundation 
• Family Limited Partnerships 

Client Resources & Educational Materials

Clarity Legal Group maintains a repository of informational materials, legal analyses, and public workshops created to guide individuals, personal representatives, and trustees through statutory requirements and planning decisions.

• Resource Center 
• Blog
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 
• Estate Planning Resources 
• Probate Resources 
• Elder Law Resources 
• Caregiving Resources Special Needs Planning Resources 
• Estate Plan Checkup 
• Estate Planning Guides & Reports 
• Consumer Resources
• Testimonials 
• Pre-consultation Form 

Events

Clarity Legal Group hosts educational workshops and presentations designed to inform North Carolina residents about estate architecture, asset preservation, and long-term care regulations.

• Seminars 

Website Utility & Compliance

Administrative notices, user agreements, and data privacy protocols governing online interactions with Clarity Legal Group.

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