Personalized estate plans designed to protect your family and keep you out of court and conflict. We start by listening — then design a plan through our Life & Legacy Planning Process™, and we stay in the relationship every three years after. Proudly serving Northern Virginia and the D.C. region.
Many estate planning attorneys take a "one-size-fits-all" approach — they sell documents, not results. We do this differently. Whether you need a will, a trust, business succession, guardianship, or probate help, our practice is built for the long-term relationship.
Do you need a Will or a Trust? It's up to you. Our Life & Legacy Planning Process™ is tailored to your family — customized, not one-size-fits-all. We focus on outcomes, not documents.
Whether through illness, injury, or mental decline, anyone can need a guardian or conservator. We guide you through this complex and emotional court process — with care.
When a loved one passes, we help simplify the legal and administrative headaches you might otherwise face — with clear timelines, honest fees, and care.
Your business is meaningful. It supports the people you love and the people it serves. We help you organize, protect, and plan so it continues that impact beyond your lifetime.
A two-hour Life and Legacy Planning Session™. We map your family, your assets, and what you actually want — before mentioning a single document.
You see your options side-by-side with flat-fee pricing. You choose the plan that fits. We draft, sign, and fund it — including the parts most firms skip.
Every three years we sit down again. Laws change, families grow, assets shift. We make sure the plan still works — at no additional cost.
My husband and I had an excellent experience developing our estate plan with attorney John Heck. He exceeded our expectations in every way. We appreciate the comprehensive end product "estate notebook" and John's professionalism and attention to detail. We highly recommend John and his approach to estate planning.— Gail M. · ★★★★★ on Google
I'm an estate planning attorney, but I'm also a parent, a spouse, and someone who has watched friends lose months — and sometimes years — to probate court. Most of that pain is preventable.
So this firm is built around a simple promise: you'll always know what something costs before we start; you'll never sign a document you don't understand; and because lives don't stand still, every plan we build comes with a review program — every three years for all clients, every year for members of our FamilyCare Program — so it still works when your family actually needs it.