Counsel your family can rely on

McCarthy & Akers traces its roots to 2005, when the firm began serving individuals, families, and businesses in the region primarily through estate planning and real estate law. In 2013, Matthew Akers joined Douglas McCarthy to form the McCarthy & Akers team that continues to serve clients today. Over the years, the firm grew and evolved alongside the families and communities it served, gaining experience across multiple areas of law.

That experience ultimately led to an intentional decision: to dedicate the firm's practice exclusively to estate planning. After more than two decades of helping clients navigate important legal and life decisions, we recognized that we could serve families best by focusing all of our time, energy, and experience on comprehensive estate planning.

Today, McCarthy & Akers is focused entirely on helping families plan for the future with greater clarity and confidence. Our trust-based estate planning approach looks beyond simply transferring wealth. We help clients think through incapacity, family protection, long-term care, legacy, and the values and traditions they want to pass on to future generations.

We believe good planning should go beyond the ordinary. It should be clear, easier to understand, and designed with the bigger picture in mind. That means looking several steps ahead, anticipating potential challenges, and developing solutions that help make life easier for our clients and their families, not more complicated.

At the heart of our work is a commitment to the people we serve. We strive to go above and beyond for our clients, communicate with candor, and treat every family with the care and attention we would want for our own. We recognize that these conversations can be difficult, but we firmly believe that an authentic, expert, and dedicated team will be an asset to every family as they build their legacy. Through our work, our goal will always be to strengthen our families, our clients' families, and the communities which surround us.