Monks Law Firm, PLLC

We provide affordable wills, trusts and estates advice and documents, with a personal touch.

A goal without a plan is just a wish. With over 37 years of experience helping clients, Steve Monks is more than ready and able to help you NOW; don't wait till it's too late.    

Wills, Trusts and Estates, North Carolina and Texas

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At Monks Law Firm, PLLC, we provide the following legal services.

Wills, Trusts and Estates

  • A FREE consultation, during our regular working hours, to have a FREE simple will prepared for you. A simple will provides for one administrator/executor and an alternate and one beneficiary and alternate. There is a $50 consultation fee for evening or weekend consultations, but the will is still FREE.  
  • A complex will is a more thorough will which may also include a testamentary trust for the protection of your children. 
  • Special Needs Trust for the protection of your loved one’s with “special needs” upon your death.
  • Living Revocable Trusts, rather than a will, can save your family significant time and money
  • Gun Trust provides clear instructions for loved ones regarding what they can and cannot do if a gun owner becomes incapacitated; without a trust, family members may come into contact with restricted weapons, which could put them at risk of inadvertently violating federal or state law.
  • Land Trust for asset protections and privacy.
  • Irrevocable Trusts, to assist you with Medicaid planning and benefits. 
  • Limited and Statutory Durable Power of Attorney to determine who will make all other important decisions, other than your health, when you can’t. 
  • Health Care Power of Attorney to determine who makes medical decisions for you when you can’t. 
  • HIPPA Authorization to ensure that those you wish have access to your medical records. 
  • Living Will / Directive to Physicians expresses your “end of life” decisions to ensure those responsible understand your wishes.  We also provide a version which is consistent with the United States Council of Catholic Bishops
  • Designation of Temporary or Permanent Guardian or Conservator provides instructions about who will serve to be responsible for you or your children, if you cannot. 

General Legal Assistance

  • Our phone number, 919-213-8084, is also our text number; check it out. 
  • Fixed Fees for most legal services and consultations.
  • Pay for Estate Planning documents alone or in a bundle, only pay for what you need.  
  • Payment plans available.
  • Discounts available for cash payments, paying in advance and for members of some some special groups; ask about it.
  • $200 per hour for other legal services which is very reasonable compared with other lawyers of Steve's knowledge and experience.     
  • Weekend, Evening and House Call Consultations are available.
  • Incorporation, primarily as it relates to a land trust.
  • Demand (Attorney) Letters for when you need to let someone hear from your attorney.  
  • Small Claims advice or appearances in court for you.  
  • Civil Litigation
  • Collections and Collections Defense
  • Abuse, Neglect and Dependency cases.  We help parents whose children have been taken away from them by the State
  • Mediation
  • Latino Issues Steve and his staff speak Spanish.  We have assisted members of the Latino Community for many years.  We understand and are very familiar with the legal issues that uniquely affect this community.      

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Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer

About Monks Law Firm, PLLC

Are you confused by all of the options for estate planning for you and your family?  Do you know someone that you can talk to who can who can just tell it to you straight without costing you a lot of money?  That's what we do at the Monks Law Firm, PLLC.  In addition to assisting people with a few other areas of law, our primary objective is eliminate the confusion and help people get the advice they need to make the important decisions concerning estate planning and then to prepare the documents for that plan at a reasonable price.  That's why we do not charge an initial consultation fee for estate planning advice.  


It is estimated that only 1/3 of Americans have a will! Though we believe a simple will alone may not be your best option, it's better than nothing and may possibly be all that some can afford.  We are committed to helping everyone have the wills, trusts and estates advice and documents they need, and nothing more than they need, and at a price they can afford. That is why we provide a FREE simple will to anyone who schedules a consultation with us; and that consultation is ordinarily FREE too. To ensure you don't postpone this important matter, we offer consultations and service in the evenings, weekends and even at your home.  


The correct estate planning can save you and your loved ones money, time and hardship which is especially important when someone dies, whether expected or otherwise.  Do not postpone making these decisions until it is too late. Contact us today, we're here to help.  

Wills, Trusts and Estates Legal Team

Meet the team

Practicing law for over 37 years and licensed in North Carolina and Texas...

Steve Monks

Steve Monks

Owner / Manager

Born in Texas, I moved to North Carolina as soon as I could; apologies to my Texas friends and family. I've tried over 500 cases and handled thousands more. I have managed and worked in small and medium sized law firms, some with multiple offices. Now I'm a solo practitioner working out of my backyard “shoffice”. A shoffice is a shed that has been transformed into an office. This affords me the opportunity to assist with the care of my mother-in-law who lives with my wife, Yvonne and I, and who has Alzheimer's. My areas of practice have been diverse including Immigration Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Traffic Ticket Defense, General Civil Litigation and presently and primarily, Wills, Trusts, and Estates Law. I am a certificated mediator, continuing legal education presenter and I have published legal articles in various mediums. I have been the attorney and member of the board of directors for non-profit organizations, various businesses, have provided countless hours of pro bono services and have worked extensively with the group legal industry having served as a member of the board of directors of the Group Legal Services Association. And, I have been a defensive driving instructor, disc jockey and cheerleader for the infamous Phi Slamma Jamma basketball team; Go Coogs! "I may not have seen it all, but I've seen a lot".

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6613 Speight Circle
Raleigh, NC 27616

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