Eleanor Carrington
Founding attorney
Eleanor founded the firm in 2015 to make estate planning a fixed price and a few video calls, not a series of office visits.
Eleanor drafts the firm's wills and trusts and leads most first calls. She spent her early career at a larger firm writing plans for families she rarely met, and started Carrington & Pryor to work the other way round: the same attorney from the first call to the signing, and a price agreed before the work starts.
She still reads every draft aloud before it goes to a client.
Focus
- Wills and powers of attorney
- Revocable living trusts
- Plans for blended families
Admissions and education
Bar admissions
Virginia
2004
Courts
All Virginia state courts
2004
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
2006
Education
J.D., University of Richmond School of Law
2004
B.A., History, James Madison University
2000
Languages
English
Memberships
Virginia State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section
Working with Eleanor
Eleanor's clients are mostly couples in their fifties and sixties, and adult children starting a parent's plan. She likes a plan that fits on one page of summary, and a binder the family can find.
Outside the office she volunteers at free will-signing days for first responders and teaches a community class on powers of attorney.
Book a video call with Eleanor
Tell us what you have and who you want to look after. You'll leave the call with a written flat-fee quote, and no obligation to use it.
The first call is free and doesn't make us your lawyers; an engagement letter does.