Expert Law Attorneys has named The Law Office of Angela N. Manz the Best Estate Planning Firm of 2026 in this year’s ELA Awards. The Virginia Beach, Virginia firm earned the honor for helping clients plan for the future and protect their families.
About the 2026 ELA Awards
The ELA Awards recognize law firms across the United States for the quality of their work and the way they serve clients. Honorees stand out for focused experience in their practice areas, responsive client service, professional conduct, and commitment to the communities they serve.
Why The Law Office of Angela N. Manz Earned the Recognition
The Law Office of Angela N. Manz is an estate planning and elder law firm in Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving clients in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News. Founding attorney Angela N. Manz has practiced for over a decade and focuses on estate planning and on helping families obtain Medicaid and VA benefits for long-term care. She holds the Virginia Law Foundation’s Qualified Master Counselor designation in Trusts and Estates Practice, which requires a three-year course of study and is held by only a small number of attorneys in the Commonwealth.
She served on the Virginia CLE faculty in 2015 and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Elder Counsel and WealthCounsel. The firm handles wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, asset protection, Medicaid planning in crisis situations, care management, probate and trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and veterans benefits. It works with military families, blended families and LGBTQ+ families, and takes a team approach in which every member of the firm gets to know each client.
What the Award Means for Clients
People dealing with planning for the future often have little to go on beyond a website and a few reviews. Recognition in the 2026 ELA Awards gives them one more reason for confidence that The Law Office of Angela N. Manz takes its work and its clients seriously.