The Myers family connection to Minnesota law reaches back to Thomas Myers I, who built Douglas Lodge at Itasca State Park in the early 1900s. Thomas C. Myers IV is a fourth-generation Minnesota attorney. His son, T. Corwin Myers V, joined the practice in 2020 as a fifth-generation Minnesota attorney. That lineage, visible in the firm’s current name and practice, is the longest continuous legal family tradition in the Hopkins community and among the deepest in the broader Twin Cities area.
Overview
Myers & Myers Attorneys at Law, formerly known as Berg Myers Law Offices, P.A., operates from Hopkins, Minnesota and serves the surrounding Twin Cities metropolitan communities. The firm traces its Hopkins presence to 1977, when Nelson Berg founded the original practice and served the community for 45 years. Thomas C. Myers IV returned to private practice in 2011 following a career in legal publishing, and he and Nelson Berg merged their practices in 2013 to form Berg Myers Law Office. When Berg retired in 2022, the firm was renamed Myers & Myers Attorneys at Law and continues to operate at the same Hopkins location.
The firm’s practice spans estate planning, probate and trust administration, real estate transactions, and small business law. It is a community-based practice with multi-decade roots in Hopkins and recognition from the Sun Sailor newspaper, which has named it Best Lawyer/Attorney in Hopkins based on reader votes.
The firm’s website is at https://tcmyerslaw.com/ and can be reached by email at [email protected].
Practice Areas
Estate planning is the firm’s primary area. Services include wills, powers of attorney, health care directives, revocable living trusts, transfer on death deeds, and trust administration. The full suite allows the firm to handle both the planning phase, when a client is establishing or updating their documents, and the administration phase, when a client is carrying out the terms of a deceased person’s estate plan.
Probate and guardianship work covers trust administration following a death, guardianship proceedings for individuals who need a court-appointed guardian for personal decisions, conservatorship proceedings for individuals who need a court-appointed conservator for financial decisions, and special needs trusts designed for beneficiaries with disabilities who need to preserve their eligibility for public benefits while holding inherited assets.
Real estate services cover buyer and seller representation for residential real estate transactions and limited commercial real estate work. This complements the estate planning practice, as real property transfers and beneficiary deed arrangements frequently arise in estate planning and administration.
Business law and small business services cover entity formation, including LLCs and corporations, with associated documentation such as articles of organization and member or manager agreements. The firm also handles small business succession planning and family business transitions, which connects directly to the estate planning work for clients who own businesses and need a coordinated plan for both their personal estate and the business itself.
Attorney Profiles
Thomas C. Myers IV is a partner and fourth-generation Minnesota attorney. He earned his BS in Accounting and Finance from Metropolitan State University and his JD from William Mitchell College of Law, now Mitchell-Hamline School of Law. After law school, he pursued a substantial career in legal publishing before returning to private practice in 2011. He merged his practice with Nelson Berg’s in 2013 to form Berg Myers Law Office. He is a member of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the Minnesota Bar Association. He is admitted to the Minnesota bar.
T. Corwin Myers V is a partner and fifth-generation Minnesota attorney. He joined the Berg Myers team in 2020. His law school and specific credentials are not publicly identified in available sources. He is admitted to the Minnesota bar.
Nelson W. Berg is Of Counsel and retired in 2022. He founded the original Hopkins practice in 1977 and served the community for 45 years before his retirement. His specific law school credentials are not publicly available. His Minnesota bar license is in retired status.
Location and Service Area
The firm’s office is at 9800 Bren Road East, Suite 290, Hopkins, MN 55343. Phone: (952) 935-3425. Email: [email protected].
The firm serves Hopkins and surrounding communities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Client Focus
Myers & Myers serves individuals and families in Hopkins and the broader Twin Cities metro who are planning their estates, managing real estate transactions, or establishing small businesses. The multi-generational attorney presence and the firm’s 47-year continuous Hopkins history make it a known quantity in the community for clients who value long-standing local representation.
Free consultations are available in person, by phone, or via video conference. This includes options for clients who may have difficulty traveling to the office or who prefer remote consultations.
Language capabilities at the firm are not publicly specified. Additional consultation and contact details are available through the firm’s website at https://tcmyerslaw.com/
FAQ
Does the firm offer free consultations?
Yes. The firm offers free consultations in person, by phone, or by video conference.
Can the firm handle both the estate planning documents and the administration after a death?
Yes. The firm handles wills, trusts, and related documents during the planning phase, and then administers those plans through probate and trust administration after a client’s death.
What is a transfer on death deed?
A transfer on death deed (also called a beneficiary deed in some states) is a real property document that designates who will receive the property when the owner dies, without requiring the property to go through probate. Minnesota allows these deeds. The firm prepares them as part of its estate planning work.
Does the firm handle special needs trusts?
Yes. Special needs trusts are designed to hold assets for a beneficiary with disabilities while preserving that person’s eligibility for needs-based public benefit programs like Medicaid and SSI.
What does the firm do for small business owners?
The firm handles business entity formation (LLCs and corporations), drafts operating agreements and related organizational documents, and assists with succession planning for small and family-owned businesses. Clients who own businesses often need their personal estate plan and business succession plan coordinated, which this firm handles within a single practice.
Closing
Myers & Myers carries nearly five decades of Hopkins practice under a name that has changed once but a community presence that has not. The fourth and fifth generation of the Myers family in Minnesota law, combined with Nelson Berg’s 45-year Hopkins foundation, gives the firm a continuity of local presence that is unusual in any legal market and distinctive in a community the size of Hopkins.