Jessica Mantekas
Jessica joined our team in September of 2024 as an experienced Estate Planning and Probate/Trust Administration Lawyer licensed in North and South Carolina. She brings a compassionate and relatable approach to working with clients and especially enjoys helping families navigate the probate process during times of grief.
Jessica was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. While pursuing her bachelor’s degree at Florida State University, Jessica interned at the county courthouse and worked with probation officers and state attorneys on criminal pretrial release and probation cases. While in law school at the Charleston School of Law in South Carolina, Jessica interned at Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services aiming to provide access to legal services to underprivileged families, and was then introduced to estate planning, probate, and guardianship work. During her final year of law school, Jessica enrolled in an Elder Law practicum under Charleston’s nationally recognized Judge Irvin Condon. She participated in Judge Condon’s Adult Guardianship and Assistance Monitoring Program by serving as a court monitor to ensure that adult wards under open guardianships were receiving good and proper care.
Upon graduating law school, Jessica moved to Clearwater, Florida and clerked for a well-recognized local firm focused on probate and trust administrations, estate planning, Veterans Affairs and Medicaid planning, and guardianships. Jessica then relocated back to North Carolina and gained additional experience in trusts and estates with two North Carolina-based firms prior to joining Cary Estate Planning.
In her spare time, Jessica enjoys dance, golf, watching football, and spending time with her family who immigrated to the US from Germany and Greece.
Areas of Practice
-Estate Planning
-Probate & Trust Administration
Bar Admissions
-North Carolina, 2021
-South Carolina, 2024
Education
-J.D., Charleston School of Law, 2018
-B.S., Florida State University, 2013
Professional Associations and Memberships
-Member, North Carolina Bar Association
-Member, 26th Judicial District Bar
-Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association