AUSTIN W. PROBST

Austin W. Probst is an attorney and shareholder at Kemp Klein Law Firm. His practice focuses on Probate, Estate, and Trust Administration, as well as Probate, Estate, and Trust Litigation, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Commercial Litigation, and Appellate Practice.

Austin represents families, individuals, and fiduciaries in resolving a wide variety of probate, estate, and trust disputes, as well as estate planning and Medicaid matters. He is skilled in all areas of probate, guardianship, conservatorship, estate, and trust administration and litigation. Austin advises clients on important financial and emotional matters with a balance of knowledge, sensitivity, and precision. His practice has taken him before both trial and appellate courts.

Austin is a graduate of Wayne State Law School and a recipient of the Law Dean’s Scholar Award, as well as the Bockoff and Mall Scholarship in Estate Planning. During law school, Austin contributed to the Wayne Law Review as the Senior Note and Comment Editor and interned for the Honorable Patrick J. Duggan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Austin is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Elder Law and Disability Rights Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Austin Probst was named a 2026 Up & Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, an honor recognizing outstanding attorneys in their first 10 years of practice who are establishing themselves as future leaders in the legal profession. The Up & Coming Lawyers program highlights attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishment, ambition, and dedication to the practice of law, as well as a meaningful impact on clients and the legal community.

Austin Probst has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2023 through 2025. Inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® is based on comprehensive peer-review surveys, which this year comprised more than 16.1 million confidential evaluations by leading attorneys.

DBusiness magazine recognized Mr. Probst as a 2025 and 2026 DBusiness Top Lawyer for his work in Trusts and Estates.

Mr. Probst has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for his work in Estate Planning and Probate in the 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions, an honor awarded to the top five percent of attorneys in Michigan. He also maintains a 10.0 Superb Top Attorney Rating with Martindale-Avvo.

Mr. Probst is a contributor to the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and serves as a Co-Editor and Chapter Author of the Michigan Guardianship and Conservatorship Handbook, Third Edition. His chapter provides an overview of guardianships and conservatorships in Michigan.

Books:

Michigan Guardianship and Conservatorship Handbook; Co-Editor and Chapter Author (ICLE)

Articles:

Snapchat, School, Free Speech and… Cheerleading?; Commentator

The COVID-19 Vaccine and Life Insurance; Commentator

What to Know About Gun Laws In The Wake of Oxford; Commentator

You Can’t Win Them All; Commentator