About Us
We Build Estate Plans That Actually Work
A husband and wife estate planning firm serving Georgia families since 2020.
Melissa Breyer, Esq. — Georgia Estate Planning Attorney at The Hive Law
Melissa Breyer is a Georgia-licensed estate planning attorney who drafts every plan personally at The Hive Law in Buford, GA. She handles revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and elder law planning for families across metro Atlanta and greater Georgia. There are no templates, no junior staff handoffs — just a complete estate plan reviewed and signed by Melissa.
Why The Hive Law Exists
Most estate planning firms hand over a set of documents and consider the job done. But a signed trust that has never been funded does not protect your family. Accounts still in your own name go through probate. Property that was never retitled goes through probate. The document may be legally valid, but a document alone is not a plan.
We have watched this play out in our own family. Shawn’s great-grandfather owned 300 acres that had been in the family for generations. He remarried late in life, left the land to his new wife, and the family lost it entirely. A great-uncle put his daughter’s homes into a trust before she married. When she went through a divorce years later, those homes could not be touched. Same family. Completely different outcomes. The difference was whether the plan was built correctly and funded completely.
Shawn’s grandfather built a trust specifically to avoid probate, then forgot to update a beneficiary designation on one life insurance policy. His grandmother still had to probate the estate. His grandmother later developed dementia. She had refused to do any planning while she was well, and the family had to go through guardianship and conservatorship court just to care for her. Three separate situations. Three families left dealing with courts, fees, and losses that were entirely avoidable. That is what The Hive Law was built to prevent.
Like most parents, we are always thinking about our children and how to make life easier for them down the road. The last thing we would ever want is confusion or chaos for our boys. Melissa was wonderful to work with from start to finish. She is knowledgeable, patient, and genuinely cares about the families she serves.
Meet Melissa Breyer
Melissa Breyer is a Georgia estate planning attorney. She personally designs every estate plan The Hive Law builds. She does not pass work to associates or junior staff. Every client works directly with Melissa from the Family Protection Audit through the signed trust.
Melissa graduated from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta and has nine years of experience in estate planning. She works exclusively on trust-based estate plans and LLC formation. That focus means the attorney handling your plan has spent her entire career doing this specific work, not rotating through practice areas.
Melissa reviews your assets, your family situation, and your goals before recommending anything. She walks through every option with you, explains the tradeoffs of each, and lets you decide what is right for your family. If a trust is not the right fit for where you are right now, she will tell you that directly. No one here is going to talk you into something you do not need.
Our experience with The Hive Law has been excellent. Shawn and Melissa have been professional, responsive, and thorough, and the virtual process worked surprisingly well. Everything was clearly explained, and we feel confident in the plan we put in place.
Meet Shawn Breyer
Shawn Breyer runs operations at The Hive Law. Before starting the firm, he worked as a project mechanical engineer, designing robotic assembly lines and installing antenna measurement systems for military equipment around the world. That career was built around one standard: the system either works correctly every time, or it fails when it matters most.
He brought that same standard to how The Hive Law operates. Every part of the process, from the Family Protection Audit to the Funding Checkup, is built to function as a complete system. Nothing is handed off. Nothing falls through the cracks. Shawn handles every first conversation with a new client, walks them through the process, and answers every question before the legal work begins.
You may know Shawn from social media. He creates content from home on their small farm, covering estate planning topics in plain language for an audience of over 121,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. The farm is home to sheep, goats, chickens, geese, and rabbits, and has been a fixer-upper project since they bought it. Their five-year-old daughter has named most of the animals and regularly carries the chickens around the property as if it were a full-time job. Their two-year-old son’s single greatest ambition in life is to ride the tractor, which he requests every day without exception. A third child is on the way later this year. Estate planning is personal work. For Shawn and Melissa, it starts at home.
How We Work
The Hive Law is a husband and wife firm. Shawn handles the first call and runs operations. Melissa designs and builds every estate plan. Every client works with the same two people from the first meeting to the final signature. Nothing is handed off to a junior associate. Nothing is templated without being reviewed line by line.
We work with a limited number of families each week. Every part of our process is documented, every step is timed, and every plan is checked before it is delivered. That is why the Family Protection Audit exists: to see whether we are the right fit for your family before anyone commits to anything.
Who We Serve
The Hive Law serves Georgia families. We work with clients across Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Cherokee, Hall, and every surrounding county. Most of our clients meet with us virtually. We designed the process so you never have to drive downtown, pay for parking, or take a day off work to build a plan.
We are not the right firm for every family. We are the right firm for Georgia households that want careful, thorough work from a husband and wife team who take the responsibility personally.
Melissa Breyer
Georgia Estate Planning Attorney
Melissa Breyer is a Georgia estate planning attorney who works exclusively on trust-based estate planning and LLC formation. She personally designs every plan at The Hive Law and handles every client consultation herself. Every plan is built from scratch for your specific family, your specific assets, and your specific wishes.
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What Our Clients Say
After my father passed away, my mother had to rely on my father's employer to navigate the estate. It was a disaster. After this experience, I knew I needed a plan. I turned to The Hive Law to set up a trust. I no longer have to worry about my wife and children going through a difficult process if something happens to me. I highly recommend The Hive Law!
My biggest fear was that if I died first, my wife would have no idea how to navigate the estate and legal system. I reached out to The Hive Law and they put my mind at ease immediately. Their process is easy to follow and they took care of everything. The Hive Law is the best decision I've made for my family's future.
Working with Melissa Breyer to set up our Living Trust was a wonderful experience. She and her entire team were knowledgeable, professional, and made the whole process easy to understand. I highly recommend The Hive Law for all your estate planning needs!
We highly recommend Hive Law. They were extremely helpful and professional in guiding us through the process of creating a Revocable Living Trust. Melissa and Shawn were thorough, answered all our questions, and made a potentially confusing process easy to understand.
The Hive Law made the entire estate planning and trust process easy to understand and stress-free. Melissa and Shawn walked us through every step and answered all of our questions. We feel confident that our family is protected. Highly recommend!
My mom chose The Hive firm to help with estate planning after my father passed away. They were very thorough in explaining every step of the process. They made a difficult time much easier to navigate. I highly recommend The Hive Law for anyone needing estate planning services.
I used The Hive Law to help me create a trust for my family. The process was straightforward and Melissa and Shawn made sure I understood each step. They were responsive to all of my questions. I feel much more confident about my family's future now. Highly recommend!
Working with Shawn and Melissa at The Hive Law has been a great experience. They are very knowledgeable and took the time to explain all of our options. They made the process of setting up a trust simple and stress-free. I would highly recommend them to anyone needing estate planning.
The Hive Law Firm, and specifically Melissa, has been wonderful to work with during our estate planning process. She is knowledgeable, patient, and thorough. She answered all of our questions and made the process easy to understand. I highly recommend The Hive Law!
Shawn and Melissa were amazing to work with! My partner and I recently bought a house and wanted to get important things like wills, healthcare directives, etc. set up. They were incredible at answering all our questions and working with us to make sure we felt confident in all of the legal aspects. Having tried to do this online before with one of the DIY tools, it was just an amazing experience to get to talk through what we wanted with a knowledgeable human and have them take care of the details.
Hive Law was awesome to work with! Melissa and Shawn explained everything, kept things stress-free, and were always quick to respond to my questions. They made the whole process simple and smooth from start to finish. Highly recommend if you want a team that's knowledgeable but also easy to work with.
I lost my father in February of this year without any estate planning in place. The process of dealing with the probate court has been overwhelming and expensive. After this experience, I contacted The Hive Law to set up a trust so my children never have to go through what I've been through. Melissa and Shawn were compassionate, knowledgeable, and made the entire process simple. I highly recommend The Hive Law!
I used to know the bare minimum about probate and trust. I first encountered Shawn Breyer on Facebook. He was offering a webinar that I watched. That gave me a better understanding of probate versus trust. I was impressed enough to have him and his wife represent me. I had my initial one on one interview with Melissa Breyer, it went smoothly and she made everything clear. We are now proceeding with getting a revocable trust in place.
The Hive Law has been amazing throughout the process of setting up our trust. Every detail is considered and no stone is left unturned. They have been easy and enjoyable to work with. I would absolutely recommend them! Don't let your estate be turned over to Probate!!
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A conversation with Shawn. You'll walk away knowing what your family needs and what it costs. That's it.
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