About Us

Estate Planning Software for Advisors that's Been Proudly Independent Since 2021

“Independence offers the highest ROI that money can buy.”
– Morgan Housel, The Art of Spending Money

Since 2021, Encore's been on a mission to empower trusted advisors with the highest quality estate planning service so clients complete estate plans that protect what matters most.

Matt Morris and Mike Bennett, Co-Founders of EncorEstate Plans

The Client Estate Planning Gap

After hearing his aunt suddenly pass away without an estate plan in place, and seeing his cousins pick up the proverbial pieces, Matt Morris realized there has to be a better solution to ensuring everyone has an estate plan. And with his career in WealthTech serving financial advisors, Matt was surprised that such a solution didn't exist despite the fact that advisors have been helping clients with estate planning for decades and that existing solutions in DIY estate planning tools and local estate attorneys haven't closed the estate planning gap.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mike Bennett, an estate planner, has been passionate about estate planning since law school. But, he was frustrated at how as a solo estate planner, he could only help so many people get their estate plans done and that fighting the estate planning procrastination problem is a Sisyphean task at times!

After being introduced through mutual friends and commiserating, both Matt and Mike realized that the broken client estate planning experience could be solved by empowering advisors with the right technology. And thus, EncorEstate Plans was born. In Matt, Mike, and the Encore team's eyes, advisors are the key people to helping clients stop procrastinating on their estate plans and just getting their plans done.

Our Core Values

These values guide everything we do at EncorEstate Plans.

Advisors First, Always

We’re nothing without the financial advisors we support. We’re here to serve you. But, please don’t be rude.

Servant Leadership

We put ourselves last to maximize the opportunities for those we serve.

Partnership

Our advisors can trust us to build in their best interests and always make them look good in front of their clients.

Thoughtfulness

As a purpose-built solution, we create value by enabling advisors to create more value in their clients’ lives.

Meet the Team

The people behind EncorEstate Plans.

Matt Morris

Matt Morris

CEO & Co-Founder

WealthTech background with a passion for helping financial advisors serve their clients better.

Mike Bennett

Mike Bennett

COO & Co-Founder

Estate planning attorney who saw the need for better tools to help advisors with estate planning.

Matt Pistone

Matt Pistone

CTO

Former Nitrogen/Riskalyze executive bringing enterprise-level technology to estate planning.

Michele Holmes

Michele Holmes

Director of Ops

Operations leader ensuring every estate plan is completed with quality and efficiency.

Daniel Michaelsen

Daniel Michaelsen

Team Member

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Marla Landa

Marla Landa

Team Member

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2025 Kitces AdvisorTech Study

RIAs' #1 Choice for Estate Planning Software

EncorEstate Plans is the #1 estate planning software for RIAs by market share (source: 2025 Kitces Report On Financial Advisor Technology Use, “The Technology that Independent Financial Advisors Actually Use and Like”)

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