We are old, we have assets, we have no children. We finally completed our first set of estate planning documents, and we now have a trust with a pour over will. The bill was $3,200. I feel satisfied with the professionalism and thoroughness of our attorney and her staff. We didnt have anything unusual or tricky in our situation, but even then there is a LOT of details and contingencies to work through.
There is still a lot of work for us to do in populating the trust with assets. Ugh, but we will get through it and come out the other side and be better for it! Haha.
We know this wasnt the least expensve attorney, but I just wanted it DONE and I wanted to work with an attorney who was
1) in the city
2) not in a big downtown practice
And we found a perfect fit. She has a pretty nice suite of offices and a sizeable staff whoch is reflected in that price. But they cranked out the work and kept it moving.
Earlier we had started out with a family friend who was gearing up to add trust and will work to his law practice. He charged $2,000. But he was always busy and we couldnt get work completed from him, so we moved to another attorney.