Pricing
We strive to make our pricing fair and transparent. Whether your matter is billed on a flat-fee, contingency or hourly basis, you won’t run into surprises. Cost is laid out plainly in writing before the work gets underway.
Estate Planning
Trust-based estate plan (including trust, will(s), power(s) of attorney, medical directive(s) and related documents): starting at $4,500/couple, $3,500/individual, depending on the complexity of the estate.
Will-based estate plan (when a trust is not needed): starting at $3,300/couple, $2,400/individual.
A la carte instruments (like a power of attorney or deed): starting at $750.
Examples of factors that can make drafting your estate plan more complex: Having a blended family; owning more than one parcel of real estate; holding a mix of separate and community property; needing more than one trust (for example, a living trust for you and a special needs trust for a disabled child); or a language barrier.
Trust Administration and Probate
Trust administration: billed by the hour with a deposit.
Probate (when someone dies without a trust or with some property not titled to their trust or devised to beneficiaries): our fee is a percentage of the value of the property that must be probated, per California Probate Code section 10810 (4% on the first $100,000, 3% on the next $100,000, 2% on the next $800,000, and so on).
Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Litigation
We litigate most abuse cases on a contingency basis, meaning that our fee is collected at the end as a percentage of the damages recovered. If we do not recover damages on your behalf, you do not owe us any fee for our services. (Clients may still be responsible for certain expenses like court filing fees.)
For clients who need a restraining order, we charge a flat fee of $2,500 for preparing and filing the restraining order petition and bill subsequent time on an hourly basis.
If you need advice about a topic within our area of expertise, we can prepare an Opinion Letter for you. We bill this type of work on an hourly basis.
Opinion Letters
Other Services
We bill most other services by the hour. Our current attorney rate for most services (excluding litigation) is $375/hour. For more information, contact us for a consultation.
