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A basic revocable living trust in Alaska costs roughly $3,300–$4,950 when drafted by an attorney, based on the typical 10-15 hours of attorney work at $330 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025. Online services offer trust packages for $300–$700, though they generally don't include attorney advice or review of your specific situation. See the Alaska trust cost calculator for a detailed breakdown.
Even if you create a revocable trust in Alaska, you generally still need a will — most commonly a "pour-over" will that captures any assets you forgot to retitle into the trust. Alaska also allows transfer-on-death deeds for real estate, which can move property out of probate without a trust. Whether a trust adds enough value over a will-only plan depends on your situation: real property, blended families, and out-of-state assets are the most common reasons. The trust-or-will tool walks through the decision.
Estate planning attorneys in Alaska average $373 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025 for wills and estates work. Flat-fee packages run roughly $1,119–$2,238 for a simple individual will and $3,300–$4,950 for a basic revocable trust. Online and DIY services cost $30–$300 for the same documents — see the will cost calculator for a side-by-side comparison.
Alaska has a generous small-estate threshold of $150,000. Estates under that line can use the Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property procedure, which is a form rather than a court case — most families can handle it without an attorney. For estates above the threshold, formal probate generally benefits from counsel because of the procedural overhead, even when nothing is contested. The Alaska probate calculator estimates total costs based on estate value.
In Alaska, the situations where retaining counsel is typically worth the cost are: blended families with children from prior relationships; ownership of a business, rental property, or significant investment assets; special-needs dependents who need a special-needs trust to preserve benefits; substantial property held in multiple states. If none of these describe your situation, the simpler online and DIY tools are often enough.
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Juneau estate planning firm serving clients statewide through Alaska's First Judicial District and remotely across the state. Handles trust administration, probate, and estate administration after a death, including fiduciary guidance, asset collection and valuation, beneficiary notification, and distribution. Works on a flat-fee structure agreed before engagement.
Location
8800 Glacier Highway, Suite 222Juneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907) 312-5436
Service Area
Statewide
Anchorage firm led by Constance A. Aschenbrenner, serving the Third Judicial District and clients statewide. Focuses on wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, special-needs trusts, and Medicaid and elder-law planning. Runs recurring estate-planning workshops both in person and online.
Location
P.O. Box 140842Anchorage, AK 99514
Phone
(907) 334-9200
Service Area
Statewide
Douglas-based virtual firm serving Alaskans statewide from Southeast Alaska's First Judicial District. Delivers flat-fee will and trust packages, each including a telephonic consultation with a staff attorney. Runs entirely through a virtual office to keep estate planning affordable across rural and remote Alaska.
Location
P.O. Box 240907Douglas, AK 99824
Phone
(907) 723-6844
Service Area
Statewide
Anchorage appointment-only firm working through the Third Judicial District probate court. Represents personal representatives in testate and intestate estate proceedings and trustees during trust administration, alongside flat-rate estate planning. The initial conference is free, and matters can be opened by phone.
Location
800 E Dimond Boulevard, Suite 3-396Anchorage, AK 99515
Phone
(907) 744-2739
Established
2017
Trusted Anchorage lawyers with over 65 years of combined experience specializing in estate planning, probate, elder law, and business law. Estate planning process typically takes 4-6 weeks.
Location
420 L Street, Suite 101Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone
(907) 375-0750
Kris Barnum's boutique legal services firm providing estate planning with offices in Juneau, Alaska and Whitefish, Montana. Former FBI special agent for a decade before returning to private practice.
Location
130 Seward StreetJuneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907) 723-6844
Juneau firm serving Southeast Alaska since 1977, handling matters before the First Judicial District courts, with a second office on the Kenai Peninsula. Prepares wills and trusts and assists families with probate and estate administration. Current leadership includes managing partner Gabriel E. Sassoon and partner Rachel K. Berngartt.
Location
9309 Glacier Highway, Suite A-201Juneau, AK 99801
Phone
(907) 789-3166
Established
1977
Solo Kenai practitioner serving the Kenai Peninsula and the Third Judicial District court in Kenai. Handles estate planning and probate alongside real estate and business matters. A local-anchor option for families needing basic wills and estate documents without engaging a larger firm.
Location
125 Trading Bay DriveKenai, AK 99611
Phone
(907) 283-8508
Service Area
1 county
Anchorage firm (BF Quackenbush Law) practicing in Alaska's Third Judicial District, with offices also in Washington, Oregon, and Texas. Its estate-planning department handles probate and estate administration, trust disputes and will contests, fiduciary-duty litigation, and guardianship and conservatorship matters.
Location
550 W. 8th AvenueAnchorage, AK 99501
Phone
(907) 868-2780
Compassionate, professional, and confidential legal services throughout Southeast Alaska. Practice focuses on estate planning, property, family, business, and mediation services. Also licensed in Washington. Dual-state practice with WA office in Port Townsend.
Location
P.O. Box 6005Sitka, AK 99835
Phone
(907) 747-1060