Trust Administration Attorneys in Connecticut

40 trust administration firms in Connecticut, by county and firm type.

Firm listings are for informational purposes only. SimplyTrust does not endorse or recommend any specific firm or attorney. Contact firms directly to discuss your situation and verify their current practice areas and availability.

40 firms

Solo PracticeWallingford, CT

Allinson & Associates, LLC

Serves 1 county

Wallingford practice serving clients in and around the Wallingford area. Helps executors, administrators, trustees, and conservators carry out their duties, and has served hundreds of times as a fiduciary under court orders or trust designations. Also handles will contests, probate appeals, trust disputes, and Title 19 applications.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 439 Main StreetWallingford, CT 06492
Phone: (203) 871-3964

Solo PracticeMiddletown, CT

Byrne Estate & Elder Law, PLLC

Serves 1 county

Middletown solo practice of Attorney Elizabeth Byrne, licensed in Connecticut since 1985 and a long-time NAELA member. Guides family members after a death through short-form probate, formal probate, and trust settlement, from setting up estate and trust accounts to final distribution. Also submits Medicaid applications and prepares Florida documents for clients who winter there.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 101 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 243Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860) 648-9900

FirmMiddletown, CT

Brodeur Law Firm, LLC

Serves the whole state

Middletown firm with a by-appointment office in Mystic, also serving Hartford-area towns from Glastonbury to Windsor. Handles probate and trust administration after a death, either answering an executor's questions or handling the whole process, and advises when beneficiaries disagree or a will is challenged. Most meetings, including initial consultations, can be held over Zoom or Teams.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs Planningand 5 more

Office: 73 Main StreetMiddletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860) 535-1989

Virtual consultations

FirmDarien, CT

Carta, McAlister & Moore, LLC

Serves 1 county

Darien firm serving Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Westport, and Wilton, with decades of hearing experience before the probate judges of lower Fairfield County. Represents executors, trustees, conservators, and guardians, including post-death tax planning, and Mark Carta handles challenges against fiduciaries in probate court or the state courts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 777 Post Road, 2nd FloorDarien, CT 06820
Phone: (203) 202-3100

FirmNew London, CT

Cipparone & Zaccaro, P.C.

Since 1986 · Serves 2 counties

New London elder law and trusts and estates firm with a second office in Woodbury, practicing in the New London area since 1986. Represents executors and trustees from the probate application through the final accounting, represents beneficiaries when the fiduciary has another attorney, and litigates contested wills and trusts. The first meeting is a paid one-hour consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 261 Williams StreetNew London, CT 06320
Phone: (860) 442-0150

FirmNew Milford, CT

Cramer & Anderson, LLP

Since 1962 · Serves 2 counties

New Milford firm with offices in Litchfield, Danbury, and Ridgefield, whose practice traces to a Civil War-era Litchfield law office. Assists executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries with their duties and probate court procedure, and its probate litigators bring or defend will contests, accounting challenges, probate appeals, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 51 Main StreetNew Milford, CT 06776
Phone: (860) 355-2631

FirmWest Hartford, CT

Cummings & Lockwood LLC

Since 1909 · Serves 2 counties

Serves Hartford and Fairfield counties from offices in West Hartford, Stamford and Greenwich; founded in 1909. Its Private Clients Group handles probate and estate administration and executor and trustee services, and a separate fiduciary and probate litigation group takes will contests, contested accountings, fiduciary removal proceedings and conservatorship and guardianship proceedings.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 75 Isham Road, Suite 400West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: (860) 313-4900

FirmSouth Windsor, CT

Cummings and Lanza, LLC

Since 1948 · Serves 1 county

Serves Hartford County from a general practice office on Ellington Road in South Windsor, founded in 1948. Represents fiduciaries settling an estate in probate court and administers trusts, guardianships and conservatorships, alongside wills, trusts and Title 19 Medicaid planning. Offers a free consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 1610 Ellington RoadSouth Windsor, CT 06074
Phone: (860) 644-3473

Free consultation

FirmBridgeport, CT

Cohen and Wolf, P.C.

Since 1951 · Serves 2 counties

Serves Fairfield County from offices in Bridgeport, Westport, Danbury and Trumbull, with a fifth office in Hartford; founded in 1951. Its Trusts & Estates Group handles estate and trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, and its Probate Litigation Group takes will and trust contests, objections to accountings, fiduciary removal proceedings and probate appeals.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 1115 Broad StreetBridgeport, CT 06604
Phone: (203) 368-0211

FirmDanbury, CT

Collins Hannafin, P.C.

Since 1963 · Serves 2 counties

Danbury firm established in 1963, serving Danbury, Ridgefield, New Milford, Bethel and the surrounding area. Assists executors and administrators with probating a will, notifying creditors and heirs, filing tax returns, distributing property and ancillary probate in other states, and represents heirs and beneficiaries in will challenges and actions to remove a trustee, executor or administrator.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 11 more

Office: 148 Deer Hill AvenueDanbury, CT 06810
Phone: (203) 744-2150

FirmBerlin, CT

Daly Perri Arnold & Knierim LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves all of Connecticut from five offices including Berlin and Simsbury; formerly Czepiga Daly Pope & Perri. Takes executors through probate from the application through the inventory, claims, estate tax returns and final accounting, administers special needs trusts as trustee, and handles will contests, removal of a personal representative, conservatorship disputes and creditor claims.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 15 Massirio DriveBerlin, CT 06037
Phone: (860) 236-7673

FirmAvon, CT

Drew Law, P.C.

Since 1974 · Serves 1 county

Boutique trusts and estates firm in Avon, established in 1974, serving Avon, Simsbury, Farmington and the Farmington Valley. Guides executors from filing the will with the probate court through collecting and valuing assets, paying creditors, preparing estate and fiduciary income tax returns and the probate court forms, and handles trust administration.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

Office: 47 West Main StreetAvon, CT 06001
Phone: (860) 677-1974

Solo PracticeMilford, CT

Drapp Law PLLC

Serves 1 county

Serves New Haven County from offices in Milford, a short walk from the Milford-Orange Probate Court, and Cheshire. Attorney John Drapp handles decedents estates in all three Connecticut forms (full, affidavit and tax-purposes-only) and most other probate court matters except children's matters, and will serve as executor or trustee when a nominated fiduciary asks.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law

Office: 53 River Street, Suite 12Milford, CT 06460
Phone: (203) 871-0356

FirmNew Britain, CT

Law Offices of Ericson, Scalise & Mangan, P.C.

Since 1945 · Serves the whole state

Serves clients across Connecticut from offices in New Britain and Avon. Handles probate administration for executors, from gathering and valuing assets to paying debts and taxes, and probate disputes including will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fiduciary removal and conservatorships. A firm trust committee reviews trust administration questions; Medicaid applications handled in-house.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 35 Pearl Street, #301New Britain, CT 06051
Phone: (860) 854-3809

Solo PracticeHartford, CT

Beckett Law LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves families across Connecticut from an office on the Hartford-West Hartford line. Guides executors through Connecticut probate, from the application and inventory to the final accounting, and handles trust administration, Title 19 applications, conservatorships and VA benefits. Planning work is billed at flat fees.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 543 Prospect AveHartford, CT 06105
Phone: (860) 232-1920

Solo PracticeOld Saybrook, CT

Ed Lowe Law LLC

Serves 1 county

Solo trusts and estates practice based in Old Saybrook on the Boston Post Road. For executors, determines whether a probate proceeding is needed, bonds the fiduciary and prepares the reports the probate court requires; also handles trust administration, conservatorships and Medicaid planning for long-term care.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 2 more

Office: 1480 Boston Post RoadOld Saybrook, CT 06475
Phone: (203) 951-5435

FirmEast Haven, CT

Fournier Legal Services, LLC

Serves the whole state

East Haven firm with a second Connecticut office in Madison and one in Norwood, Massachusetts, serving clients throughout Connecticut. Its estate practice prepares wills, trusts and powers of attorney and offers probate, trust administration and elder law services alongside a business and corporate practice. Weekend appointments are available.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawBusiness Law

Office: 64 Thompson Street, Suite A101East Haven, CT 06513
Phone: (860) 670-3535

FirmSeymour, CT

Fisher Law Firm, LLC

Since 2010 · Serves 3 counties

Seymour firm, with an appointment-only office in Southbury, serving greater New Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Takes executors and administrators through Connecticut probate from the petition and heir notices to the inventory, creditor payments and final distribution, and handles successor-trustee administration and will and trust contests. Family law is a second practice.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 12 more

Office: 7 Wakeley StreetSeymour, CT 06483
Phone: (203) 828-6191

FirmLitchfield, CT

Guion, Stevens & Rybak, LLP

Since 1960 · Serves 1 county

Litchfield firm serving Litchfield County since 1960. Settles estates for families, preparing and filing the probate documents and estate tax returns, distributing property under the will or the law and resolving probate disputes; also handles trust administration and accounting, conservatorships and guardianships. Farm and municipal clients make up a second practice.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 93 West StreetLitchfield, CT 06759
Phone: (860) 567-0821

Solo PracticeSouthbury, CT

Law Office of William K. Gernert

Serves the whole state

Southbury solo practice whose estate and probate work is mostly in New Haven County, with clients taken from all areas of Connecticut. Attorney William K. Gernert, in practice since 1998, helps executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries with estate and trust administration, probate court forms, will contests, and Title 19 Medicaid applications. Offers a free consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more

Office: 1 Pomperaug Office Park, Suite 302Southbury, CT 06488
Phone: (203) 586-1930

Free consultation

1 2

Connecticut follows the reasonable-compensation standard for trustees. A court decides what is reasonable case by case, on the trust's size, its complexity and the trustee's actual work. A family-member trustee often waives the fee. A professional trustee (a bank, a trust company, an attorney) typically charges 0.5% to 1.5% of trust assets a year, and a corporate fiduciary applies an annual minimum. The Connecticut trustee compensation calculator breaks it down by trust situation.

Trust administration in Connecticut is typically faster than probate because a trust needs no court supervision. There is no court-supervised creditor period — the trustee distributes once known debts are settled, subject to Connecticut's general limitations period. A simple trust often wraps up in six to nine months; a trust holding a business interest, real property in more than one state, or one that files an estate tax return takes longer. The Connecticut trust settlement plan carries the full process.

Estate planning attorneys in Connecticut average $388 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,164 to $2,328 for a simple individual will and $4,460 to $6,690 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Connecticut will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Connecticut, estates with personal property of $40,000 or less use the Small Estate Affidavit (Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/Administration, PC-212), 30 days after death, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Connecticut probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Connecticut, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the Connecticut estate tax threshold of $15,000,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Trust Administration Attorneys in Connecticut

Trust administration in Connecticut happens privately, without court supervision. The successor trustee handles the 5 months creditor period, distributes assets according to the trust terms, and is compensated under the reasonable-compensation standard. A family-member trustee often waives the fee; a professional trustee typically charges a percentage of trust assets a year.

Connecticut attorneys average $388 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,164–$2,328; online services cost $30–$300.

Connecticut imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $40,000 in Connecticut can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 17, 2026

Legal Sources

Data sourced from Connecticut statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Connecticut

Free Connecticut forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

$12/month

Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

Get Started

Free

Pour-Over Will

In Connecticut, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

Get Started

All Connecticut forms

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Connecticut

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Connecticut: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

How Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in Connecticut happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 days, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

Get Plan

What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

In Connecticut, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent) unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.

Use Calculator

How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Connecticut: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 60 days of appointment; creditors have 5 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 12 months.

Get Plan

Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?

Connecticut requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040; a federal estate tax return (Form 706) is required only for estates above $15,000,000.

Check Requirements

How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?

Inherited assets in Connecticut take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular rates.

Use Calculator

All Connecticut tools