Trust Administration Attorneys in Louisiana

11 trust administration firms in Louisiana, by county and firm type.

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11 firms

FirmMonroe, LA

Breithaupt, DuBos & Wolleson, LLC

Serves 1 county

Practices from Monroe in Ouachita Parish, where its probate and succession attorneys administer successions and form and manage trusts. Works with executors and personal representatives through estate administration, from paying debts to distributing assets and closing the estate, and also drafts wills, trusts and powers of attorney and establishes guardianships.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipFamily Law

Office: 1811 Tower DriveMonroe, LA 71201
Phone: (318) 333-0377

Free consultation

FirmMetairie, LA

Chehardy Sherman Williams

Since 1989 · Serves 3 counties

Practices from Metairie, New Orleans and Hammond, serving Jefferson, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes, and has handled successions since its founding in 1989. Handles succession and estate administration, trust administration, and estate and trust litigation over will validity, trust management and the distribution of estate assets, with estate, gift and income tax planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 1 Galleria Blvd., Suite 1100Metairie, LA 70001
Phone: (504) 833-5600

Free consultation

FirmMandeville, LA

Tournet Estate and Elder Law Group

Serves 1 county

Mandeville estate and elder law firm led by Christie Tournet, serving St. Tammany Parish and the Greater New Orleans area. Opens successions, including those that can proceed without administration, assists with funding and administering trusts, and handles non-contested interdictions and continuing tutorships. Christie Tournet is a Certified Dementia Practitioner.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 4040 Desoto StreetMandeville, LA 70471
Phone: (985) 951-2177

Solo PracticeBaton Rouge, LA

Field Law

Serves the whole state

Baton Rouge firm serving clients throughout Louisiana, including out-of-state heirs with Louisiana property. Handles uncontested, contested, ancillary and corrective successions, trust administration, interdictions, succession litigation and appeals. Morgan Field has represented succession clients before the Louisiana Supreme Court; flat fees are available for many uncontested matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 6161 Perkins Rd., Suite 1BBaton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: (225) 341-5270

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmMarksville, LA

Gaspard Law

Serves 1 county

Marksville firm in Avoyelles Parish handling successions and probate, trust administration, estate taxes and acts of donation, along with wills and powers of attorney. Also handles property transfers, property divisions and community property settlements. Attorney Jenny Donaghey-Beckham's practice includes estate planning and successions.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateFamily Lawand 4 more

Office: 313 N Main StMarksville, LA 71351
Phone: (318) 240-7329

FirmNew Orleans, LA

Jones Walker LLP

Since 1937 · Serves 4 counties

New Orleans firm founded in 1937, with offices in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Charles. Its Estate Planning & Administration attorneys administer domiciliary and ancillary estates, prepare estate and gift tax returns, and handle contested successions and trust disputes. Partners David F. Edwards and Miriam Wogan Henry are board-certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialists.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 201 St. Charles Ave, Suite 5100New Orleans, LA 70170
Phone: (504) 582-8000

FirmBaton Rouge, LA

Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, LLC

Since 2002 · Serves the whole state

Baton Rouge estate and elder law firm established in 2002, with New Orleans and Lake Charles offices, serving every Louisiana parish. Handles simple and administered successions, small-succession affidavits, trust administration and interdictions. Founder Linda S. Melancon is board certified in Estate Planning and Administration; consultations carry a $450 fee and mostly run by Zoom or phone.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 3956 Government StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: (225) 744-0027

Virtual consultations

Solo PracticeBaton Rouge, LA

Leger Law Group, LLC

Serves 1 county

Baton Rouge practice of managing attorney Siobhan Leger, handling testate and intestate Louisiana successions. Work covers small succession affidavits, federally taxable estate administrations, ancillary probates, trust administration, contested succession litigation, and tutorship and interdiction proceedings. Consultations are free for most matters, excluding Medicaid consultations.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more

Office: 4983 Bluebonnet Blvd, Suite BBaton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 522-4996

Free consultation

FirmBaton Rouge, LA

Progeny Law Firm

Since 2002 · Serves 1 county

Baton Rouge estate planning firm that opens and administers successions in East Baton Rouge Parish and helps trustees administer trusts. Handles will contests, capacity and undue influence claims, heirship disputes, breach of fiduciary duty by succession representatives, and trust litigation. Founded by Myrna Arroyo in 2002; offers a free 15-minute consultation call.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 4459 Bluebonnet Blvd, Building 1 Suite ABaton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 465-1090

Free consultation

FirmBastrop, LA

Rankin, Yeldell, Katz & Lowery, A Professional Law Corporation

Serves 7 counties

Bastrop firm representing clients throughout Northeast Louisiana, including Morehouse, Ouachita, Union, Richland, West Carroll, East Carroll and Madison parishes. After a death it administers trusts and estates, takes estates through probate, and handles litigation over a will or other final documents. The firm states nearly 50 years of family law and estate experience.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts

Office: 411 South Washington StreetBastrop, LA 71220
Phone: (318) 239-4364

Solo PracticeMetairie, LA

WJ Blanchard Law, LLC

Serves the whole state

Metairie practice of attorney Wes Blanchard, serving Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes and clients across Louisiana. Represents executors, administrators and heirs in simple, small and contested successions, including will contests, forced heirship claims, succession accounting disputes and reopened successions. The firm also serves as trustee and administers existing trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 2800 Veterans Blvd, Suite 257Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: (504) 313-7478

Louisiana 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 Louisiana trustee compensation calculator breaks it down by trust situation.

Trust administration in Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Louisiana trust settlement plan carries the full process.

Estate planning attorneys in Louisiana average $337 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,011 to $2,022 for a simple individual will and $2,470 to $3,705 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Louisiana will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Louisiana, estates valued at $200,000 or less skip probate with the Small Succession Affidavit. 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 Louisiana probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Louisiana, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship (community property rules can produce a surprising split); a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; 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 Louisiana

Trust administration in Louisiana happens privately, without court supervision. The successor trustee handles the 120 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.

Louisiana attorneys average $337 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,011–$2,022; online services cost $30–$300.

Louisiana is a community property state. For blended families with children from prior relationships, the default rules can produce inheritance outcomes neither spouse intended — that's the most common case where retaining counsel here is worth the cost.

Worth knowing: estates under $200,000 can use Louisiana's simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. If your situation is straightforward and the estate fits, you may not need an attorney at all.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 17, 2026

Legal Sources

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

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Louisiana

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

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Revocable Living Trust

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

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Pour-Over Will

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

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Louisiana

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

How Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in Louisiana happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's trust statute, notifies the beneficiaries, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

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

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Louisiana: creditors have 3 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 3 months to 6 months.

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

Louisiana 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.

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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?

Inherited assets in Louisiana 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.

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