Trust Administration Attorneys in Maryland

30 trust administration firms in Maryland, by county and firm type.

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30 firms

FirmBowie, MD

Pickett Law, LLC

Serves 2 counties

Serves Prince George's County families from a Bowie office in the Melford business park, near the Upper Marlboro Orphans' Court. Handles will and trust drafting, powers of attorney, and health care directives, and guides executors, personal representatives, and beneficiaries through probate and trust administration. Maintains a second office in Prince Frederick for Calvert County clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateWills Trusts

Office: 16701 Melford Boulevard, Suite 400Bowie, MD 20715
Phone: (301) 850-1436

Free consultation

FirmUpper Marlboro, MD

Powers & Worshtil, P.C.

Serves 6 counties

Powers & Worshtil is a boutique litigation firm in Upper Marlboro serving Prince George's County and surrounding areas. Ralph Powers was born and raised in Upper Marlboro, bringing deep community knowledge to estate and probate matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more

Office: 5415 Water StreetUpper Marlboro, MD 20772
Phone: (301) 627-1000

Solo PracticeHagerstown, MD

Rogyom Law

Serves 1 county

Jeffrey Rogyom provides estate planning, probate, and tax law services from his Hagerstown office serving Washington County. Holds an advanced tax law degree (LLM) from Boston University, providing specialized expertise in estate tax planning and business succession.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningWills Trusts

Office: 649 Potomac AvenueHagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: (410) 929-4578

FirmTowson, MD

Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP

Since 1956 · Serves 3 counties

Serves the Baltimore metropolitan area from Towson, where the firm has practiced since 1956. Its trusts and estates group handles wills, estate and trust administration, estate tax planning, and lifetime gifting strategies.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more

Office: 102 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600Towson, MD 21204
Phone: (410) 823-1800

FirmChestertown, MD

Rasin, Wootton & Hurd, LLC

Serves 1 county

Rasin, Wootton & Hurd has served Kent County for over 75 years. The firm handles estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, medical directives, and estate and trust administration for the Upper Eastern Shore.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateWills Trusts

Office: 207 Court StreetChestertown, MD 21620
Phone: (410) 778-3515

FirmAnnapolis, MD

Law Office of Raymond E. Brown

Serves 1 county

The Law Office of Raymond E. Brown specializes in estate planning and administration, partnering with families in Annapolis and throughout Anne Arundel County for wills, trusts, and managing asset distribution following death.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more

Office: 1910 Towne Centre Boulevard, Suite 250Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (443) 554-9944

Free consultation

FirmPotomac, MD

Shulman Rogers

Serves the whole state

Serves clients statewide from Potomac, with a second office in Baltimore. Its personal-services group handles trust and estate planning, estate and trust administration, probate, elder law, and guardianship across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship

Office: 12505 Park Potomac Avenue, Floor 6Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: (301) 230-5200

FirmAnnapolis, MD

Sims & Campbell

Serves 2 counties

Sims & Campbell is an Annapolis trusts and estates law firm focusing on estate planning and trust administration throughout the Towson, Baltimore and Washington, DC area.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more

Office: 181 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Suite 150Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 263-1667

FirmRockville, MD

Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC

Serves the whole state

Serves Montgomery and Frederick counties from Rockville, with additional offices in Takoma Park and Frederick. Its Estates, Trusts & Probate group handles estate planning, estate and trust administration, and probate, along with pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningWills Trusts

Office: 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 700Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 340-2020

FirmSalisbury, MD

Widdowson and Dashiell, P.A.

Serves 4 counties

Widdowson and Dashiell, P.A. in Salisbury handles preparation of simple wills to more complex estate planning including revocable trust agreements, advance medical directives and powers of attorney for the Eastern Shore.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateWills Trusts

Office: 312 W Main Street, Suite A-SouthSalisbury, MD 21801
Phone: (410) 936-3683

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Hiring a Trust Administration Attorney in Maryland

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

Trust administration in Maryland is typically faster than probate because a trust needs no court supervision. The trustee can shorten the creditor-claim window to 6 months by publishing Maryland's optional notice; otherwise the general 6 months period governs before final distributions are safe. 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 Maryland trust settlement plan carries the full process.

Estate planning attorneys in Maryland average $370 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,110 to $2,220 for a simple individual will and $4,250 to $6,375 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Maryland will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Maryland, estates valued at $50,000 or less qualify for the Petition for Administration of Small Estate, a court procedure 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 Maryland probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Maryland, 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 Maryland estate tax threshold of $5,000,000; 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 Maryland

Trust administration in Maryland happens privately, without court supervision. The successor trustee handles the 6 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.

Maryland attorneys average $370 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,110–$2,220; online services cost $30–$300.

Maryland imposes both a state estate tax and an inheritance tax on top of the federal exemption. Families with estates near the state thresholds usually want planning help — the math gets non-trivial fast.

Estates under $50,000 in Maryland can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated September 18, 2026

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