Trust Administration Attorneys in Massachusetts

62 trust administration firms in Massachusetts, by county and firm type.

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62 firms

FirmLenox, MA

Berkshire Law Group

Serves 1 county

Serves Berkshire County from Lenox. Provides full representation for executors, personal representatives and trustees settling estates and trusts, including preparation of probate documents and estate tax returns. Formerly Almgren Law Group, founded by Paula K. Almgren, a Veterans Administration accredited attorney, with an RN care coordinator on staff for elder law clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 1 West StreetLenox, MA 01240
Phone: (413) 637-5075

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Solo PracticeBeverly, MA

The Bernardin Law Firm, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County and Greater Boston from Beverly. Handles probate and estate administration through final accounting and closing, including estate, fiduciary income and inheritance tax returns, and acts as executor or trustee. Attorney Peter E. Bernardin is also a Certified Public Accountant and a past chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Probate Council.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 100 Cummings Center, Suite 217CBeverly, MA 01915
Phone: (978) 712-4378

FirmWaltham, MA

Beliveau Law Group, LLC

Serves the whole state

Serves Massachusetts from Waltham, concentrating on Greater Boston, with offices in New Hampshire and Florida. Guides executors, administrators and trustees through probate court proceedings, trust administration and distribution, and estate and fiduciary tax returns, and handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions. Founder David M. Beliveau is also a Certified Public Accountant.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 2 Winter Street, Suite 102Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (781) 890-8600

Solo PracticeHingham, MA

Baker Law Group P.C.

Serves 2 counties

Serves the South Shore, MetroWest and southeastern Massachusetts from offices in Hingham, Holliston, Brockton and Plymouth. Counsels executors, administrators, trustees and heirs through testate and intestate probate, trust administration, ancillary probate and wrongful death estates, prepares federal and Massachusetts estate tax returns, and represents parties in contested wills.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 72 Sharp Street, Suite A5Hingham, MA 02043
Phone: (781) 996-5656

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmSpringfield, MA

Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP

Serves 4 counties

Serves Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire counties from Springfield, Hadley, Pittsfield and Great Barrington, with an office in Boston. Its Trusts and Estates attorneys handle probate and estate administration, trust administration and trustee support services, and trust and estate litigation. Merged with the Berkshire firm Cain Hibbard & Myers on December 1, 2025.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 1500 Main Street, Suite 2700Springfield, MA 01115
Phone: (413) 272-6200

FirmHyannis, MA

Law Offices of Boyd & Boyd, P.C.

Since 1976 · Serves 5 counties

Serves Barnstable, Plymouth, Bristol, Norfolk and Dukes counties from Hyannis. Advises personal representatives and trustees through estate administration, trust administration, probate and settlement of estates, and prepares estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns. Founded in 1976 by F. Keats Boyd, Jr.; the initial strategy session is free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 1555 Iyannough Road, Suite 1B WestHyannis, MA 02601
Phone: (508) 444-9688

Free consultation

FirmWest Tisbury, MA

Brush, Flanders & Moriarty, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves year-round and seasonal residents of Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County) from West Tisbury. Handles trust and probate administration, personal representative petitions, inventories and accountings, appraisals and estate taxes, alongside tax-sensitive estate planning, and represents clients in the Probate and Land Courts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationSpecial Needs Planning

Office: 459 State RoadWest Tisbury, MA 02575
Phone: (508) 693-7733

Solo PracticePlymouth, MA

Law Offices of Brian E. Barreira

Since 1996 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Plymouth County, the Upper Cape portion of Barnstable County and southeastern Norfolk County from Plymouth. Guides personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, including estate taxes, and handles will and trust contests and challenges to fiduciary accountings. Initial consultations carry a fee; Zoom meetings are available.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more

Office: 118 Long Pond Road, Suite 206Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: (508) 747-8282

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FirmWorcester, MA

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

Since 1914 · Serves 3 counties

Serves Worcester, Suffolk and Plymouth counties from offices in Worcester, Boston, Plymouth and Southborough. Administers estates and trusts, from Probate Court filings, inventories and annual accounts to estate tax returns and audits, and litigates contested wills, trust disputes and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Established in 1914.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 446 Main Street, Suite 1101Worcester, MA 01608
Phone: (508) 791-3511

FirmBoston, MA

Casner & Edwards, LLP

Serves 1 county

Serves Suffolk County from Boston, representing individuals, families, family charitable trusts and professional fiduciaries. Handles estate and trust administration, gift and estate tax returns and fiduciary services, with attorneys serving as trustees or personal representatives; colleagues handle will contests and other probate controversies. Every matter is partner-led.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 303 Congress StreetBoston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 426-5900

Solo PracticeCenterville, MA

Case Estate Law, P.C.

Serves 4 counties

Serves Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket and Plymouth counties from Centerville. Handles probate of wills and estates, from the petition to appoint an executor or administrator through inventory, creditor payment and final distribution, and helps successor trustees administer living trusts; it does not accept will contests. Initial consultations are complimentary.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 1645 Falmouth Road, Suite 1ECenterville, MA 02632
Phone: (508) 790-3050

Free consultation

FirmCotuit, MA

Cape Cod Elder Law Associates, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Serves Barnstable County from Cotuit. Takes clients through probate administration from the appointment of a personal representative to paying last debts and distributing the estate, represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust administration, and handles guardianships and conservatorships, with a focus on older and disabled clients.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 5 Main StreetCotuit, MA 02635
Phone: (774) 602-5056

FirmGloucester, MA

Cannon Murray Law, LLC

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County, from Cape Ann to the Merrimack Valley, from offices in Gloucester, Topsfield and North Andover. Handles probate and estate and trust administration for families settling an estate, alongside wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid crisis planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 224 Washington StreetGloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 989-9999

Free consultation

FirmNewburyport, MA

Connolly & Connolly

Serves 1 county

Serves Essex County from a restored circa 1806 Federal period house in downtown Newburyport. Handles estates, probate and trust administration, alongside wills, trusts, Medicaid trusts and estate tax planning with marital and credit shelter trusts. Attorney Grace Gonzalez Connolly speaks Spanish and French.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 51 Green StreetNewburyport, MA 01950
Phone: (978) 961-0047

FirmAttleboro, MA

Coogan Smith, LLP

Since 1946 · Serves 1 county

Serves Bristol County from Attleboro, where it is the oldest law firm in town, tracing its roots to a 1946 partnership. Guides executors and trustees through probate and trust administration, from inventorying the decedent's property and paying debts and taxes to resolving will and trust disputes and distributing assets.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 144 Bank StreetAttleboro, MA 02703
Phone: (508) 222-0002

FirmSomerset, MA

Coastal Legal Affiliates, P.C.

Serves 2 counties

Serves Bristol and Plymouth counties from Somerset, including Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Brockton and Attleboro. Guides personal representatives and administrators through probate and estate administration, from proving the will to distributing the assets, and drafts and administers trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs Planningand 3 more

Office: 1004 County StreetSomerset, MA 02726
Phone: (508) 687-6160

FirmLongmeadow, MA

Chernick & Chernick

Serves 2 counties

Serves Hampden and Hampshire counties from Longmeadow, including Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham, Northampton and Amherst. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and estate litigation over contested wills and breaches of fiduciary duty. Michael J. Chernick is an appointed Public Administrator in Hampden County.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 171 Dwight Road, Suite 101Longmeadow, MA 01106
Phone: (413) 733-1312

FirmWakefield, MA

Curley Law Firm LLP

Serves the whole state

Serves Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties from Wakefield, meeting clients in person or by telephone or Zoom. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, and MassHealth applications and fair hearing appeals. Attorneys Patrick Curley and Lucy Budman are both Certified Elder Law Attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 1 Common StreetWakefield, MA 01880
Phone: (866) 406-8582

Virtual consultations

FirmWaltham, MA

Cushing & Dolan, P.C.

Since 1984 · Serves the whole state

Serves Massachusetts clients from Waltham and offices in Braintree, Hyannis, Westborough, Woburn and Longmeadow. Represents executors, trustees, conservators and beneficiaries in probate and estate administration, trust administration, estate tax returns, will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA, founded the firm in Boston in 1984.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 11 more

Office: 400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 400Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (888) 759-5109

Free consultation

Solo PracticeHanover, MA

DGVE Law, LLC

Since 2008 · Serves 3 counties

Serves the South Shore, Cape Cod and Greater Boston from Hanover, with video and phone meetings available. Guides surviving family members through probate and trust and estate administration, alongside wills, trusts and estate planning. Founding attorney Danielle G. Van Ess started the firm in Hingham in 2008.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

Office: 51 Mill Street, No. 1Hanover, MA 02339
Phone: (781) 740-0848

Virtual consultations

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

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

Estate planning attorneys in Massachusetts average $387 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,161 to $2,322 for a simple individual will and $3,920 to $5,880 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Massachusetts will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Massachusetts, estates with personal property of $25,000 or less use the Voluntary Administration, 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 Massachusetts probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts estate tax threshold of $2,000,000; 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 Massachusetts

Trust administration in Massachusetts happens privately, without court supervision. The successor trustee handles the 12 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.

Estate planning attorneys in Massachusetts charge $387 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,161–$2,322; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Massachusetts 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 $25,000 in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

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

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Massachusetts

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

How Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in Massachusetts happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code, notifies the beneficiaries within 30 days, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

In Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 12 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.

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

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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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