Trust Administration Attorneys in New Jersey

43 trust administration firms in New Jersey, by county and firm type.

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43 firms

FirmVoorhees, NJ

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

Serves the whole state

Archer & Greiner's Private Wealth, Estates & Trusts group serves clients from its Voorhees office in Camden County and other Mid-Atlantic locations. The practice handles estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, will and trust disputes, business succession, and elder law. Several attorneys hold CPA credentials or master's degrees in taxation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 1025 Laurel Oak RdVoorhees, NJ 08043
Phone: (856) 795-2121

FirmWarren, NJ

Augulis Law Firm

Augulis Law Firm works from Warren in Somerset County and serves Somerset, Middlesex, Union, Hunterdon and Morris families. The practice covers trust administration, Medicaid and elder law, special needs planning, and asset protection for family-owned businesses, alongside wills, trusts, and incapacity documents. Estate planning consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more

Office: 5 Mountain Boulevard, Suite 5Warren, NJ 07059
Phone: (908) 222-8803

Free consultation

FirmMontvale, NJ

Beattie Padovano, LLC

Since 1970 · Serves 1 county

Beattie Padovano is a Bergen County law firm founded in 1970 by James R. Beattie and Ralph J. Padovano. The firm provides estate planning, administration, and litigation services alongside corporate, real estate, and commercial litigation practices.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigation

Office: 200 Market Street, Suite 401Montvale, NJ 07645
Phone: (201) 573-1810

FirmToms River, NJ

Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas & Benson, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas & Benson works two blocks from the Ocean County Surrogate in downtown Toms River and keeps a standing Probate & Estate Administration practice. Stephen B. Kotzas and Edward T. Feurey guide executors and administrators through opening the estate, marshaling and valuing assets, creditor claims, and final distribution. The first consultation is free.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship

Office: 212 Hooper AvenueToms River, NJ 08753
Phone: (732) 349-4800

Free consultation

FirmJersey City, NJ

Bogart Keane Ryan, L.L.C.

Serves 1 county

Bogart Keane Ryan serves Hudson County executors and beneficiaries from Jersey City, filing through the Hudson County Surrogate's Court. The firm guides executors through probate, asset transfer, estate valuation, and estate tax payment, and litigates will contests to challenge or defend a will when beneficiaries dispute it. It also handles living trusts and guardianships.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 660 Newark Avenue, Suite 200Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (201) 798-2400

FirmRoseland, NJ

Brach Eichler LLC

Brach Eichler's trusts and estates practice, based in Roseland in Essex County, advises individuals and business owners on inter-generational wealth transfer, business succession, and estate and gift tax planning. The group also handles estate and trust administration for executors and trustees throughout northern New Jersey.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more

Office: 101 Eisenhower ParkwayRoseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (973) 228-5700

FirmMount Laurel, NJ

Capehart Scatchard, P.A.

Since 1876

Founded in 1876, Capehart Scatchard is a Mount Laurel firm serving Burlington County and South Jersey. Its Wills, Trusts & Estates attorneys handle probate and estate administration, trust administration, estate litigation, elder law, and Medicaid planning for executors, trustees, and beneficiaries.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more

Office: 8000 Midlantic Dr, Suite 300SMount Laurel, NJ 08054
Phone: (856) 234-6800

FirmRoseland, NJ

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

CSG Law is a New Jersey and New York firm headquartered in Roseland in Essex County. Its Trusts & Estates group advises business owners and families on estate and succession planning and wealth preservation, and handles probate and trust and estate administration for executors and trustees.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning

Office: 105 Eisenhower ParkwayRoseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (973) 325-1500

FirmHackensack, NJ

Cole Schotz P.C.

Since 1926 · Serves the whole state

Founded in 1926, Cole Schotz is a Hackensack-based firm serving Bergen County and the Mid-Atlantic. Its Tax, Trusts & Estates attorneys handle estate planning, estate and trust administration, and wealth transfer for high-net-worth individuals, executors, and trustees.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningWealth Transfer

Office: 25 Main StreetHackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: (201) 489-3000

FirmRoseland, NJ

Connell Foley LLP

Connell Foley's Taxation and Estate Planning team works from the firm's Roseland home office in Essex County, with a second Bergen County office in Hackensack and two in Jersey City. The group handles estate planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning, and related tax matters, and litigates disputes between beneficiaries and fiduciaries. Partner Anthony F. Vitiello leads it.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningCharitable Planning

Office: 56 Livingston AvenueRoseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (973) 535-0500

FirmParsippany, NJ

Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, PC

Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno is a Parsippany firm serving Morris County and northern New Jersey. Its attorneys handle estate planning, probate and estate administration, trust administration, and elder law, including assisted-living and long-term-care matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning

Office: 4 Campus Drive, Suite 300Parsippany, NJ 07054
Phone: (973) 627-7300

FirmNewark, NJ

FBT Gibbons LLP

Serves the whole state

Formed in January 2026 by the merger of Gibbons P.C. and Frost Brown Todd, FBT Gibbons keeps Gibbons' longtime Newark office at One Gateway Center. Its Wealth Planning & Family Office team handles estate planning and trust and estate administration, and a dedicated group litigates contested trust and estate matters for fiduciaries and beneficiaries.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningCharitable Planning

Office: One Gateway CenterNewark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 596-4500

FirmCherry Hill, NJ

Flaster Greenberg PC

Flaster Greenberg's Trusts & Estates group, based in Cherry Hill in Camden County, guides executors, trustees, and beneficiaries through estate and trust administration in New Jersey Surrogate's Courts, including probate and creditor-claim resolution. The firm also handles will contests, fiduciary disputes, and guardianships across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

Office: 1810 Chapel Avenue WestCherry Hill, NJ 08002
Phone: (856) 661-1900

FirmPrinceton, NJ

Fox Rothschild LLP

Serves the whole state

Fox Rothschild's Princeton office in Mercer County anchors the firm's New Jersey trusts and estates practice, handling estate and trust administration, probate, fiduciary representation, and estate and trust litigation. Attorneys advise executors, trustees, and beneficiaries on tax controversies and contested-estate matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

Office: 212 Carnegie Center, Suite 400Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 896-3600

FirmRed Bank, NJ

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla is a Red Bank firm serving Monmouth County and central New Jersey in trusts and estates matters. Its attorneys handle estate and trust administration, estate, fiduciary, and probate litigation, and will contests, counseling executors, trustees, heirs, and corporate fiduciaries in fiduciary-removal and accounting actions, plus guardianships and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Succession

Office: 125 Half Mile Road, Suite 300Red Bank, NJ 07701
Phone: (732) 741-3900

FirmCranford, NJ

Giuditta Law Firm, P.C.

Giuditta Law Firm provides estate planning and probate services to families in Union County and throughout New Jersey. Founding attorney Nicholas A. Giuditta III brings 30 years of experience and co-chairs the Union County Bar Association Elder Law Committee.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning

Office: 6 South Avenue EastCranford, NJ 07016
Phone: (908) 232-0099

FirmRoseland, NJ

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Serves the whole state

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis is a New Jersey firm with offices in Roseland and Iselin, founded in 1914. Its Tax, Trusts and Estates department handles estate planning, estate and trust administration, and fiduciary litigation for individuals, closely held business owners, executors, trustees, and beneficiaries.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more

Office: 75 Livingston AvenueRoseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (973) 535-1600

FirmPrinceton, NJ

Hill Wallack LLP

Since 1978

Founded in 1978, Hill Wallack is a Princeton firm serving Mercer County and central New Jersey. Its Trusts & Estates attorneys handle probate, collection of assets, payment of estate liabilities, estate tax returns, and distribution, guiding executors and trustees through estate administration alongside will and trust drafting.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateCharitable PlanningWealth Transfer

Office: 21 Roszel RoadPrinceton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 924-0808

FirmSpringfield, NJ

Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C.

Since 1978 · Serves the whole state

Founded in 1978, Javerbaum Wurgaft is a Springfield firm with offices across northern and central New Jersey. The firm handles estate and trust planning and administration, probate, and estate and trust litigation for individuals and families.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning

Office: 505 Morris AveSpringfield, NJ 07081
Phone: (973) 379-4200

FirmNorthfield, NJ

KingBarnes, LLC

Serves 2 counties

KingBarnes is a full-service estate, commercial, and real estate law firm providing estate planning, estate administration, and estate litigation throughout South Jersey.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigation

Office: 2600 New RoadNorthfield, NJ 08225
Phone: (609) 522-7530

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New Jersey uses a statutory trustee fee schedule. The schedule sets fixed percentages by trust value, so the cost is predictable. 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 New Jersey trustee compensation calculator breaks it down by trust situation.

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

Estate planning attorneys in New Jersey average $435 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,305 to $2,610 for a simple individual will and $4,440 to $6,660 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the New Jersey will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In New Jersey, estates valued at $20,000 or less use the Affidavit of Surviving Spouse or Next of Kin, 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 New Jersey probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In New Jersey, 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; meaningful sums left to a beneficiary who is not a spouse or child (New Jersey taxes those inheritances); 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 New Jersey

Trust administration in New Jersey happens privately, without court supervision. The successor trustee handles the 9 months creditor period, distributes assets according to the trust terms, and is compensated under a statutory fee schedule. New Jersey is one of the few states with a fixed trustee fee schedule, which makes the cost predictable up front.

Estate planning attorneys in New Jersey charge $435 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,305–$2,610; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

New Jersey imposes an inheritance tax — paid by the beneficiary, not the estate, and the rate depends on who inherits. Families leaving money to non-traditional beneficiaries (close friends, unmarried partners, more distant relatives) often want planning help to structure around the rates.

Estates under $20,000 in New Jersey 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

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

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in New Jersey

Free New Jersey 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 New Jersey, 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 New Jersey

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

How Do I Settle a Trust?

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

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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

In New Jersey, trustee compensation follows a statutory fee schedule unless the trust instrument sets a different amount. The schedule is an annual commission on principal.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in New Jersey: creditors have 9 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?

New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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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