Personal Planning
| Non-Tax Planning Will |
$3,000 – couple |
$1,750 – individual |
| Tax Planning Will |
$5,400 – couple |
$3,200 – individual |
| Revocable Trust |
$7,200 – couple |
$4,500 – individual |
| Life Insurance Trust, Gifting Trust, Generation-Skipping Transfer Trust or Dynasty Trust |
$6,000 |
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| Qualified Personal Residence Trust |
$6,500 |
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| Grantor Retained Annuity Trust |
$7,500 |
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| Charitable Remainder Trust or Charitable Lead Trust |
$7,500 |
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| Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust |
$8,500 |
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| Installment Sale |
$8,500 |
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| Domestic Asset Protection Trust |
$12,500 |
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| Family Trust Company (unlicensed) |
$4,000 |
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| Prenuptial or Postnuptial Agreement |
$8,500 base* |
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| Decanting |
$6,500 |
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*The premarital and postmarital base fee covers drafting and the financial disclosure schedules; further negotiation is billed hourly.
Business Planning
| Limited Liability Company |
$3,000 |
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| Limited Partnership |
$11,000 |
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| Buy/Sell Agreement |
$9,500 |
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Hourly Rates
| Thomas B. Reynolds |
$795 per hour |
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| Paralegal |
$200 per hour |
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Estate Administration
The fee covers the probate proceeding and the administration of the estate through discharge. The base is the gross estate determined under Section 2031 of the Internal Revenue Code, valued as of the date of death. Estate and gift tax returns are billed separately. The minimum fee is $10,000.
| 2.00% of the first |
$1,000,000 |
| 1.00% of the next |
$2,000,000 |
| 0.55% of the next |
$7,000,000 |
| 0.30% of the next |
$15,000,000 |
| 0.20% of all over |
$25,000,000 |
Extraordinary services are billed hourly in addition to the fee. Extraordinary services include a caveat to the will or any other contested proceeding; a petition for year’s support; a petition under O.C.G.A. § 53-6-62 for extra compensation; construction of the will; determination of heirs; a contested claim; proceedings on the apportionment of tax; ancillary administration outside Georgia; the sale, lease or management of real property; continuation of a closely held business; audit, appeal or litigation of a Form 706 or Form 709; a valuation dispute; and fiduciary litigation.
Expenses. Filing and recording fees, publication costs, certified copies, courier and delivery charges, appraisal and valuation fees, the fees of counsel in other jurisdictions, and travel are billed at cost without surcharge.
Terms. The fees are minimum fees. The ultimate fee may be greater if a matter requires substantially more time than the stated fee contemplates, though the firm will give the client notice.
One-half of the projected fee is due upon engagement. The balance is due upon delivery of the first draft. Any portion of an advance payment not earned is refunded.
A surcharge of twenty percent applies when the client requests a matter be completed within ten business days or when completion displaces work already scheduled.
Hourly bills are issued every two weeks and due upon receipt. Fixed fee bills are issued upon delivery of the first draft. A balance remaining unpaid thirty days after the date of the invoice bears interest at the rate of 1.5% per month, being 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by law if that rate is lower.
This schedule is published for information. The written engagement agreement states the fee for the matter and controls.
Effective September 15, 2026. Fees are subject to change.
