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Legacy Counsel

Fees & engagement

Know the scope before you commit.

We work on defined fixed-fee engagements. After a scoping conversation, you receive a written fee for a written scope — so the number and the deliverables are settled before any work begins.

What the agreement addresses

Plan design & documents

The engagement agreement identifies the documents to be prepared, the jurisdictions they are drafted for, and how revisions are handled during the engagement.

Signing & implementation

The agreement states whether execution coordination, deed preparation, account or beneficiary changes, and trust funding support are included, and who is responsible for each step.

Additional work

Tax return preparation, appraisals, recording and court fees, other third-party costs, later updates, and ongoing administration are included only where the engagement expressly scopes them.

Your written agreement specifies the work included and any separate costs.

How we get to a number

Start with the complimentary fit-and-intake call with Jamee. It covers what you are trying to accomplish, where you live and own property, conflicts, and whether we are the right fit. If you want legal analysis before engaging, you can book a paid attorney strategy session with Drew instead — both options are on the scheduling page.

After scoping, you receive a written proposal that states the deliverables, the fee, the payment schedule, the assumptions it relies on, and expected timing. Nothing begins until that is signed. If the work needs to grow — an added trust, a second jurisdiction, a business transfer — we agree the change and its fee in writing first.

Fee questions

Why are fees not published as a price list?

The documents, ownership arrangements and jurisdictions involved affect the scope. We review those facts and quote the defined work in writing before it begins.

What happens if the scope changes?

Scope changes are agreed in writing before the additional work is done, with the incremental fee stated. There is no automatic annual review and no unlimited revisions unless the engagement says so.

Get a scope and a fee in writing.

Tell us what you are trying to sort out and we will tell you what the work involves.

Fee arrangements are governed by the signed engagement agreement.