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Don’t Pay $400 an Hour for Information Archaeology

July 28, 2026 by R. Martin Colby

An estate attorney billing $400 an hour does two very different kinds of work, often in the same meeting. The first is judgment: weighing a trust against a will for your particular situation, spotting the jurisdictional wrinkle you would never have seen, structuring authority so it holds up under pressure. That work is why you … Read more

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