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Let a professional carry the weight, so you don’t have to.
At Trust Counsel our fiduciary services team provide trusted, neutral, expert administration for estates, trusts, and complex family situations protecting your family’s relationships, ensuring compliance, and keeping everything running smoothly.
Let a professional carry the weight, so you don’t have to.
At Trust Counsel our fiduciary services team provide trusted, neutral, expert administration for estates, trusts, and complex family situations protecting your family’s relationships, ensuring compliance, and keeping everything running smoothly.
Being an executor or trustee isn’t just an honor, it’s a demanding, high-stakes responsibility. For most families, it quickly becomes a stressful, confusing, and legally risky job, especially during an already painful time.
When you’re grieving, the last thing you should be dealing with is:
✓ Managing and protecting estate assets✓ Filing complex and time-sensitive tax returns✓ Distributing inheritances fairly✓ Keeping beneficiaries informed (and calm)✓ Defending and documenting every decision you make
This is why choosing a professional executor or trustee is so important. The right guidance helps prevent disputes, protects family relationships, and ensures the estate administration process runs smoothly — without adding more stress on the people you love.
You need Fiduciary services if:
You’ve been named executor or trustee and feel overwhelmed
You’re facing family tension, mistrust, or complex assets
You don’t have the time, expertise, or desire to manage an estate
You want a neutral professional to avoid conflict
You want to name a professional fiduciary in your documents
Your family owns properties or assets in multiple states or countries
Some estates are simply too overwhelming for a family member.
Examples we see often:
✓ Multiple properties in different states
✓ High-value Coral Gables or Gables Estates properties
✓ Active businesses
✓ Rental properties
✓ Foreign assets across Latin America
✓ Large investment portfolios
✓ Ongoing litigation
✓ Multiple beneficiaries with competing interests
Families should never be expected to manage estates like these alone.
Trust Counsel serves as:
Executor / Personal Representative
Administering estates after death
Trustee
Managing trusts during life or after death
Guardian of Property
Managing finances for minors or incapacitated adults
Agent under Power of Attorney
Handling financial matters when someone can’t
Co-Fiduciary
Supporting your role and reducing the burden
When handled by a professional:
✓ Assets are protected and managed properly
✓ All tax returns are filed on time
✓ Beneficiaries receive clear communication and updates
✓ Distributions happen promptly
✓ Records are detailed and transparent
✓ The estate closes efficiently
✓ No drama — no lawsuits — no guessing
This is what peace of mind looks like.
Your family may trust you — but do you know how to:
✓ Invest trust assets prudently?
✓ File estate tax returns correctly?
✓ Handle creditor claims?
✓ Make legally permitted distributions?
✓ Prepare accurate accounting for beneficiaries?
Professional fiduciaries do this every single day.
It’s not personal — it’s expertise.
A fiduciary steps in to manage everything someone can’t—or shouldn’t—handle themselves:
✓ Manage and invest assets
✓ File all required tax returns
✓ Pay bills and debts
✓ Communicate with beneficiaries
✓ Make distributions
✓ Keep detailed records
✓ Make financial decisions
✓ Follow the law exactly
One mistake can create personal liability.
A professional prevents that.
Led by Managing Partner Leslie Marenco, Trust Counsel is a Coral Gables boutique firm with 15+ years of complex estate experience, real estate expertise, cross-border knowledge, and a calm, supportive approach.
A fiduciary is a trusted professional who manages someone’s money, property, or legal affairs. In estate planning, this includes serving as your executor, trustee, guardian, or agent under a power of attorney, always acting in your best interest and following your instructions.
An executor must:
✓ Protect and manage assets
✓ File tax returns
✓ Pay debts and expenses
✓ Handle probate filings
✓ Provide accounting
✓ Distribute inheritance
A professional fiduciary manages these tasks so your family doesn’t have to.
Yes. Trust Counsel can serve as your executor, trustee, successor trustee, or personal representative. We also support family members who have been named and need guidance.
If you’ve been named executor, trustee, or fiduciary:
Whether you’ve been named as fiduciary or you’re planning ahead, we’re here to support you and protect your family.
Let us handle the details — so you can focus on healing.
Whether you’ve been named as fiduciary or you’re planning ahead, we’re here to support you and protect your family.
Let us handle the details — so you can focus on healing.