[WSBAPT] Individual PR Hourly Rate in King County?

[Dalynne Singleton]

John,

In my experience, King County commissioners have generally been receptive to a two-tier compensation structure for individual personal representatives.  For routine, non-professional tasks that could reasonably be delegated, such as dump runs, cleaning out a residence, transporting items for donation, or sorting household belongings, I typically use a rate tied to the prevailing minimum wage.
For fiduciary and administrative tasks requiring greater skill and responsibility, such as meetings with the CPA or attorney, gathering and organizing financial records, preparing accountings, working with real estate brokers, and coordinating with other professionals, I generally use a rate of $40-$50 per hour.
If the personal representative has specialized professional expertise (e.g., an attorney, CPA, engineer, or similar professional) and that expertise provides a benefit to the estate, a higher rate may also be justifiable.
Hope this helps.


Dalynne Singleton

Gourley Law Group

Snohomish Escrow/The Exchange Connection

1002 10th Street / PO Box 1091

Snohomish, WA 98291

360.568.5065

360.568.8092  fax

dalynne at glgmail.com<mailto:dalynne at glgmail.com>  Website:  www.glglawgroup.com<http://www.glglawgroup.com/>

Attorney/client meetings will be handled virtually whenever possible.  If you would like to set a consultation, please call/email one my paralegals Valerie valerie at glgmail.com<mailto:valerie at glgmail.com>, Erica erica at glgmail.com<mailto:erica at glgmail.com>, Bill bill at glgmail.com<mailto:bill at glgmail.com> or part-time paralegal Theresa theresa at glgmail.com<mailto:theresa at glgmail.com>.  Co-counsels at GLG are Attorney Carrie Ulrich (carrie at glgmail.com<mailto:carrie at glgmail.com> ), Spencer Clower (spencer at glgmail.com<mailto:spencer at glgmail.com>) and Candace Wilkerson (candace at glgmail.com<mailto:candace at glgmail.com>).  Litigation paralegal is Daina Gray (daina at glgmail.com<mailto:daina at glgmail.com>) and Kristen Jacobs (kristin at glgmail.com ).


LICENSED IN WASHINGTON. IMPORTANT/CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail message (and any attachments accompanying it) may contain confidential information, including information protected by attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s).  Delivery of this message to anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is not intended to waive any privilege or otherwise detract from the confidentiality of the message.  If you are not the intended recipient, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission, rather, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then destroy all copies of the message and its attachments, if any.

[cid:d4cc5f74-f91e-42b7-a845-02c71db0ebc3]   [cid:bd8f9193-b159-4cfe-9a2d-1b1a87c0b774]    [cid:b15bcdad-07c2-436a-b996-f39c143e1d92] [cid:69182595-4bea-4d00-bf4d-fe04f3011c8d]


________________________________
From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> on behalf of John Sullivan <jsullivan at dljslaw.com>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2026 1:55 PM
To: KCBA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Discussion List <rppt-kcba at info.kcba.org.kcba.membercentral.org>; wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] Individual PR Hourly Rate in King County?


Listmates:

What is your understanding of the current hourly rate the Commissioners in King County are likely to find “just and reasonable” for individuals serving as PRs in probate estates?

Best regards,

John J. Sullivan

Attorney



Lyons | Sullivan

10655 NE 4th Street, Suite 704

Bellevue, WA  98004

425·451·2400 x-3 tel 425-451-7385 fax

www.dljslaw.com<http://www.dljslaw.com/>



Confidentiality Notice

This email transmission is intended only for the addressee named above.  It contains information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from use and disclosure.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission or the taking of any action in reliance on its contents or other use is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy the original and notify us by telephone immediately.  Thank you for your cooperation


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261114/247e4a89/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/gif
Size: 3474 bytes
Desc: image.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261114/247e4a89/image.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 5410 bytes
Desc: image.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261114/247e4a89/image-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 8037 bytes
Desc: image.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261114/247e4a89/image-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 18528 bytes
Desc: image.png
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20261114/247e4a89/image-0003.png>