I am an Ohio attorney. I drafted a living trust and would be the trustee. I will receive a fee for drafting the trust and if I survive the grantor I would receive a fee for distributing the corpus at grantor's death. No distributions or fees in between. Is there an ethical or legal problem...
In Ohio is there any legal or ethical or legal problem if the attorney who drafted the trust is also named in the trust document as the trustee? The attorney, I, get a fee for drafting the trust and if I out--live the grantor would also get a fee for distributing it at his death.