Our Story

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Our Story

I'm Lori Cochrane. I'm a helper. I started helping families in 2000. I raised my family, earned degrees in college, worked a couple of different jobs, and everything clicked when I came to learn about what it means to be a professional fiduciary. I was so excited to have found my niche that I hit the ground running and learned as much as I could.

I have never stopped learning.

I went it alone for a few years, beginning in 2013, specializing in matters of the person as a one-man show. Eventually, I stepped into more financial roles. Our clients deserve full services from a team of successors. The more I learned about succession, the more I worked to put succession in place.

In my quest for building a succession plan, I have cultivated a collaborative team that exponentially improves everything we do. The most important thing of all is for us to deliver prudent, trustworthy, wrap-around services.

Our team at Concierge Fiduciary Services delivers best-in-class services.

Cochrane Support Services is our corporate parent company.

We are all employees, including me.

Lori Cochrane, Founder
California Licensed Professional Fiduciary #795
Principal Professional Fiduciary of Concierge Fiduciary Services

Our Team

Meet Our Team

Lori Cochrane, Professional Fiduciary

Lori is a California Licensed Professional Fiduciary. She is our founder and principal. Always with her nose to the grindstone, it would be difficult to find anyone more passionate about their work. With a solid college education and a drive to get things done, Lori takes matters seriously but has a warm and generous heart.

Heidi Steinke, Professional Fiduciary

Chelsea Ridgway,
Administrative Assistant

Chelsea comes to us with quite a bit of experience managing complicated projects and supervising staff. Chelsea is helping us advance into the paperless age with her keen eye for detail. Talk about a project! She has what it takes.

Samaurrii Coleman,
Professional Fiduciary

When you gain experience as a Case Manager working for an Indian Tribe, like Samaurrii has, your natural next step is to become a California Licensed Professional Fiduciary. Sam gained real-world experience managing financial affairs, estates, and everything necessary for someone's well-being. Samaurrii's degrees in Public Administration and Health Education comes in handy. She is a great fit for our team; she has a confident demeanor, and a strong desire to dig right in.

Heidi is a California licensed attorney, not practicing law. Her careful decision making and astute nature makes Heidi perfectly suited to serve as a Professional Fiduciary. Her above board qualifications are highly valued by her clients and fellow professionals. Heidi's ethics are evident in everything she does, as is her caring and kind personality.

Our Services

Estate Executor

Named in your Will

As an Executor or Administrator, we are legally responsible to manage a deceased person's estate to distribute his or her assets according to their Will. We manage unfinished and ongoing affairs, by closing bank accounts and paying debts and taxes. We protect and maintain all assets and belongings to prepare for their distribution to heirs or beneficiaries.

Trustee & Successor

Named in your Trust

As a Trustee, we are responsible for carrying out the purposes of the trust which are described within the trust document. We take legal ownership of the assets held by the trust and assume fiduciary responsibility for managing those assets. We manage tax filings for the trust and distribute the assets according to the terms of the trust. A Successor Trustee is a person who takes on the Trustee role when the Trustee no longer serves, usually when the grantor loses capacity or passes away. Serving as a Trustee involves duties that are legally required.

Agent
Power of Attorney

Named in your Advance Healthcare Directive

An Advance Healthcare Directive allows you to make your wishes known, including naming who will make healthcare decisions for you.
As agent, we gain access to information and communicate with care providers in a professional capacity. We advocate for you according to your wishes, gathering the facts to support your decision-making ahead of time. Taking the time to help you define your end-of-life care preferences helps us gain a clear understanding of the things that matter most to you. This is our duty as your surrogate decision-maker.

Agent
Power of Attorney

Finances - Also called "Attorney-in-fact"

A Power of Attorney is a legal document that describes the authority assigned. The person creating the document, the Principal, assigns an Agent to act and make decisions on their behalf. A Power of Attorney stays in effect when you lose capacity, and the Agent can serve immediately if necessary. As Agent, we have the legal authority to manage a person's financial affairs pursuant to the instructions and guidelines written in their Power of Attorney document. This authority is over non-trust assets and ends on the passing of the Principal.

Practice Limitations

We do not provide medical or legal advice or services.
Unless a person is incapacitated and we have authority as an agent with power of attorney, or we are their conservator, we do not make decisions or requests on behalf of individuals.
We do not act as a messenger or advocate on behalf of an individual, other than our client, with the goal of influencing or changing the mindset of a loved one, a clinician, or an associated professional.
We do not perform personal care, but we do put those care services in place on your behalf.
We engage with qualified financial advisors and licensed medical practitioners on your behalf.
We do not accept gifts or bequests.

Service Overview and Fee Schedule

Concierge Fiduciary Services provides a range of fiduciary and related services, including but not limited to Trustee, Successor Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Agent with Power of Attorney, Beneficiary Advocate, and Consultation.

Our professional fiduciaries meet and exceed legal qualification requirements. We prioritize trustworthiness, professionalism, and a collaborative team approach to deliver exceptional value beyond our billing rates.

Fee Structure:

Services are billed hourly in six-minute increments.
Professional fiduciary rates range from $135.00 to $185.00 per hour, based on experience. After-hours rates are higher.
Clients are responsible for reimbursing expenses incurred on their behalf.
Phone or Zoom consultations are complimentary.
Advance Directive Agent intakes are subject to a $500 fee per individual.
A detailed fee schedule is included in our service agreement.
Fees are subject to change.