ABOUT US
Private Fiduciary Trustee Services, Inc.
Corporate Trustees for Real Estate • Privacy • Wealth Preservation
OUR MISSION
To protect families, properties, and generational wealth through corporate trusteeship, private trust structures, and advanced legal privacy systems that keep assets secure, names off public records, and ownership insulated from lawsuits, disputes, and courts.
We provide the structure, the shield, and the continuity most families never realize they need — until it’s too late.
Our role is simple:
We stand between your assets and anything that could threaten them.
50 Years of Global Fiduciary Experience • Institutional Trust Architect
Private Fiduciary Trustee Services, was founded by Michael H. Sterling, one of the longest-standing fiduciary and trust-structure architects in the field.
A Lifetime in Fiduciary Governance
Built early career advising European family offices and institutional wealth stewards
Over five decades of experience designing private trust systems for real estate owners, high-liability professionals, and multi-generational families
Relocated to the United States 25 years ago to bring advanced corporate-trustee models into the American real estate and asset-protection environment
Has worked across:
Property trusts
Succession planning
Private corporate governance
Cross-border asset continuity
Family-office style administration
High-liability wealth shielding
Michael Sterling’s background created the foundation for PFTrustees.com:
A corporate trust system where privacy, continuity, and protection are engineered — not hoped for.
OUR FOUNDER:
MICHAEL STERLING
OUR CORPORATE MANDATE
We operate under a strict corporate-trustee philosophy:
1. Neutrality
A corporate trustee does not take sides.
We protect the structure, not individual interests.
2. Continuity
We ensure the system remains intact for decades, even if family members change, move, or disagree.
3. Privacy
We eliminate personal exposure by removing names from:
Titles
Public records
Ownership filings
Rental documents
Legal registrations
4. Structural Integrity
Our frameworks are not forms.
They are engineered systems designed to withstand:
Lawsuits
Probate
Family disputes
Creditor claims
Property risks
Public visibility
5. Security
Your trust structure remains private, durable, and shielded.
OUR APPROACH
Most people rely on:
Insurance
Basic living trusts
LLCs
Informal planning
Hope that nothing happens
But these do not provide real asset protection.
Our method is fundamentally different:
We engineer a corporate-led trust system that protects your assets before you're exposed.
This includes:
Corporate Continuity Trust™
PF Shield Trust™
Private title systems
Nominee-signer layers
Corporate trusteeship
Multi-level privacy architecture
Ongoing administration and structural upkeep
Your family stays in control.
Your name stays private.
Your assets stay protected.
OUR VALUES
Privacy
Your personal information is removed from visibility.Protection
Your assets become legally insulated.Professionalism
You work with a corporate fiduciary, not a salesperson.Stability
Your system remains intact before, during, and after any crisis.Confidentiality
All consultations and implementations are strictly private.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
We do not sell forms or templates.
We design complete systems that function for decades.We do not rely on insurance or LLCs.
We replace exposure with structure.We do not use family members as trustees.
We provide a professional corporate trustee that cannot be pressured, influenced, or compromised.We do not wait for problems.
We solve exposure before it becomes a lawsuit, a dispute, or a probate case.
THE RESULT FOR OUR CLIENTS
No personal names on public records
No exposure to tenants, contractors, or adversaries
No probate
No court involvement
No family conflict
Total privacy and control
Asset continuity for decades
A corporate trustee administering everything properly
This is how families keep what they built.
Quietly. Legally. Permanently.