Representative Experience
Counsels clients concerning estate and estate tax planning
Advises and counsels clients in planning for transfer of family business or real estate, including tax advice in the areas of gift, estate, generation-skipping transfer taxes and fiduciary income tax
Adminstration of estates following death - assisting with all aspects of settlement, whether assets pass under will or by revocable living trust
Representing beneficiaries, executors and trustees in will and trust interpretations and in resolving disputes
Prior Experience
Law clerk to the Honorable Robert T. Hunter, Washington State Supreme Court, 1975-1976
Publications and Presentations
Regularly participates in seminar presentations and frequently speaks on estate planning topics
Author, chapter on "Trusts in Washington Practice," Methods of Practice (3d Ed. 1989)
Memberships and Activities
Fellow of American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, a national organization in which membership is extended to only the most outstanding trusts and estates practitioners
Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward/White since 1991
Member, Washington State Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections
Member, Seattle Planning Council
Active member, Washington Bar Trust Tax Force, which has drafted comprehensive legislation, including the 1984 Washington Trust Act
Selected to “Super Lawyers,” Washington Law & Politics, 2001-2008
Education
J.D., Stanford School of Law, 1975
- Law Review
- Order of the Coif
B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Whitman College, 1969
