What We Do

Our legal practice focuses on matters related to Real Estate, Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law, and Business issues related to these areas.

Services We Provide:

Real Estate

• Advise on and draft documents for residential purchases and sales.
• Prepare financing documents and deeds.
• Create residential tenant leases and review commercial leases.
• Prepare easements and property agreements.
• Attempt resolution of disagreements without litigation.

Estate Planning (including creation of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Directives, Special Needs Trusts, and Community Property Agreements.)

• Prepare estate planning for individuals and couples of all ages and orientation; planning ranges from simple to complex and can include provisions for minor and disabled beneficiaries when needed.
• Provide guidance for client to minimize or eliminate estate taxes.

Probate/Estate Administration

• Provide estate administrations from the very simple to the more complex. Contested estates are welcome, so long as parties are open to alternatives to litigation for resolution, including mediation. Successful mediations require that all parties make a decision that they are done with conflict.

Elder Law

• Provide guidance on all of the above areas, as well as Medicaid planning. We provide support on the journey so many persons face; how to assist their loved ones with the mental and physical hurdles that arise over time. We provide guidance and documents to prepare for care and incapacity and facilitate enforcement of those documents after incapacity.

BUSINESS

• Advise on business entities to both facilitate real estate operations and investments during life, and to prepare for efficient estate administration at death. Create Operating Agreements for Limited Liability Companies.

 

***LEGAL DISCLAIMER*** All of the discussion and information provided on this website are a general statement of the laws of the State of Washington which may or may not be similar to the laws of any other state. The information does not constitute legal advice for any reader or any particular situation and should not be used as a substitute for consultation with an attorney.