Areas of Practice
Estate planning, administration of trusts and estates, business succession planning, charitable giving planning, estate and trust disputes, finance and acquisition of commercial aircraft

Representative Experience
General estate planning

Trust representation

Business succession planning

Charitable planning and creation of charitable trusts and foundations

Creation of limited liability companies and partnerships

Creation and funding of insurance trusts

Creation and funding of qualified personal residence trusts

Generation-skipping transfer tax planning

Commercial aircraft finance

Memberships and Activities
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

American Bar Association

King County Bar Association

• Chairperson of Real Property, Probate and Trust Section

Washington State Bar Association

• Member of Executive Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
  
• Member of Editorial Board, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section

Estate Planning Council of Seattle

Member, Board of Directors, Special Olympics Washington

Member, Planned Giving Board, University of Washington

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2003, 2005-2008

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Trusts and Estates Law by Woodward/White, 2003-2004; 2005-06; 2006; 2007; 2008

Education
J.D., University of Michigan School of Law, 1991

B.A. in Economics, with distinction, University of Michigan, 1988