Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 2001

Lawyer Overview

Practice concentrated in all aspects of estate planning, including complex planning for business succession, generation skipping tax planning, charitable giving and estate tax minimization through family enterprise. Experience also includes an extensive background in business, including owning and operating her own retail business and designing and selling accounting systems for small businesses.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Business
• Tax

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Business & Commercial Law, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1993
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 2004 - Present (Fellow)
• Washington State Bar Association (Estate Planning Section) (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association (Rules of Professional Conduct Committee), 1995 - 1997
• Washington State Bar Association (Real Property Probate & Trust Section, Executive Committee), 2006 - Present
• King County Bar Association
• Estate Planning Council of Seattle
• Humanities Washington (Board of Trustees), 2003 - 2006 (Member)
• University of Washington Estate Planning Board, 1997 - 2000

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers® List , Washington Law & Politics, 2006 - 2008
• Top 50 Women Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics, 2007
• Martindale-Hubbell AV rating

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, Estate Planning for Small to Medium-Sized Estate, WSBA CLE - April 2008
• Presenter, Wealth Management, Center for Distance and Professional Education - WSU, Bellevue, WA, April 4 & 11, 2007 / November 2 & 9, 2006
• Presenter, Death and the Depositor, Washington Banker's Association, Seattle, WA - March 2006
• Presenter, Planning for Flexibility in the Small to Medium Sized Estate, WSBA's Estate Planning for Small to Medium sized estates: Strategies and Procedures for Estate Planners, Seattle, WA - February 20, 2006
• Presenter, Planning for the Small to Medium Sized Estate, WSBA's 50th Annual Estate Planning Seminar: The Golden Anniversary Celebration, Seattle, WA - November 2005
• Representing Beneficiaries, WSBA CLE, 1999 - 2000
• The Best of CLE, WSBA, 1998 - 1999
• Basic Estate Planning, Providence Hospital Foundation , 1998
• Creating a Practical and Flexible Estate Plan…, WSBA CLE, 1998
• Estate Planning by Example, Providence Hospital Foundation, 1997
• Estate Planning: Facts and Fiction About Living Trusts and will Writing - Back to the Basics, KCBA CLE, 1996
• Planning your Estate to Minimize Taxes and Maximize Control, 1996
• Drafting Prenuptial Agreements, Community Property Agreements and Financial and Heathcare Durable Powers of Attorney, WSBA CLE, 1996
• Estate Planning Essentials for the Small to Medium Sized Estate, WSBA CLE - March 1996

Past Employment Positions

• Karr Tuttle Campbell - Seattle, Washington, Attorney, 1988 - 2001

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Washington Law Review, Articles Editor
• University of Washington
  B.A.
  Major: Business Administration

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-4697

Faxes

(206) 749-1920

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com