Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jim Seki is a partner in the firm's Honolulu office and is a member of the Tax, Estate Planning & Wealth Management practice group. He concentrates his practice on tax law with an emphasis on estate planning and probate.

Related Matters

Estate Planning Counseling individuals and families interested in maintaining financial independence but aware of the financial responsibilities of doing so, with the structuring of estate plans appropriate and suited for their needs and objectives.  Such estate plans have included the use of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, financial powers of attorney, advance health-care directives and HIPAA medical information release authorizations.

Business Succession Planning Counseling business owners on the formulation, documentation and implementation of business succession plans designed to provide continuity of control and management, and to allow efficient transfer of business interests to future generations.  Such planning has involved, in some cases, three successive generations of family members. Such business succession planning has included the use of buy/sell agreements, stock redemption agreements, revocable and irrevocable trusts, business entities (such as corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships), voting trusts, employment agreements, and real property and equipment leases.

Probate Assisting with legal matters involving the administration of estates of all sizes in probate, representing the personal representative of an estate or the beneficiary of an estate being probated.

Affiliations

• Hawaii State Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Areas of Practice

• Tax, Estate Planning & Wealth Management
• Probate

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii

Education

• Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
• Oregon State University
  B.S.B.A.

Address

ASB Tower
Suite 2200
1001 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phones

808-523-2500

Faxes

808-523-0842

Emails

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Websites

http://www.carlsmith.com