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I have been the principal of the Law Offices of Beth A. McDaniel, PLLC since 2002. Our firm focuses on areas associated with estate planning including wills and trusts, disability planning, guardianship, elder law, probate, and mediation. We have offices in Renton, Washington and Bellevue, Washington.  I am one of the eight certified elder law attorneys in Washington state, as accredited by the National Elder Law Foundation.  Note: this designation is recognized by the American Bar Association, but not by the Washington State Bar Association.  I was named Attorney/Law Firm of the Year in the Renton Reprorter Newspaper's Best of Renton 2019 Readers' Poll.  I live with my husband and two children in Newcastle, Washington.

Liberty's practice encompasses estate planning, probate, trust administration, and taxation. She helps families and individuals achieve their estate planning goals by utilizing tax-saving wills and trusts, durable powers of attorney, advanced directives, and property agreements. By understanding who and what is important to her clients, she creates a comprehensive estate plan customized to achieve each client’s goals.. Following the death of a loved one, Liberty offers guidance and support to personal representatives (a.k.a., executors). She provides a detailed overview of the probate process, prepares the necessary probate paperwork, and communicates frequently to make sure the personal representative meets all time-sensitive deadlines. When necessary, Liberty also prepares Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act Agreements (“TEDRA Agreements”) to make sure the decedent’s estate plan is implemented.. Liberty was previously an attorney with the law firms of Carney Badley Spellman, PS, and Helsell Fetterman, LLP in Seattle. Prior to attending law school, Liberty worked at Columbia Bank as a financial analyst underwriting loans to high net worth individuals and businesses.

I enjoy helping clients solve problems and create a fresh chapter in their lives.

Andrew provides sophisticated estate, gift, generation skipping, and other tax-optimized wealth transfer strategies, business succession planning, trust administration, as well as customized “family office” solutions to high-net worth individuals, families, and private businesses across the Pacific Northwest. He serves as outside general counsel to many private businesses, guiding legal strategy for significant and complex matters associated with the business and legal affairs of businesses and their owners, including corporate, limited liability company, real estate, and employment work.. In his multi-disciplinary practice, Andrew advises on a variety of business matters, including purchases and sales of businesses and ongoing corporate and employment law issues. His real estate practice regularly includes residential and commercial property transactions for many millions of dollars, as well as complex commercial leasing.. Overall, Andrew is recognized and appreciated by his clients for providing high value, strategic and discreet solutions while rendering extraordinary client service on highly confidential matters important to his clients’ interests.

I enjoy Estate Planning because it is an area of law in which I can help clients solve problems before they occur, instead of helping them pick up the pieces in an already frustrating situation. The nature of estate planning also makes it possible for me to really get to know my clients and form a relationship of trust. Taking the time to learn about my clients' values, families, and circumstances helps me design an estate plan that will give them a sense of peace. I also do probates, because I love to help people at critical junctures in their lives, such as following the death of a loved one.

It may be impossible to know exactly what life has in store for you, but it is possible to plan and prepare so your assets and the ones you love most are protected. Proper Estate Planning is about making sure the life and legacy you’ve built – and the future you’ve planned – has some measure of protection from the numerous circumstances none of us can control.. Attorney Politakis serves his community by educating, empowering, and advocating for individuals and their loved ones who want to create a meaningful life and legacy. He believes that everyone deserves quality Estate Planning, no matter the size of the estate. To achieve this goal, his clients deal directly with him, not a team of paralegals or assistants like other law firms. He will be your point of contact every step of the way.

I became a lawyer to help people. My legal services are heart centered, direct & honest, flat rate and about the relationship not the billable hour or the transaction. Any individual or family I work with is for life - as your Trusted Advisor, ensuring that the custom plan we create for you works when you need it most.. I work with families, individuals and small business owners to ensure that they have a plan in place for death and incapacity. I make sure that the custom plan we create will work for you when you need it most, and keeps your loved ones left behind out of conflict and court so they have space to grieve instead of having to deal with a beaurocratic mess.. Having a trust or a will is not just for the rich, it is not something you should wait until you are old to do.  Every single adult individual or family with minor children, no matter how modest their means or age, needs a plan in place to ensure that if they die things are taken care of for the loved ones they leave behind. If you think planning is too hard, too expensive or just too confusing, I encourage you to book a free consultation call with me and we can discuss your options. The consultation is complimentary, the planning will be priceless.. To get started reach out and book a 15 minute Discovery Call with my staff today.  We will review the process with you. There is no obligation to plan but the complimenatary planning session will help you get more organized financially and asset wise than ever before.  And you will know at the end of our Life & Legacy planning session what the default plan is for you or your family so you can choose to plan with all the information you need.. If you think time or finances will be an obstacle to planning, think again - my flat rate services make estate planning affordable and I offer monthly payment plans and sliding fees for those who may not otherwise be able to afford my services.. No question is a bad question and it my responsibility to my client to look at the entire situation and give advise from both a legal and compassionate human perspective. I have done a good job if my client is educated and empowered as a result of our interaction.. I offer comprehesive business creation, maintenance and strategic advisor services. Business law is not just about forming the right entity, checking a box and moving on - but looking at the holistic picture of the business, its goals, and using my outlook as an attorney and consultant to be a trusted advisor, to prevent troubles before they are encountered. I ensure all of my clients have essential foundations of their business in place for legal, insurance, finance and taxes.. I offer estate planning for individuals, families with minor children, working class families, and beyond. Planning for after you are gone is some of the most important planning you can do for your loved ones. It is never too early to plan for your death, but it can always be too late. All my planning services are  flat rate and scale from economical to an investment in protecting your families wealth.. When I am not advising clients I teach personal development through spiritual means and meditation, I write bookson gratitude and how and why to estate plan, gratitude journals, poetry and memoir, I photograph the world around me, practice Buddhism, and I am a spiritual Guide in the Lineage of King Salomon, meditation facilitator, and I coach individuals on many aspects of leading a joyful empowered life using metaphysical and secular tools to cultivate abundance. I try to smile and have gratitude for this life every day.  I look forward to talking to you.

I am an estate planning professional in the Seattle area. I have focused my legal career on helping clients navigate the complexities of tax-efficient planning, the administration of estates and trusts, and succession planning for closely-held family businesses.

John M. Terpin obtained his Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School in 2006 and is a member of the bar of the State of Washington. Terpin Law, PLLC was founded in 2015 to better assist individuals and families navigate our complex legal immigration system. Terpin Law, PLLC currently continues to assist people as a full-service Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning Firm.

Geoffrey H. Garrett served full careers as a pilot in the United States Air Force Reserve, where he was an Instructor Aircraft Commander on the Lockheed C-141, and at United Airlines, where he achieved the rank of Boeing 747-400 captain in the international operation.  He served as the vice-chairman of the Official Creditors' Committee in the major bankruptcy of United Airlines and was named Seattle Captain of the Year in 2005.  He wrote a major study of airline code sharing for the Air Line Pilots Association.. While flying, Geoff was also engaged in the full-time practice of law.  He began his legal career in 1980 as a commercial litigator in California.  In 1988, when he moved with his family to Seattle, he converted his practice to estate planning and settlement of decedents' estates.  He has also practiced in bankruptcy, small business formation and governance, special needs planning, veteran's benefits, and elder law.  His practice is now limited to estate planning, probate, and trust administration.. Mr. Garrett is also a financial advisor and coach.. Geoff and Sabina have been married since college in 1970.  They have three adult children, including a daughter with special needs, for whom Geoff serves as guardian.  He enjoys golf, bicycling, reading and political cartooning.

Sunny Awla is the founder of Newport Law, PLLC. Newport Law provides services to Entrepreneurs, Investors and Families to structure their estate to gain maximum peace of mind .Sunny began her career in the legal profession in private practice representing clients in family law litigation, probate and estates, immigration and business matters. During this time, Sunny provided pro bono services to under represented communities in King County through the King County Bar Association. As a daughter of immigrants she is in a unique position to understand the ways in which the law can help first and second generation immigrants, NRI’s and small business owners, to protect their assets. Many people in this position are unaware of how to protect themselves from an overly litigious system that makes it easy for others to discover their assets for recovery. As a entrepreneur and real estate investor herself, an she understands the importance of planning for your family's future by building and protecting your legacy. She is the trusted adviser to her clients because she builds meaningful relationships.

Guy Bowe is an associate at Wade, Grimes, Friedman, Meinken & Leischner. He specializes in the areas of estate and trust administration, estate planning, and elder law and is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Bowe works closely with his clients to address their unique goals and circumstances, including incapacity planning, legacy planning, asset protection planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning. Mr. Bowe takes pride in spending time to educate his clients on the legal process and infusing a sense of humor into the process of developing and reviewing legal documents with his clients.. Mr. Bowe developed his practical approach to solving client problems while working for PwC and Deloitte, where he advised multinational corporations on M&A structuring and tax planning in various international jurisdictions.. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Bar Association and as the Continuing Legal Education Chair.. He received his law degree from Penn State Dickinson School of Law where he received the CALI “Excellence for the Future Awards” for highest grades in: Estate Planning, Corporations, and Strategic Legal Research, among others. In Law School, Mr. Bowe clerked for the Honorable John E. Jones III of the United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.. In his spare time, Mr. Bowe enjoys aquascaping, golfing, rooting for (and being disappointed by) the Philadelphia Eagles, and volunteering with his wife, Katie, at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.

I provide counsel to small businesses owners in an array of matters that include Business Formation, Contract negotiations, Complex commercial transactions, Intellectual Property (Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets) and Commercial litigation. In addition, I assist individuals and families as they navigate through the often complex and emotional process of Estate Planning and Probate law; and advise local area talent in the field of media law relating to Copyright and Right of Publicity.. As a near life-long resident of the the Pacific Northwest, I am an avid fly-fisherman, rock climber and devoted Husky fan. I also enjoy golf and travel. Thank you for visiting my site and I look forward to assisting you.

Juliana "Juls" O'Neill has spent her entire career helping Virginia and DC families. She began her practice by litigating family law cases of all kinds, from divorce to custody. Her background as a family law attorney has led her to be particularly sensitive to her estate planning clients' concerns when it comes to personal, family issues. Her primary focus is to protect her clients from the consequences she saw in her family law cases.. Juliana brings compassion and understanding to the table when listening to clients explain their goals and concerns. She enjoys helping her clients experience the peace of mind that comes with providing for the security of their loved ones.. Juliana received her J.D. from Wake Forest University after receiving her B.A. from Hillsdale College. She is licensed to practice in Virginia and DC. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her nieces and nephew in Michigan.

I am an experienced lawyer providing legal services in the Ft. Hunt, Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, and Fairfax County jurisdictions.  As a 20 year resident of the Northern Virginia community, I enjoy working to help neighbors through difficule legal scanarios.  I provide general practice legal services for individuals and small businesses in the community.  My practice areas include criminal defense (traffic court, DUI/DWI, general misdemeanor defense), estate planning (wills, trusts, probate, power of attorney, etc.), general counsel services for small businesses (contract review, incorporation, non-profit law, employment law, and other business transactions), and property/neighbor disputes.