Estate Planning lawyers in Hawaii Michael Lum to Samuel Suen

1188 Bishop St Ste 705 , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Hawaii National Guard

3949 Diamond Head Rd , Honolulu , Hawaii 96816 Zip code: 96816

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Sterling & Tucker, LLP

201 Merchant Street , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Michelle Scully Hobus is a partner in the law firm of Sterling & Tucker. Michelle Scully Hobus' love of helping others has directed her career path from California to Calcutta, and ultimately led her to Hawaii, and to Sterling & Tucker. Since joining the firm in 2004, Ms. Hobus has assisted clients in preserving their financial legacies with estate and disability planning. She also intimately understands the need for planning for young families who are just starting out or starting a family. Her focus is always client-centered and is a frequent presenter of Sterling and Tucker's monthly educational seminars on Oahu and in Hilo. She continues to service clients in both areas. Ms. Hobus is an Accredited Attorney with the Veterans Administration. She has dedicated herself to assisting Veterans of the United States Military with their estate planning needs, including receiving Veterans Administration benefits.. A four year Dean's List student, Ms. Hobus received her Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated Cum Laude in 1988 from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. Following college Ms. Hobus spent a year with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in San Francisco, living and working with homeless women and children. After completing law school she once again worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India. In 1992, Ms. Hobus received her Juris Doctor from University of San Francisco Law School. She was admitted to the California State Bar in 1992, and in 2003 to the Hawaii State Bar.. Originally an attorney with a California insurance and municipality firm, Ms. Hobus took a leave of absence from practicing law after a tragic event in her personal life. While living in San Francisco with her husband, a Punahou graduate who was also an attorney, she was wounded by a deranged former client who went on a shooting spree at the prestigious San Francisco law firm where her husband was working, and where she happened to be visiting. Her husband was shot and killed while saving Michelle's life.. In the aftermath, Ms. Hobus dedicated herself to violence prevention and the passage of reasonable firearms legislation. She formed a nonprofit organization, Legal Community Against Violence and became involved with Handgun Control Inc. (The Brady Campaign) which brought her lobbying efforts to Washington, where she provided testimony before the United States Congress.. Ms. Hobus is the recipient of the Sue Kingsley Volunteer Award, Handgun Control, Inc in Washington, D.C., the Points of Light Award from San Francisco's Points of Light Foundation, the Courage To Care Award, from the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence in Los Angeles and the Leadership Award from American Jewish Congress in San Francisco.

Firm: Sterling & Tucker, LLP

201 Merchant Street , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Michelle Tucker specializes in the concerns of clients ages 55 and older who are either in retirement or planning for retirement. She is well-versed in all of the critical aspects of retirement—wealth management, taxes, estate and long-term care planning and providing legacies for loved ones. As the co-founder and partner of the firm of Sterling & Tucker for over 25 years, she has helped families make the best choices for their retirement, grow and preserve assets, save on taxes, and then be able to pass their wealth as efficiently as possible to the next generation.. Have you accumulated enough to retire and be financially independent, and how do you manage your finances so that you will not outlive your resources? If you are like most people, you will retire only once, and mistakes in this process can be extremely costly. How often do you do something perfectly, when it's the first time you have ever done it? By establishing a long-term relationship with Michelle, she can help manage your financial life not just when you retire, but for the rest of your life.. Most people want to minimize taxes. If you could be paying less income tax annually, Michelle will know it. In addition, she will help you avoid potentially huge estate taxes, income tax on IRAs, retirement distributions and inherited IRAs. She'll help you make the most of your assets so you can enjoy what you've built over a lifetime and have a successful retirement. As life progresses, she'll be a resource and guide for important decisions concerning your long-term care and the best ways to leave your wealth to those you love.. Ms. Tucker is an estate planning attorney, a Certified Financial Planner, a CPA/Personal Financial Specialist, and a Registered Financial Consultant. Her professional capabilities together with the wisdom gained from over 30 years in practice, combine to bring positive change to the lives of her clients.. She is the first attorney in Hawaii to be certified by the American Bar Association (ABA) accredited Estate Law Specialists Board, Inc., as an Estate Planning Law Specialist, and is so certified by the Supreme Court of Hawaii. The Supreme Court grants Hawaii certification only to lawyers in good standing who have successfully completed a specialty program accredited by the ABA.. Ms. Tucker is an American Bar Foundation Fellow and a Charter Member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She belongs to both the Hawaii State and American Bar Associations. She belongs to the Hawaii Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Forensic Accountants Society of North America and the American College of Financial Planners.. She contributes to local news publications, is a sought-after public speaker and has co-authored three books; "Guiding Those Left Behind", "Total Wealth Management", and "Estate Planning Basics in Hawaii".. Ms. Tucker attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from William S. Richardson School of Law in 1981. As a student, she received numerous local and national awards, and credits much of her success to her teachers at McKinley High School, and professors at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.. Ms. Tucker is the mother of four children and spends her free time exploring Hawaii's breath-taking coastlines and mountain ranges.

Firm: Hawaii Estate Planning Law Group

Po Box 37934 , Honolulu , Hawaii 96837 Zip code: 96837

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Kobayashi Sugita & Goda

999 Bishop St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Okura & Associates

1314 S King St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96814 Zip code: 96814

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

PO Box 1658 , Hilo , Hawaii 96721 Zip code: 96721

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Yee & Kawashima LLLP

1000 Bishop St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Ivey Fosbinder Fosbinder LLLC

1883 Mill Street , Wailuku , Hawaii 96793 Zip code: 96793

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Law Off. of Richard M. Sakoda

945 Makaiwa St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96816 Zip code: 96816

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

The legal profession is working and listening to the concerns of your clients and using your best judgement, developed through time, experience and ability to help them.

Firm: Sterling & Tucker, LLP

201 Merchant Street , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Richard J. Sakoda is a partner in the law firm of Sterling & Tucker. He received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington and his Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii.. Mr. Sakoda was admitted to practice before all Hawaii state courts and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1992. His private practice has focused in the area of estate planning, disability planning, trusts and probate.. He is a member of the American Bar Association ("ABA"), the Hawaii State Bar Association ("HSBA"), the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA, the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the HSBA, and the Elder Law Section of the HSBA. Mr. Sakoda also served on the HIPAA Sub-Committee, a joint sub-committee created by the Elder Law Section and the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the HSBA. The HIPAA Sub-Committee addressed issues related to the protection and release of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).. Mr. Sakoda is a frequent participant on Legal-Line (formerly Ask-A-Lawyer), for which he received an Outstanding Volunteer Award in 1998. He contributed an article on "Inheritance, Wills and Trusts" for the Hawaii Women Lawyers 1996 publication Our Rights,Our Lives: A Guide To Women's Legal Rights in Hawaii.

Firm: Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell

700 Bishop St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Hastings & Laun LLLC

65 1230 Mamalahoa Hwy , Kamuela , Hawaii 96743 Zip code: 96743

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Bill currently serves on the board of the North Hawaii Community Hospital and the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and is a trustee of the Anna Perry-Fiske Charitable Trust.  He has previously served on the boards of the North Hawaii Hospice and the Parker School Trust.  He also served on the advisory board for the West Hawaii Fund and as a member of the Hawaii Island Leadership Council of the Hawaii Community Foundation.Bill began his law practice with the Honolulu firm then known as Torkildson, Katz, Jossem & Loden in 1977.  In 1983, he moved to the Big Island, opening a branch of the firm in Kailua-Kona. In 1995, Bill left the Torkildson firm, acquired their Kona office and continued his practice there.  In 2000, the firm moved its main office to its present location in Waimea (Kamuela). On July 1, 2013, the firm was reorganized and his long-time associate became a partner in the present firm. Mr. Hastings has participated in numerous seminars and programs on estate planning and gift & estate tax law for the Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the National Business Institute, Professional Education Systems, the Hawaii Society of CPAs, and the American College of Life Underwriters, as well as for several business and professional groups.  Bill has also taught Estate Planning as an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii's Richardson School of Law.

Firm: Law Off. of Robert Y. Nakamoto Jr., LLLC

1003 Bishop St Ste 2200 , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP

1099 Alakea St , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Law Offices of Rowen N. Young, LLLC

1585 Kapiolani Blvd. #1230 , Honolulu , Hawaii 96814 Zip code: 96814

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

We help our clients to arrange their affairs to avoid probate and minimize taxes at death.  We also help to arrange their affairs if they desire to a) qualify for Medicaid, b) protect the asset from a child's or grandchild's divorce, lawsuit or bankruptcy or medicaid.  What sets us apart - all planning is done by choosing or creating options that that maximize tax savings for all parties involved.  We are also committed to client education and public information - I invite everyone to listen to my live, weekly radio show on estate planning, "Backyard Estate Planning" now in its 31st year where we discuss estate planning, options, advantages, disadvantages, and the like.

Firm: Law Office of Roya Deyhim, LLLC

411 Huku Lii Pl Ste 201 , Kihei , Hawaii 96753 Zip code: 96753

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Russell A. Ota, LLLC

700 Bishop St Ste 1700 , Honolulu , Hawaii 96813 Zip code: 96813

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Law Office of Samuel K.L. Suen, LLLC

1575 South Beretania Street , Honolulu , Hawaii 96826 Zip code: 96826

Practice Areas: Estate Planning