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Mary Anne Vance

 

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Estate Planning
Trusts & Estates
Probate
Guardianship

maryanne@vancelaw.com
206-682-2333

Mary Anne Vance
Attorney, Shareholder, Director

Areas of Practice
Mary Anne Vance focuses her practice on estate planning, trusts, probate, and guardianship law.  She has represented a wide variety of clients, helping them organize their estates and care for their family members.  Ms. Vance is the co-author of the Probate and Estate Planning Chapters of Butterworth's Washington Civil Practice Deskbook.  She has chaired and spoken at many legal seminars sponsored by the Washington State and King County Bar Associations. She was voted "Super Lawyer" 2007 by the readers of Washington Law and Politics Magazine and voted one of Seattle's “Top Attorneys” for 2007 by Seattle Magazine.  Ms. Vance graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.

Publications and Presentations

Ms. Vance writes and speaks at Continuing Legal Education Seminars for attorney and for client groups on estate planning, trust, probate and guardianship matters.

When Death and Divorce Collide: Cross-over Issues in Estate Planning and Family Law (Seminar Chair, Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2005)

Ethical Issues in Estate Planning Practice (Speaker & Author, Washington Ethics Advisory, Washington Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2000, 2001, 2004)

Real World Estate Planning: Estate Planning for the Mid-Sized Estate (Seminar Chair, Washington Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2002)

Estate Planning Involving The Nontraditional Family (Speaker, Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1997)

Things I Should Know But Am Afraid To Ask: Selected Issues In Real Estate Transactions (Speaker, Real Property Probate & Trust Mid Year Meeting, Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1994)

Financing and Lender Responsibility in Real Estate Transactions: A Borrower’s Perspective (Speaker & Author, Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1993)

Estate Planning Approaches for Middle Income Individuals and Families (Speaker & Author, Seattle King County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1992, 1993)

 
Memberships

Washington State Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Probate & Trust Section, Executive Committee (2004-2006)

Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Probate & Trust Section

King County Bar Association

Estate Planning Council of Seattle

 

 



Areas of Practice

Estate Planning
Trust and Estates
Probate
Business
Real Estate

ken@vancelaw.com
206-682-2333


Kenneth L. Taylor
Attorney

Kenneth L. Taylor practices in the areas of estate planning, trusts, probate, transactional real estate matters, and business law. A native of Bremerton, Washington, Ken is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law.  Ken joined the firm in 1989.

 

Membership

Washington State Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Probate & Trust Section

 

 

 

 



Areas of Practice

Trust and Estates
Probate
Guardianship

terri@vancelaw.com
206-682-2333


Terri R. Luken
Attorney

Terri R. Luken focuses her practice on trusts, probate and guardianship administration and litigation. A former Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the King County Prosecutor's Office, Ms. Luken has tried numerous jury trials in Superior Court and has argued appellate cases at both the Court of Appeals, Division One, and the Washington Supreme Court. She has taught Continuing Legal Education seminars for the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and the King County Prosecutor's Office, and was a member of the Legal Advisory Committee for the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Ms. Luken is a Seattle native and an active community volunteer with Childhaven, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Parents' Association, and Pacific Crest School. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law.

 

Membership

Washington State Bar Association

King County Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section

King County Bar Association, Guardianship and Elder Law Section

Washington Women Lawyers, Judicial Evaluation Committee

 

 


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