Who We Are
Areas of Practice
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" by the readers of Washington Law and Politics Magazine, voted one of Seattle's "Top Attorneys" by Seattle Magazine and voted a Top Lawyer by Seattle Met 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.
End of Life Issues (Speaker, Senior Services of Seattle/King Count, 2010)
Strengthening Your Estate Planning Practice (Seminar Chair, King County Bar Association, 2010)
What Everyone Should Know About the Array of Legal Documents and Procedures Available to Assist the Elderly (Speaker & Author, Washington Elder Law, 2009)
Closing Probate (Speaker, Washington State Bar Association Probate Boot Camp, 2009, 2010)
Protecting Your Money While Building Your Estate at Judson Park Senior Living. (Speaker, 2009)
Buying Together and Not Married? at Salmon Bay Community Lending - Family Finances Series. (Speaker, 2009)
What Everyone Should Know About the Array of Legal Documents and Procedures Available to Assist the Elderly (Speaker & Author, Washington Elder Law, 2008)
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)
Guardianship Procedures (Seminar Co-Chair, HEALTH Education Network, LLC, 2010)
Memberships
Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Probate & Trust Section
King County Bar Association
Chair, Continuing Legal Education Advisory Committee
Estate Planning Council of Seattle
Washington Women In Tax
Areas of Practice
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.
Memberships
Washington State Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Probate & Trust Section
Legal Assistant
Sean C. Thomas
Administrative Assistant
Cindy McComish
Business Manager
Pat Rampp
