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 County, 2010)

Strengthening Your Estate Planning Practice (Seminar Chair, King County Bar Association, 2010)

Guardianship Procedures (Seminar Co-Chair, HEALTH Education Network, LLC, 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)

Memberships

Washington State Bar Association,
  Real Property Probate & Trust Section

King County Bar Association
  Board of Trustees

Estate Planning Council of Seattle

Washington Women In Tax

YMCA/West Seattle-Fauntleroy
  Board of Advisors