Estate Attorneys in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii

43 estate law firms have an office in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, practicing estate planning, trust administration and probate. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its City and County of Honolulu office and its phone.

State

County

City

Practice Area

All Areas

Planning ahead

Estate Planning39 Special Needs Planning6 Asset Protection11 Medicaid Planning7

Settling an estate

Trust Administration37 Probate37 Probate Litigation5 Trust Litigation17

Capacity and care

Elder Law7 Conservatorship13 Guardianship12

Firm Type

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43 firms

Ashford & Wriston, LLP

999 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from First Hawaiian Center in downtown Honolulu. The estate planning group handles probates and trust administration, advises trustees and beneficiaries of personal and large charitable trusts, and prepares wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and charitable trusts. The firm has practiced in Hawaii for more than 65 years.

Since 1955Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationConservatorship+2

1-808-539-0400

Bart M. Koza, Attorney at Law, LLLC

220 S. King Street, Suite 1600, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from Central Pacific Plaza in downtown Honolulu, with a second office at the Mary Savio Medical Plaza in Aiea/Pearl City. Handles probate and estate administration alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney, Medicaid planning, and elder law.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-808-638-3987

Bickerton Law Group LLLP

745 Fort Street, Suite 801, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves all four Hawaii counties from a Honolulu office on Fort Street. Represents parties in probate and trust litigation, including will and trust contests based on undue influence or lack of capacity, disputes among beneficiaries over shares and distributions, and claims against trustees and personal representatives for mismanagement, improper fees, or self-dealing. The firm's page also addresses challenges involving no-contest clauses.

Since 1989Serves 4 countiesProbate LitigationTrust Disputes

1-808-599-3811

Bonner Sogi & Associates, A Law Corporation

705 S. King Street, Suite 105, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from downtown Honolulu. Attorneys Geoff J. Sogi and George O. White handle probates, trust and estate administration, conservatorships, guardianships, and trust and estate litigation, along with estate, long-term care, and special needs planning.

Since 2017Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+4

1-808-492-1907

Brian Patrick Sheehy, Attorney at Law

94-879 Farrington Highway, Suite E, Waipahu, HI 96797

Serves West Oahu from an office on Farrington Highway in Waipahu. The practice prepares wills, living trusts, and health care and general powers of attorney alongside a family law practice. The office keeps Saturday hours, and the first consultation is free.

Solo PracticeSince 2010Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust Administration

1-877-795-4378

Cades Schutte LLP

1000 Bishop Street, Suite 1200, Honolulu, HI 96813

Statewide firm headquartered in downtown Honolulu with offices in Kahului, Kona, Lihue, and Waimea. Its Trusts & Estates Group counsels trustees and personal representatives through trust and estate administration, and handles conservatorship and guardianship proceedings and contested trust, estate, conservatorship, and guardianship matters through mediation or litigation.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship+3

1-808-521-9200

Carlsmith Ball LLP

1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2100, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu, Hawaii Island, and Maui from offices in Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua-Kona, and Wailuku. Handles probate and trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, and probate and trust litigation including disputed accountings and breach of fiduciary duty claims, alongside wills and trusts. Represents trustees and fiduciaries of large Hawaii dynastic trusts.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation

1-808-523-2500

Law Offices of Curtis B. K. Yuen, A Law Corporation

1100 Alakea Street, Suite 1701, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Honolulu from the Alakea Corporate Tower downtown. Handles probate, wills and trusts, and estate and gift tax matters. Curtis Yuen is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a Hawaii CPA.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection

1-808-532-3103

Chun Kerr LLP

999 Bishop Street, Suite 2100, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients from a Honolulu office in the First Hawaiian Center. Its trust and estate group provides trust administration counsel along with estate planning, estate and gift tax analysis, and tax planning for wealth transfers. The firm has practiced in Hawaii since 1970.

Since 1970Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-528-8200

Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert

1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1600, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from Pauahi Tower in downtown Honolulu. The Wills, Trusts & Estates group assists with probate and non-probate estate administrations, guardianships and conservatorships, and dispute resolution over wills, trusts, and estates through mediation, arbitration, or litigation. Also prepares wills, trusts, transfer on death deeds, and special needs trusts.

Since 1963Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship+3

1-808-531-8031

David A. Bernstein, A Law Corporation

345 Queen Street, Suite 600, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients statewide from a Honolulu office, with additional offices listed on Kauai, Maui, Hilo, and Kona. The firm guides personal representatives through probate and represents trustees in trust administration, including inventorying assets, paying debts and taxes, preparing accountings and trust tax returns, and distributing to beneficiaries. A free 15-minute phone consultation is offered.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-533-3243

Devens, Nakano, Saito, Lee, Wong & Ching

220 South King Street, Suite 1600, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients statewide from a Honolulu office at Central Pacific Plaza. Assists families with the probate process after a death and advises on ongoing trust administration, acting as a resource for beneficiaries, trustees, and personal representatives with questions about administering a will or trust. The firm reports more than 65 years of practice in Hawaii.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship

1-808-521-1456

Estate Planning Group Hawaii

1585 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1111, Honolulu, HI 96814

Serves Oahu from the Ala Moana Pacific Center in Honolulu. The firm handles probate and intestacy proceedings, represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust administration, and takes estate litigation over capacity, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, and contested conservatorships and guardianships. Private consultations are offered at no charge.

Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship+4

1-808-942-8778

Estate Planning Partners, LLLC

1585 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1626, Honolulu, HI 96814

Serves Oahu from Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu. Advises trustees and personal representatives on trust and estate administration - recordkeeping, asset management, creditors, and beneficiary notices - and handles probate administration, conservatorships, and guardianships. The practice is limited to estate planning and administration.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship

1-808-784-4433

Eric M. K. Wong AAL ALC

3705 Waialae Avenue, Suite 208, Honolulu, HI 96816

Serves Oahu from an office in Kaimuki on Waialae Avenue. Handles trust administration after the death of a settlor, probate and estate administration, and representation of fiduciaries, trustees, personal representatives, beneficiaries, and heirs, along with mediation and settlement of family asset disputes. A trust and estate practice whose attorney has worked almost exclusively in the field for over thirty years.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-735-8801

Est8Planning Counsel LLLC

201 Merchant Street, Suite 1800, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from downtown Honolulu. Handles probate and trust administration for personal representatives and trustees, including creditor notice, tax filings, accountings, and distributions, and litigates estate disputes involving executors, trustees, and beneficiaries. Takes contested estate matters referred by other attorneys.

Since 1983Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection

1-808-587-8227

Estate Planning of Honolulu

6700 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, HI 96825

Serves Oahu from Honolulu, with clients in Ewa Beach, Kailua, and Kapolei. Assists families with probate, including petitioning the Hawaii probate court, executor responsibilities, resolving debts, and distributing assets. Work is billed at flat fees, and Michael Madison meets clients at home, in the hospital, or on neighboring islands.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-594-9917

Law Offices of Eric S.T. Young, ALC

55 Merchant Street, Suite 3000, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients throughout Hawaii from Harbor Court in downtown Honolulu. Handles trust, probate, and conservatorship administration and litigation, dispute resolution, and estate planning. A solo practice focused on trusts and estates since 1992; the attorney is an ACTEC Fellow and serves on the Judiciary's Uniform Probate Code and Probate Court Practices Committee.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorshipGuardianship

1-808-427-1406

Law Offices of George Nam

98-211 Pali Momi Street, Suite 811, Aiea, HI 96701

Serves Oahu from the Pearlridge Office Center in Aiea. George Nam handles uncontested probate, guides trustees through trust settlement after death including real property transfers to beneficiaries, and files conservatorship and guardianship proceedings; contested probate matters are referred to litigation attorneys. The office keeps Saturday morning hours.

Solo PracticeSince 1992Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-808-487-9455

Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP

999 Bishop Street, Suite 1600, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients from a Honolulu office at 999 Bishop Street. Its trusts and estates group represents personal representatives and trustees in probate and trust administration, counsels families and fiduciaries on post-death planning such as disclaimers and tax elections, handles will and trust contests and fiduciary litigation, and represents fiduciaries in estate tax audits.

Since 1878Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationGuardianshipAsset Protection

1-808-547-5600

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Probate in City and County of Honolulu

Probate Court Record

City and County of Honolulu First Circuit Court

City and County of Honolulu · 1st Circuit

Phone

1-808-539-4399

civil.1cc@courts.hawaii.gov

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:15 PM (except state holidays)

Office

Ka'ahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813-5093

Website

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Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

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Estate Law Firms Serving City and County of Honolulu

Cain Herren McKelvey, ALC

2141 West Vineyard Street, Wailuku, HI 96793

Serves Maui County from Wailuku. Handles probate cases for the administration of a loved one's estate, and prepares wills, revocable living trusts, certifications of trust, trust amendments and restatements, deeds into trust, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives. A general-practice firm whose other practice areas include bankruptcy, family law, and criminal defense.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-242-9350

Hawaii Trust & Estate Counsel

65-1230 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite F-102, Kamuela, HI 96743

Serves clients statewide from offices in Waimea (Kamuela), Hilo, and Kona on Hawaii Island and Wailuku on Maui, with home visits on Oahu. The firm lists probate administration and trust administration alongside estate planning. In most cases the first meeting with an attorney is complimentary.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-334-3343

Hastings, Laun & Houser LLLC

65-1230 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite B20, Kamuela, HI 96743

Serves Hawaii Island from offices in Waimea and Kailua-Kona, with attorneys who visit Maui and Oahu and handle cases statewide. Handles probate administration, trust administration, and estate and trust litigation including will contests and breach-of-fiduciary-duty cases. Home visits are available on each island on request.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection+2

1-808-885-4554

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Hawaii

Free Hawaii forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Hawaii.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Last Will and Testament

In Hawaii, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Hawaii allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Hawaii treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Pour-Over Will

In Hawaii, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Hawaii, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death. Hawaii does not recognize a Lady Bird deed.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Hawaii

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Hawaii: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Hawaii.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In Hawaii, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2.3% to 3.6% of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Hawaii takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.3% to 3.6% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Hawaii costs an estimated $28,206. Attorney fees run 2.3% to 3.6% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Hawaii costs an estimated $28,206 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.3% to 3.6% of the estate. Estates under $100,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Hawaii: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 4 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.

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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Hawaii runs $3,900 to $5,850 and a simple will $1,218 to $2,436, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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Estate Attorneys in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii

Probate in City and County of Honolulu

City and County of Honolulu First Circuit Court

Estate Law Firms Serving City and County of Honolulu

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Hawaii

Revocable Living Trust

Last Will and Testament

Healthcare Power of Attorney

Financial Power of Attorney

Pour-Over Will

Transfer on Death Deed

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Hawaii

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

How Much Does Probate Cost?

What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

How Do I Settle an Estate?

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

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Estate Attorneys in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii