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

Chris Dias, Attorney at Law, Inc.

735 Bishop Street, Suite 412, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Honolulu County from downtown Honolulu. Chris Dias practices probate administration and litigation, trust administration and litigation, and conservatorship and guardianship matters.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorshipGuardianship

1-808-524-4600

Hongo Law Office, LLLC

2155 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 410, Honolulu, HI 96815

Serves clients in Hawaii and Japan from a Waikiki office on Kalakaua Avenue. Handles informal and formal probate in Hawaii, including estates of Japanese decedents whose deaths are recorded in the koseki family register, and prepares U.S. estate tax returns for non-residents with U.S. assets. The attorney is fluent in Japanese and travels to Japan twice a year to meet clients.

Solo PracticeSince 2013Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-204-4700

Hawaii Estate Law & Planning (HELP)

345 Queen Street, Suite 602, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves all four Hawaii counties from offices in Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Lihue, and Wailuku. Handles trust administration and probate, along with wills, trusts, and special needs planning. Founded by attorney Isaiah A. Cureton, and offers a free consultation.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection

1-808-773-7313

Infinity Estate Law LLLC

1314 South King Street, No. 1450, Honolulu, HI 96814

Serves Oahu from the Interstate Building on South King Street in Honolulu. The firm prepares revocable living trusts, wills, and powers of attorney, conducts no-fee trust reviews, and prepares deeds to transfer property into trust; trust administration is offered only to clients whose estate plans the firm prepared. Consultations are free.

Solo PracticeSince 2018Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationTrust Litigation

1-808-392-7306

Law Office of Keoni Souza, LLC

1188 Bishop Street, 27th Floor, Suite 2706, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves families across Hawaii from Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu, with meetings held virtually. Prepares wills, revocable living trusts, Kids Protection Plans, and special needs plans on a flat-fee basis. Voted Best of Hawaii in Estate Planning in 2024 and 2025.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-725-3456

Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP

999 Bishop Street, Suite 2600, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from downtown Honolulu. The Estate Planning Department represents trustees and personal representatives in administering and closing trusts and estates, including accountings and fiduciary tax returns, obtains and administers guardianships and conservatorships, and advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust litigation. Also prepares wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts.

Since 1971Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection

1-808-535-5700

KPRESS Law

P.O. Box 25368, Honolulu, HI 96825

Serves all Hawaii islands from Honolulu, handling proceedings in Honolulu and in Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui counties. Limited to probate and ancillary probate: petitions for appointment of a personal representative, estate administration, and closing of estates, at flat fees. Offers a free consultation.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-445-3072

JPM Law Firm, LLLC

1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2850, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from Honolulu and visits clients on the Big Island and Maui, including home visits. Prepares revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives, and provides Medicaid planning to preserve future eligibility; the firm states its goal of an organized trust and estate settlement for families. It reports assisting more than 2,000 Hawaii residents since 2010.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateEstate PlanningElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-808-377-0180

MacDonald Rudy O'Neill & Yamauchi LLP

1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2800, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients statewide from downtown Honolulu, representing beneficiaries and trustees in trust and estate litigation on Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. Handles trust and will contests, undue influence claims, trustee removal and surcharge, contested guardianships and conservatorships, and probate administration. Founded in 1992; initial case review is a flat-fee phone consultation.

Since 1992Serves 1 countyProbate LitigationTrust LitigationConservatorship

1-808-523-3080

Ng & Niebling

3604 Waialae Avenue, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, HI 96816

Serves Oahu from the Kaimuki neighborhood of Honolulu. The firm advises individual and corporate personal representatives and trustees on probate and trust administration, including accounting, fiduciary duties, and fiduciary income and estate tax returns; files conservatorships and guardianships; and handles trust litigation such as trust reformation, breach of fiduciary duty, and will and trust contests. The practice dates to 1975.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship

1-808-732-7788

Okura & Associates

1314 S King Street, Suite 760, Honolulu, HI 96814

Serves all Hawaiian islands from offices in Honolulu and Hilo, with a probate department that handles cases statewide. Handles ordinary probate (informal and formal), expedited ancillary probate for estates opened in another state or country, and affidavits for collecting small estates of personal property. The firm also practices Medicaid and elder law, and its probate page publishes typical cost and timeline estimates.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-808-593-8885

Peter J. Lenhart, Attorney at Law, LLLC

1088 Bishop Street, Suite 907, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu from downtown Honolulu and does business as Hawaii Convey. The firm opens informal and formal probates, special administrations, ancillary probates, and acknowledgments of authority for out-of-state personal representatives, prepares documents for trust and estate administration and trust distributions, and files adverse trust petitions to instruct or remove trustees. Real estate conveyancing is a core part of the practice.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-792-8777

Saiki & Associates, LLLC

800 Bethel Street, Suite 401, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients from a Honolulu office on Bethel Street. Represents executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and heirs in estate and trust administration, including probate, ancillary probate of foreign wills, heirship proceedings, creditor claims, accountings, estate tax returns, and contested trust matters. The founding partner is a Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor with 30 years in trusts, estates, and tax work.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionCharitable Planning

1-808-535-8477

Reese & Van Atta LLC

1003 Bishop Street, Suite 2550, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island from downtown Honolulu. Guides personal representatives through probate filings, creditor payments, and distributions, handles small estate procedures, and advises trustees on fiduciary duties, asset management, and distribution in trust administration. Practicing in Hawaii for over 35 years.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-808-536-2800

Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher, A Law Corporation

733 Bishop Street, Suite 1900, Pacific Guardian Center, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients from downtown Honolulu. The Private Wealth Law & Disputes group represents clients in disputes involving trusts, wills, probates, and closely held companies and partnerships. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Hawaii private wealth law.

Serves 1 countyProbate LitigationTrust Litigation

1-808-537-6100

Stephen S. Choi, Attorney at Law

1555 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1111, Honolulu, HI 96814

Serves Oahu from Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu and meets clients at homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. Stephen S. Choi assists trustees and personal representatives with administering trusts and probate estates, from inventorying assets and preparing accountings to paying creditor claims and distributing to beneficiaries. Initial consultations are free, at the office or the client's residence.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection

1-808-286-4248

Law Office of Samuel K.L. Suen, LLLC

1575 South Beretania Street, Suite 205, Honolulu, HI 96826

Serves Oahu from the Central Plaza Building on South Beretania Street in Honolulu. Handles probate administration, advises trustees on trust administration and fiduciary duties, and handles conservatorship and guardianship appointments. Offers home visits and a free consultation.

Solo PracticeSince 2011Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship

1-808-282-4411

Sterling & Tucker, LLP

201 Merchant Street, Suite 950, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves Hawaii families from offices in Honolulu, Wailuku, and Hilo. Guides personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, including asset management, tax filings, and communication with beneficiaries, and also handles estate planning and special needs planning. Co-founded by two certified public accountants turned attorneys, the firm holds free trust administration seminars on Maui and the Big Island.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning

1-808-531-5391

Yee & Kawashima, LLLP

1000 Bishop Street, Suite 908, Honolulu, HI 96813

Serves clients from a Honolulu office at 1000 Bishop Street. Guides families through trust and estate administration and represents clients in probate court on trust accountings, removal or defense of trustees, will and trust contests based on lack of capacity or undue influence, and trust reformation. A boutique firm concentrated on estate and trust matters; its trust and estate head has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2001.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigation

1-808-524-4501

Yim & Yempuku

2054 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96826

Serves Oahu from South Beretania Street in Honolulu. Handles trust administration, including estate tax return preparation and estate tax controversy work with the IRS, and administers estates, alongside wills, revocable trusts, and supplemental needs trusts. Formerly Stephen Yim Estate Planning; Stephen B. Yim is an ACTEC Fellow and former senior IRS estate and gift tax attorney in Honolulu.

Since 1987Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningCharitable Planning

1-808-524-0251

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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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All Hawaii tools

Estate Attorneys in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii

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