FirmHonolulu, HI
Since 1971 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection
- Office
- 999 Bishop Street, Suite 2600Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeKihei, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Kihei, with a second office in Incline Village, Nevada, and handles work by phone, email, and video. Kristen Spees Marchello serves as trustee, securing and managing trust assets, filing tax returns, accounting to beneficiaries, and making distributions, and she prepares deeds and amends existing trusts. She typically charges flat fees for documents.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 3449 Akala DriveKihei, HI 96753
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- P.O. Box 25368Honolulu, HI 96825
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2850Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmHonolulu, HI
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesProbate LitigationTrust LitigationConservatorship
- Office
- 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2800Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmLihue, HI
Serves 1 county
Kauai office of a Honolulu-based firm, located on Pahe'e Street in Lihue. Its Trusts & Estates practice handles trust administration and probate and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Kauai partner Michael D. Scarbo, a Kauai resident since 2003, practices primarily in estate planning and real estate.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 4463 Pahe'e Street, Suite 207Lihue, HI 96766
FirmHilo, HI
Since 1969 · Serves 1 county
Serves the Island of Hawaii from Hilo. Handles probate and trust administration through the court, transfer of assets at death, and collection of non-probate assets, and assists out-of-state estates with Hawaii probate and distribution of property. The firm traces its practice to 1969.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 187 Kapiolani StreetHilo, HI 96720
FirmKahului, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Kahului. Handles probate administration, small estate administration, trust administration, and ancillary probate and acknowledgement-of-authority filings for Mainland families who lose a relative owning Hawaii property, along with Hawaii deed preparation and recording. Attorney Gloria Navarro Buckingham is licensed in Hawaii and California.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 360 Ho'ohana Street, Suite A103Kahului, HI 96732
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship
- Office
- 3604 Waialae Avenue, 2nd FloorHonolulu, HI 96816
FirmWailuku, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Wailuku. Handles probate administration and trust administration - filing the will and probate documents, inventorying and appraising assets, notifying and paying creditors, filing federal and Hawaii tax returns, and making distributions - as well as conservatorships and guardianships. Estate planning is billed on a flat-fee basis.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 156 Central AvenueWailuku, HI 96793
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 1314 S King Street, Suite 760Honolulu, HI 96814
FirmWaimea, HI
Since 1973 · Serves 1 county
Serves Hawaii Island from offices in Kamuela (Waimea) and Kailua-Kona. Represents clients in contested probate proceedings and trust disputes, including disagreements with trustees and beneficiaries over administration of a loved one's trust or estate. A family firm whose practice also covers personal injury, family, and real estate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTrust Litigation
- Office
- 65-1235 Opelo Road, Suite 1Waimea, HI 96743
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 1088 Bishop Street, Suite 907Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeHilo, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Hawaii County from Hilo, with remote appointments on request. Handles probate from filing through Letters and final distribution, ongoing and post-death trust administration including court accountings, and conservatorship and guardianship cases, with limited-scope representation available in some matters. Karly Aoki began her career in a bank trust department and volunteers at the Hilo Self-Help Center.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 199 Makaala StreetHilo, HI 96720
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 800 Bethel Street, Suite 401Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 4 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 2550Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeKihei, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Kihei, with clients in Hawaii and California. Roya Deyhim guides successor trustees through trust administration, including inventories, tax returns, and distribution to beneficiaries, and assists personal representatives in probate with asset gathering, estate tax analysis, and collection of death benefits. She founded the office in 2012 after practicing as a litigator in California.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationCharitable Planning
- Office
- 411 Huku Lii Place, Suite 201Kihei, HI 96753
FirmLihue, HI
Law Office of Sherman Shiraishi, ALC
Serves 1 county
Serves Kauai from Ulu Maika Street in Lihue. A two-attorney office: Mia R. Shiraishi, admitted in Hawaii in 2014, is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association Probate & Estate Planning section, and Sherman T. Shiraishi has been admitted in Hawaii since 1979.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 2403 Ulu Maika StreetLihue, HI 96766
Solo PracticeKailua-Kona, HI
Since 2015 · Serves 1 county
Serves the Big Island from Kailua-Kona. Handles trust and probate administration, including identifying assets, paying valid debts and taxes, and distributing to beneficiaries, as well as guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and prepares will and trust packages. The attorney is fluent in Japanese and makes home, hospice, and hospital visits in emergencies.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 75-170 Hualalai Road, Suite C209Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesProbate LitigationTrust Litigation
- Office
- 733 Bishop Street, Suite 1900, Pacific Guardian CenterHonolulu, HI 96813
