FirmHonolulu, HI
Since 1983 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection
- Office
- 201 Merchant Street, Suite 1800Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 6700 Kalanianaole HighwayHonolulu, HI 96825
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 55 Merchant Street, Suite 3000Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeAiea, HI
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 98-211 Pali Momi Street, Suite 811Aiea, HI 96701
FirmHonolulu, HI
Since 1878 · Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 999 Bishop Street, Suite 1600Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeLahaina, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves West Maui, including Lahaina, and has practiced there since 1977. Handles probate filing and court representation, guidance for executors and beneficiaries, resolution of estate disputes, and trust administration, along with wills and revocable, irrevocable, and special needs trusts. Offers a free initial consultation for estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 808 Wainee Street, Suite 201Lahaina, HI 96761
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Honolulu County from downtown Honolulu. Chris Dias practices probate administration and litigation, trust administration and litigation, and conservatorship and guardianship matters.
PracticesTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 735 Bishop Street, Suite 412Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmKamuela, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 65-1230 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite F-102Kamuela, HI 96743
FirmKamuela, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 65-1230 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite B20Kamuela, HI 96743
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Since 2013 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 2155 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 410Honolulu, HI 96815
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection
- Office
- 345 Queen Street, Suite 602Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeKahului, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Kahului. Rhonda M. Fosbinder, of Mancini, Welch & Geiger LLP, handles estate administration with and without litigation, including probate, trust administration, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and assists out-of-state heirs with inherited Hawaii property. She is licensed in Hawaii and California.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 305 E. Wakea Avenue, Suite 200Kahului, HI 96732
Solo PracticeWailuku, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from Wailuku. Handles the initial stages of probate, including appointment of personal representatives, probate of wills, intestate estates, and appointment of special administrators, as well as trust interpretation, guardianship, and conservatorship, and prepares wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. The attorney was raised on Maui; the practice also covers landlord-tenant, criminal defense, and family law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 2158 Main Street, Suite 102Wailuku, HI 96793
FirmLihue, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Kauai from Watumull Plaza in Lihue. Handles estate and trust administration for executors and trustees, represents estates, trusts, and will contestants in estate and trust litigation, and provides ancillary probate for out-of-state decedents who owned Hawaii property. Attorneys Cynthia Hannah-White and Katherine A. Caswell work primarily in estate planning and administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset ProtectionLong Term Care
- Office
- 4334 Rice Street, Suite 202Lihue, HI 96766
Solo PracticeWailuku, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui County from Wailuku. The firm handles decedent's estate administration, probate, estate and trust administration, transfer of assets to beneficiaries, estate and gift tax return consultation, and post-mortem planning. The firm has two attorneys, Karen Temple and an associate.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 1977 Kaohu StreetWailuku, HI 96793
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
- Office
- 1188 Bishop Street, 27th Floor, Suite 2706Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeKailua-Kona, HI
Since 1983 · Serves 1 county
Serves the Big Island from Kailua-Kona. Handles probate administration in Hawaii Circuit Court, trust administration and distribution, court cases involving trustee and beneficiary disputes, and guardianship and conservatorship appointments for minors and incapacitated adults. The attorney has served the Big Island since 1983.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 75-1029 Henry Street, Suite 102Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
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