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
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
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection
- Office
- 1555 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1111Honolulu, HI 96814
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Since 2011 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 1575 South Beretania Street, Suite 205Honolulu, HI 96826
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves the whole state
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning
- Office
- 201 Merchant Street, Suite 950Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmWailuku, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Maui County from Wailuku. Associate attorney Eyke BrathHurdman handles informal and ancillary probate and conservatorships and guardianships on a non-litigation basis, along with simple estate planning and deeds into trusts. The firm's main practice is family law and criminal defense.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 24 N. Church Street, Suite 407Wailuku, HI 96793
FirmKihei, HI
Since 2023 · Serves 1 county
Serves Maui from South Maui, handling estates for local families and for heirs on the mainland or abroad. Handles formal and informal probate, intestate probate, estate administration for residents and non-residents, ancillary probate, and asset distribution and closing of estates, coordinating remotely so out-of-state families need not travel. The firm does not handle disputes or litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 34 Wailea Gateway Place, Suite A102Kihei, HI 96753
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigation
- Office
- 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 908Honolulu, HI 96813
FirmHonolulu, HI
Since 1987 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningCharitable Planning
- Office
- 2054 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI 96826