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
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
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
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Oahu from the Ala Moana Pacific Center in Honolulu. Rowen N. Young prepares wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and real property deeds, and handles Medicaid and gift and estate tax planning; the office also services the former clients of attorney Michael K. Abe. He hosts the call-in radio show Backyard Estate Planning and offers a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 1585 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1230Honolulu, HI 96814
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Oahu from the Honolulu office of a Boston-based firm at 1003 Bishop Street. Partner John K. Matsumoto, who joined from his own Honolulu practice in 2025, works in estate administration, trust services, fiduciary litigation, and counsel for caregivers, alongside estate planning. He has practiced trusts and estates law in Hawaii for more than 20 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law
- Office
- 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 2005Honolulu, HI 96813
Solo PracticeKailua-Kona, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Hawaii County from Kailua-Kona. Rebecca Colvin helps nominated personal representatives administer estates and handle required court filings, advises successor trustees on trust administration, reviews trust and estate documents for beneficiaries, and establishes guardianships and conservatorships for family members with diminished capacity. She has practiced in Hawaii since 2009.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
- Office
- 75-165 Hualalai Road, Suite 202Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves 1 county
Serves Honolulu County from an office on Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu. Tyson T. Tamashiro handles probate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, and conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, alongside estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 1600 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1215Honolulu, HI 96814