Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Asset Protection Planning
- Special Needs Planning
- Tax Planning
- Charitable Planning
- Probate
- Trust Administration
- Medicaid Planning
- VA Pension Benefits Planning
- LLC Formation
- Pre-immigration Tax Planning
- Marital Agreements
- Assisting Litigation on Trust Laws:
I assist litigation attorneys (personal injury attorneys, divorce attorneys, and bankruptcy attorneys, etc.) who (1) try to pierce trusts and attach trust assets; or (2) try to prevent opposing parties from piercing trusts and attaching trust assets.
Although a lot of Washington residents execute trusts, very often their trust agreements lack asset protection features, or the documents include wrong provisions which ruin the asset protection features provided by trust laws simply because drafting attorneys are not familiar with trust laws or asset protection features provided by trust laws. It is just amazing that so many trust agreements have defects that expose trust assets to creditors’ attack easily. I spend a great amount of time researching trust laws and asset protection. It is always advisable for people to involve a trust expert when litigation involves attaching trust assets.
Mieko Shikuma J.D, LL.M (Tax)
Education:
- University of Washington School of Law
Master of Laws in Taxation - Gonzaga University School of Law
Juris Doctor with honors - University of Wyoming
B.A, M.A in Political Science with honors - Seattle University
B.A in Accounting
Shikuma Law Offices, PLLC
1833 N. 105th St, Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone (206) 853-1541
Fax (206) 527-5329
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