Estate Planning

Creating a plan to preserve and protect your assets and determining to whom assets are transferred after your death is best done calmly and at your own pace. We can help you to accomplish this before a crisis forces you to make hasty decisions. Attorney Terence J. Yamada has 30 years of experience and understands the laws governing our state and its residents, and how those laws apply to each of our client's unique desires and concerns.

Whether your concerns involve the disposition of your assets, control of end-of-life decisions, or future care of your children, we will put them to rest.  We offer legal representation to clients in the counties of Clark, Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah, including the cities of Portland, Beaverton, West Linn, and Lake Oswego, and are dedicated to providing customized estate planning and trust management in the areas including:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Guardianships
• Conservatorships
• Advanced Health Care Directives
• Durable Powers of Attorney
• Business Succession Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Federal Estate Tax and Oregon Inheritance Tax Planning
• Gifting
• Special Needs Trusts

We are also highly qualified to provide legal representation in matters of probate, administration, and tax. With additional issues such as blended families and multi-generational family businesses, it is even more important that you take the time to clearly state your legal decisions for all involved.