Experienced Estate Planning Attorney
Lane Powell has 140 years of experience
serving as a strategic business advisor and legal counsel to premier public and
private companies. Synonymous with excellence and innovation, Lane Powell’s
attorneys bring an entrepreneurial spirit to their work that is reflected
in a client roster that includes some of the most venerable – and dynamic –
companies and individuals in business today.
We are seeking an experienced attorney for
our Private Client Services practice in our Seattle office. Attorneys who are
part of our Private Client Services Team counsel clients on the full range of
estate and gift planning, estate administration, family business governance and
transition planning, family office services and dispute resolution matters. The
team has extensive experience working with high net worth individuals and
multi-generational families, including founders, owners and leaders of
businesses and charitable organizations of all sizes.
Job
Responsibilities:
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Strategically advising clients about their estate planning and
drafting wills, trusts and related estate planning documents, including durable
powers of attorney and health care directives; prenuptial, cohabitation and
property status agreements; partnership, LLC and buy-sell agreements; and
succession and family-transition planning to protect family- and closely-held
businesses
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Communicating with clients and family members regarding the
management and operation of family and closely-held businesses
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Providing sophisticated tax planning to minimize state and
federal estate, gift and other transfer taxes, as well as preparing federal and
state estate and gift tax returns
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Advising clients regarding charitable planning, including
charitable trusts, donor advised funds, supporting organizations, private
foundations and tax-exempt organizations
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Business planning, including business succession planning,
transition of business ownership and representation of the business in
tax-related matters
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Advising families and fiduciaries in the settlement of estates
and the ongoing administration of lifetime and testamentary trusts
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Assisting with probate and transfer of estate assets, including
managing estates with complex assets, business succession and
multi-generational planning needs; addressing foreign inheritance, tax and
other cross-border issues; navigating transfer tax audits that arise out of
estate settlements and postmortem tax planning
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Counseling trustees about their duties related to the
administration of trusts
Minimum
Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will have at least four
years of experience in all aspects of estate and trust planning, including
estate and gift taxation, estate and trust administration, business succession,
income tax planning for closely-held businesses, and charitable giving.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an unswerving client
service ethic are a must for this position.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Prior experience working with high net worth
individuals and families, including diverse clients with wide-ranging service
needs, working knowledge and experience with community property regimes, an LLM
in taxation, non-profit experience, advising tax–exempt organizations on
governance and tax-related issues, and admission to the Washington, Oregon
and/or California bar.
Pre-Employment
Screening:
Any job offer will be conditioned upon
successfully completing a pre-employment background, credit and reference
check.
Lane Powell PC is an equal opportunity
employer and actively encourages applications for employment from qualified
individuals of diverse backgrounds. If you need reasonable accommodations to
apply for any position, please let us know. All employment decisions, practices
and procedures are carried out without regard to gender, race, color, religion,
national origin, genetic information, political ideology, age, marital status,
disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, honorably discharged veteran
or military status, or any other applicable legally protected status. This policy
applies to all personnel activities including employment, promotion, transfer,
compensation and termination.
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