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. 
Attorney Mieko Shikuma
Shikuma Law Offices, PLLC.
Shikuma Law Offices, PLLC in Seattle Washington
Practice Areas / Our Services
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.
Our Services
- Probate/Estate Administration/Trust Administration
- Wills
- Revocable Living Trusts
- Irrevocable Trusts
- Charitable Trusts
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- VA Aid and Attendance Pension Benefit Asset Protection Trusts
- Special Needs Trusts
- Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
- Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts
- Dynasty Trusts
- Legacy IRA Trusts
- Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
- Grantor Retained Income Trusts
- Lifetime QTIP Trusts
- Pet Trusts
- Legal Documents Translation Services: Japanese to English
Our firm’s legal translation expertise covers various practice areas. We also translate a variety of certificates (Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Police Records, etc.).
As an example, for a Simple Will Set, we can provide services for a fixed fee. The set includes:
- Will
- Durable Health Care Power of Attorney
- Durable Financial Power of Attorney
- Living Will
- HIPAA Authorization
- Memorial/Burial Instructions
Samples
- Sample trust agreement summary (PDF, 189KB)
- Sample will summary (PDF, 116KB)
Attorney Mieko Shikuma, the founder of Shikuma Law Offices, PLLC, is dedicated to providing personalized estate planning counsel and asset protection planning to individuals, couples, and families.
