Welcome
Adams & Duncan provides Estate Planning services to Snohomish County and North King County individuals from our offices in Everett, WA.
We invite you to learn more about our Estate Planning services and then contact us to schedule an initial consultation.
We can assist you with an estate plan that ensures your estate planning desires and objectives are documented, and your assets are distributed to your intended beneficiaries. We can also assist in making sure your financial and health care decisions are in the hands of individuals you trust.
Our Estate Planning services include:
Reduce Estate Tax Liability
We assist clients with understanding and implementing gifting strategies, both during their lifetimes and at death, to reduce estate tax liability at the state and federal level, through the use of tools including Credit Trusts, QTIP Trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts and Life Insurance Trusts.
Beneficiary Protections
We can help ensure that your beneficiaries are protected. Through the use of provisions including trusts and custodial accounts, clients can specify how funds left to a beneficiary can be used, whether to pay for education, health care, or travel, while providing creditor protection to beneficiaries and ensuring individuals with disabilities are not disqualified from receiving public benefits.
Property Dispositions
Through the use of a Last Will and Testament, a Community Property Agreement, or with a Revocable Living Trust, individuals can designate and direct where their assets will go upon their death to provide for their spouse, children, disabled individuals and charitable organizations. We will help each client determine which options make the most sense to help them achieve their goals.
Planning for Incapacity
We are committed to ensuring our Clients have the necessary documents to protect them during their lifetimes. With a Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Power of Attorney and Health Care directive, individuals can be assured that their wishes will be carried out if they ever become incapacitated or unable to manage their own affairs during their lifetime.
Contact Maren Benedetti
Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Litigation
P: (425) 339-8556
F: (425) 740-3326
Maren Benedetti focuses her practice on Estate Planning, Probate/Trust Administration, and Estate Litigation. Ms. Benedetti assists individuals through the estate planning process of setting up Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives as well as coordination of beneficiary designations. Benedetti also assists individuals and fiduciaries with estate litigation matters involving the Trust & Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA), will contests, accounting requests and the like.
Ms. Benedetti is currently licensed in both Washington and Oregon, and is a member of the Snohomish County Estate Planning Council. Before moving to the Seattle area in 2011, Ms. Benedetti spent six years as a public defender in Bend, Oregon. She worked for the Washington United for Marriage campaign during 2012, helping to secure the right to marry for all Washingtonians.
Ms. Benedetti was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She graduated from Portland State University with a B.A. in Music in 1996 and from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2004.
Ms. Benedetti is a CrossFit and yoga enthusiast and loves spectating at her children’s sporting events. She particularly enjoys camping and hiking with her family and their two dogs.
About Adams and Duncan
The law firm of Adams & Duncan takes advantage of its size and client focused structure to deliver creative, efficient and affordable results to our clients. This focus gives our clients a competitive advantage both in their personal and professional lives because at Adams & Duncan, exceptional legal advice is more available and accessible than in traditional law firm structures. Our client focused structure uses a team approach and encourages attorney collaboration across our areas of practice on all client issues, which in turn makes the focus our client. As a result, Adams & Duncan has earned a rating of AV® by Martindale –Hubbell, a rating which identifies the firm as having the highest level of professional excellence and ethics.
Industry Leading Advocacy
Our unique combination of diverse expertise and client emphasis allows Adams & Duncan to service large and small businesses, community and regional banks, and local families who need help with everything from estate planning to real estate litigation. Our past work has won the confidence of prominent families and businesses and we are committed to earning that trust, every day, and every opportunity. If you are seeking legal counsel, please schedule an appointment for a legal consultation at your earliest convenience.