Jared N. Kawashima, Esq.

Jared N. Kawashima is the managing partner at Yee & Kawashima LLLP, where he represents Taft-Hartley multi-employer trust funds, handles probate, trust and estate planning matters, and commercial and probate/trust litigation. He regularly acts as a court appointed Master, Kokua Kanawai (“Helper in the Law”), and Special Administrator. He is a member of ACTEC (American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) and carries the highest Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of AV Preeminent.

Mr. Kawashima has served on the Board of Directors for the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, the American Liver Foundation Hawaii Chapter, and Inspire the Keiki Foundation and was a member of The Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee.

• Wills or Trusts by Everyone?

  
  

  The general public thinks they get the same value from an automatically created document. For some of the simplest situations, they may be right. But when are they wrong? And what should you point to so they know it? We’ll discuss the failings of automatically generated estate planning documents, and how you are, or can be, different and better. We’ll discuss estate planning tools, tax considerations, relationships that computers can’t navigate, and the many nuances of wills and trusts that require independent and experienced advice.