George L. Smith

A former president of the East King County Estate Planning Council, George has extensive experience helping individuals and family groups with significant net worth implement appropriate estate plans to benefit loved ones and/or charitable beneficiaries while minimizing federal and state estate taxes.

George and his team have helped many, many individuals settle the affairs of a loved one under both Wills and Living Trusts, taking a practical approach designed to minimize estate taxes and legal fees.

George has helped numerous clients design and implement all types of revocable and irrevocable trusts including life insurance trusts, "intentionally defective grantor trusts", generation--skipping and "dynasty" trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, different types of charitable trusts, and special needs trusts for disabled individuals.

George helps individuals select the most appropriate form of business entity, helps closely-held business owners manage their businesses for their benefit, and assists business owners to implement buy-sell agreements and/or business succession arrangements with co-owners, family members, and employees to facilitate the owners' retirement.