If you have been putting off estate planning because the logistics feel like one more thing you do not have time for, you are in good company. Most of our clients say the same thing at their first meeting: “I knew I needed to do this two years ago.” The barrier is almost never the cost or the complexity. It is the hassle — taking half a day off work, driving across town, sitting in a conference room, and repeating that three or four times.
We built our practice to remove as much of that friction as possible. Most of the estate planning process — the conversations, the document review, the decision-making — happens by video call, on your schedule. You and your spouse can join from the same room or from different cities. You can pull up your financial accounts on another tab while we talk. There is no commute, no waiting room, and no childcare to arrange.
Our Bothell, WA estate planning lawyer makes the process easy for you by making the decisions easy for you. We educate and explain the key considerations in protecting your family for generations. All of this can be done from the comfort of your own living room.
There is one step that does happen in person: signing. Washington has specific execution requirements for estate planning documents, and we take those seriously. Our signing appointments happen at our Redmond office with a member of our team, and we keep them efficient — typically thirty to forty-five minutes. We schedule them at a time that works for you, and by the time you arrive, you have already reviewed every document in detail during our virtual meetings. There are no surprises at the signing table.
After signing, we meet virtually one more time to walk you through post-signing considerations, whether funding your trust — the critical step of actually transferring assets into it —, storing your documents, notifying family members, find any other follow-up items like updating beneficiary designations. That funding meeting is where often of estate plans go from “documents in a drawer” to “a plan that actually works,” and we do not consider your plan complete until it is done.
The result is a process that respects your time without cutting corners on the legal work. You get a Washington attorney who knows estate and community property law, understands the state’s estate tax landscape, and has built a system designed to get your family protected without rearranging your life to do it. If you have been waiting for estate planning to become less inconvenient, it already has.
If you are a Washington resident and you want a plan that is built for modern life without being casual about legal formalities, our Redmond practice is structured accordingly. We begin with an online questionnaire, followed by a complimentary one-hour video consultation where we explain options and quote a clear fee range for your situation. Most plans fall between $2,000 and $6,000 depending on complexity. Planning and document review happen by video. Signing takes place in our Redmond office with our assistant so execution is done correctly, and we finish with a final virtual meeting on trust funding and post-signing follow-through. Contact Eastside Estate Planning today.
