Description: The Current Status of Retirements Benefit Planning after the SECURE Act and the SECURE 2.0 Act. Relying on his experience advising clients in the areas of elder law, public benefits (including special needs trusts), estate and trust planning, and taxation, Mark designed this session to include a discussion of retirement benefits planning to the passage of both the SECURE Act and SECURE Act 2.0 for both disabled and non-disabled beneficiaries and planning options, including how to “stretch” the distribution period for non-disabled beneficiaries.

About our Speaker:

Mark focuses his practice in the areas of elder law, public benefits (including special needs trusts), estate and trust planning, and taxation. Mark regularly advises clients in the areas of asset protection and medical assistance eligibility as well as probate and estate administration, trust administration, and guardianship. Mark is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation, the only organization accredited by the American Bar Association for the certification of elder law attorneys in the United States.

Description: In 2021, the Washington State legislature passed a new law which consolidated the six types of civil protection orders in the state within the framework Chapter 7.105 RCW. In doing so, the legislature developed new requirements for the filing of, notice of, and prosecution of vulnerable adult protection actions (VAPAs) which take effect on July 1, 2022. This presentation will provide an overview of VAPAs and examine the changes which will take effect once Chapter 7.105 RCW takes effect.

About our Speaker:

Kevin is a Partner with the firm who practices in the trust and estate litigation practice group and who also specializes in civil appeals for a number of different legal practice areas. Kevin assists clients in matters involving probate disputes, will contests, trust account discrepancies, fiduciary abuse, guardianships, and committed intimate relationships. He has extensive training in domestic violence investigation and vulnerable victim protection and has handled countless motions, hearings, and trials before the District and Superior Court benches.

In addition to his trial court practice, Kevin has also expanded into appellate litigation practice where he has authored numerous appellate briefs and argued appeals for subject matters such as trusts, estates, guardianships, medical malpractice, breach of contract, and receiverships.

Prior to joining Helsell Fetterman, Kevin spent three years as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. During his time as a prosecutor, he handled over 30 bench and jury trials for matters ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He also handled an inquest ordered by the County Executive investigating a police involved shooting. Kevin has transitioned his litigation

Kevin graduated Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2013, where he was a member of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Society and teaching assistant for Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts and Property. While in law school, he was a legal extern to Washington State Supreme Court Justice Steven Gonzalez and was both an intern and extern with King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Prior to attending law school, he graduated from the University of Utah in 2009 with Cum Laude honors, receiving an Honors Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science and Bachelors of Science degree in Sociology.

Presented by Joshua L. Brothers of Brothers Henderson, P.S.

(90 minutes – applied for 1.5 credits Law/Legal)