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Jamie

Jamie R. Lanier
ShareholderNonprofit & Social Enterprise Team Co-Chair
Seattle
D 206.223.7716
lanierj@lanepowell.com

Jamie Lanier focuses her practice on estate planning, probate, and trust administration for high net worth individuals and families. She also works with fiduciaries and beneficiaries regarding non-judicial resolution of trust and estate disputes.  

In addition, Jamie advises private foundations regarding formation and compliance issues.

Professional Experience

University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Adjunct Professor of Law (Estate Planning Drafting) (2021)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Marc Barreca (2013-2015)
  • Judicial Extern to the Honorable Marc Barreca (2013)

Mercado & Hartung, PLLC (2012)

Washington State Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Division (2011)
 

Community Involvement

U.S. Law Firm Group Trust and Estates Committee, Committee Representative (2022-Present)

Seattle Foundation, Professional Advisors Council (2021-Present)

King County Bar Association, Member

Washington State Bar Association

  • Member, Real Property Probate and Trust Section
    • Trust and Estate Fellow (2017-2019)

Washington First Responder Will Clinic, Former Volunteer

 

Thought Leadership

  • December 9, 2022Event / CLE
    Ten Things I Hate About Year-End
    Washington State Bar Association | Virtual
  • August 18, 2022News

    The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys

    Awards & Honors
  • August 16, 2022Publication
    Washington Nonprofit Handbook: How to Form and Maintain a Nonprofit Corporation in Washington State
    Communities Rise
  • April 27, 2022Event / CLE
    Community Property Considerations
    King County Bar Association | Virtual
  • January 4, 2022News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders
    Firm Announcement
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • February 25, 2021Event / CLE
    What the Biden Administration Means for Startups
    Lane Powell & Geekwire | Virtual
  • February 16, 2021News

    Lanier Appointed to Seattle Foundation Professional Advisors Council

    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020Publication
    2020 Gifting Considerations
    Private Client Services Legal Update
  • March 12, 2020Publication
    Estate Planning for Retirement Assets After Congress slays the ‘Stretch IRA’
    Puget Sound Business Journal
  • December 12, 2018Event / CLE
    Estate Planning for the Unusual: Person, Places and Things
    Washington State Bar Association Annual Fall Probate and Trust Seminar | Seattle
  • September 25, 2018Event / CLE
    From Taxes to Taxidermy: A Taxonomy of Topics for High Net Worth Clients
    Lane Powell Trusts & ‘Tinis Seminar | Seattle
  • August 31, 2018News
    Lanier Authors Chapter in Wayfind Legal Nonprofit Handbook
    In the News
  • February 8-9 2018Event / CLE
    Practical & Inspired Planned Giving Seminar
    Lane Powell and del Prado Philanthropy | Seattle
  • November 14, 2017Event / CLE
    Washington’s Uniform Power of Attorney Act: Do I Have to Accept this Durable Power of Attorney?
    Estate Planning Council of Southwest Washington | Vancouver, Washington
  • September 28, 2017Event / CLE
    You Decant Take It With You… But We Have a Few Ideas to Share
    Lane Powell Trusts & ‘Tinis Seminar | Seattle
  • March 16-17, 2017Event / CLE
    Recent Changes in Estate Planning
    Washington State Bar Association
  • December 1, 2016Publication
    New Uniform Power of Attorney Act, Effective January 1 (Bankers’ Edition)
    Financial Institutions Legal Update
  • November 2, 2016Publication
    Private Foundations: Taking Them Beyond Checkbook Philanthropy
    Seattle Business Magazine
  • October 5, 2016Publication
    New Uniform Power of Attorney Act, Effective January 1
    Senior Living and Long Term Care Legal Update
  • July 7, 2016News
    Lanier Joins Lane Powell’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group
    Firm Announcement
  • Award_2023 Lawyer of the Year Ones to Watch

Practices & Industries

  • Private Client Services
  • Nonprofit & Social Enterprise

Education

  • University of Washington, LL.M. in Taxation, 2016
    • ETHICAL DUTIES TO THE TAX SYSTEM: A HANDBOOK, Schumacher and Hatfield, eds. (University of Washington School of Law 2015), Assistant Editor
  • Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2013
  • Seattle University, B.A., Communication Studies, cum laude, 2008

Admission

  • Washington

Honors

"Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers®, Nonprofit/Charities, Trusts and Estates (2021-2023)

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