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Estate Planning and Trust Practice

Mr. Dano has been in the active practice of law for nearly 40 years, initially engaging in general practice in Ellensburg, Washington, with emphasis on criminal law, real estate and business matters. Since 1982, Mr. Dano's practice has eliminated litigation and concentrated in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, real property transactions, business entity creation and management, and family business succession planning. Included in the practice area are giving advice and counsel and preparation of estate planning documents, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Community Property Agreements, trusts and pre- and postnuptial Agreements; documents necessary for the creation and management of limited liability companies and corporations; and documents involved in all manner of real property and commercial transactions. Also included are advice, planning and assistance with probate and trust administration.

Programs

Mr. Dano has and continues to give lectures and seminars in the area of estate planning in the central area of the state of Washington, which has included presentations in Spokane, Wenatchee, Chelan, Othello, Moses Lake, Ephrata, Soap Lake, Royal City, Quincy and Ellensburg to groups that include Ag Expo-Farm Forum, Practice Management Network, Estate and Federal Employees Pre-Retirement Planning Conferences, Association of Professional Mortgage Women, Mothers of Preschool Children, service clubs, AARP, Peoples Law School, Edward Jones, LeMaster Daniels, PLLC and private businesses. In addition, Mr. Dano has been an instructor at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake teaching a course in real estate law to broker candidates.

 

Program Topics

Mr. Dano has given talks and written papers with the following topics:

• Entities and Succession Planning
• Basic Estate Planning
• Drafting and Planning Life Insurance Trusts
• Use of Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Estate Planning
  Selected issues -
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts;
• Life Insurance Policy Beneficiary Designations;
• Estate Strategies for Farmers;
• Estate and Business Planning;
• Significant Estate and Gift Tax Changes and What To Do About Them;
• Entities in Estate Planning; Charitable Giving;
• Probate and Revocable Living Trusts;
• Estate and Business Planning for Farms;
• Agricultural Sales

 

Publications

Mr. Dano has published articles relating to estate and family business succession planning in the Columbia Basin Herald, Grant County Business Journal, Samaritan Hospital Foundation Newsletter and other publications.

Bar/Court Admissions and Memberships

Washington State Bar Association (1972- )

Real Property, Probate and Trust Section

Taxation Section

Kittitas County Bar Association (1972-1984)

Grant County Bar Association (1984- )

American Bar Association (1984 - 2009)

Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (1984 - 2009)

Federal District Court, Eastern District of Washington (1976- )

 

Professional Association Activities, Honors and Awards (Past and Present)

Estate Planning Council of North Central Washington

Former Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Washington State Bar Association, former Special District Counsel (Disciplinary Committee)

Washington State Bar Association, Task Force on Minorities in the Legal Profession

Washington State Bar Association, Future of the Legal Profession Study Group

Washington State Supreme Court, Practice of Law Board

Community Activities (Past and Present)

Former Director and President of the Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce

Former Director and President of the Ellensburg Rotary Club

Former Trustee, Central Washington University Foundation

Former Director and President, Central Washington University Athletic Booster Club

Founder, Whisky Dick Triathlon (Vantage to Ellensburg - 3rd Saturday in July)

Former Trustee and Current Emeritus Trustee, Big Bend Community College Foundation

Former Member and Vice-Chair, Moses Lake Tourism Commission

Former Director and President, Moses Lake Downtown Development Task Force

Former Director and President, Grant County Economic Development Council

Member, Moses Lake Business Association

Former Member, Moses Lake Vision 20/20, Downtown Redesign Committee

Member, Moses Lake Parks & Recreation Commission

Trustee, Jarrod Harrison Dano Foundation

Former Trustee, The Lauzier Trust

Former Board Member, Columbia Basin Foundation

Pro bono Estate Planning through Grant County Community Action Council and Columbia Legal Services

Education

Ellensburg High School, (1960-63)

United State Air Force Academy (1963-65)

Washington State University (1965-68), Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)

Gonzaga University School of Law (1968-72) Juris Doctor