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Kenneth M. Kilbreath
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Direct Dial:  425.450.4275
Fax:  425.635.7720
Email: kkilbreath@insleebest.com

PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Estate Planning and Probate
  • Trust and Estate Litigation
  • Guardianship
  • Business
  • Ken dedicates his practice to advising individuals, families, and fiduciaries in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, guardianships, and estate and trust related disputes.

    Ken counsels his clients in both tax and non-tax aspects of estate planning. Ken represents individuals and professional fiduciaries in all aspects of probate/trust administration and probate/trust litigation. Ken frequently serves as a court appointed Special Representative, Guardian ad Litem, and Personal Representative. Ken works with his business clients in the areas of entity formation, succession planning, non-profits, and real estate.

    Ken is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel ("ACTEC") and has received the highest "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

    Ken has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics magazine for 2006 through 2010, and was named by Washington Law & Politics as one of the top 40 elder law lawyers in 2010. Ken is a frequent speaker on estate planning at CLEs and other seminars, and has been chosen by his clients as a FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager appearing in Seattle Magazine.

    EDUCATION
    University of Washington School of Law, LL.M., taxation, 1999
    Seattle University School of Law, J.D., 1993
    Willamette University, B.S., 1988

    PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
    Washington State Bar Association, Member
              Past Executive Committee Member Real Property Probate and Trust Section
              Past Newsletter Editor
              Member, Business Section
              Editor, Washington Probate Desk Book
    King County Bar Association, Member
              Co-Chair Real Property Probate and Trust Section 
              Past Executive Committee Member of KCBA Guardianship and Elder Law Section 
    East King County Bar Association, Member
    Estate Planning Council of Seattle, Member
    East King County Estate Planning Council, Board of Directors
    Pediatric Interim Care Center, Past President, Board of Directors
    Bellevue Schools Foundation, Board of Trustees

    BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
    Admitted Washington, 1993
    Admitted U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1995

    PERSONAL
    Ken enjoys running, cycling, tennis, and spending time with his wife and their two young children.