Katharine Laura West
Portland, OR
Licensed for 24 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Estate Planning
Language
English
About
I began my career in estate planning during my studies at Stanford Law School, preparing wills, trusts, and probate filings as a law clerk in a busy estate planning boutique. After graduating in 1997, I accepted a position with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP (now Bingham McCutchen LLP), a large Silicon Valley law firm, where I specialized in commercial litigation, appeals, and hospital/medical staff law. I remained with Bingham for eleven years before moving to Portland and joining the Oregon State Bar in 2008. Since that time, I have returned to my estate planning roots, focusing my practice on guiding individuals and families through the estate planning and probate process. I live in northeast Portland with my husband, two children, one fiesty cat, one fish, and one frog. In my spare time I enjoy hiking with my family, running, cooking, photography, and best of all, reading a good book.
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
Litigation
Probate
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
My husband and I just completed our Trust through the Law Office of Katherine West. I wanted to share her contact info. with you because we were thrilled to find a competent, intelligent, patient, sincere, and completely knowledgeable attorney. We had planned to have a trust made right after our son was born (almost 4 years ago) but kept putting it off. Probably, because we knew it was exploring and answering some difficult questions. Well, push came to shove when we booked our first vacation away from the boys and literally asked ourselves, "if we crash, what happens to the boys". I know it's a morbid thought, but we certainly wanted to decide our children's fate. We found that so much more is involved in a trust. All that you could want answered, is and by completing it, we feel very secure. So, here is Katherine's information. Like I said, she was a complete pleasure to work with. She made it easy for us, was patient, and answered every question in a way that was clear and understandable. (contact information removed)
My husband and I just completed our Trust through the Law Office of Katherine West. I wanted to share her contact info. with you because we were thrilled to find a competent, intelligent, patient, sincere, and completely knowledgeable attorney. We had planned to have a trust made right after our son was born (almost 4 years ago) but kept putting it off. Probably, because we knew it was exploring and answering some difficult questions. Well, push came to shove when we booked our first vacation away from the boys and literally asked ourselves, "if we crash, what happens to the boys". I know it's a morbid thought, but we certainly wanted to decide our children's fate. We found that so much more is involved in a trust. All that you could want answered, is and by completing it, we feel very secure. So, here is Katherine's information. Like I said, she was a complete pleasure to work with. She made it easy for us, was patient, and answered every question in a way that was clear and understandable. (contact information removed)