[WSBAPT] Maryland/Washington D.C. probate attorney

[Roger Hawkes]

Marie: a friend is using the below firm to probate his mother’s estate there.  He is satisfied with them😊

Haile & Peck
410-321-7037
Towson, MD


Roger Hawkes, WSBA 5173
Hawkes Law Firm, P.S.
19944 Ballinger Way NE, Suite #100
Shoreline, WA 98155
And 423 Main in Sultan, WA 98294
www.hawkeslawfirm.com<http://www.hawkeslawfirm.com/>
206 367 5000 Office
206 367 4005 Fax



From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Marie
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 4:09 PM
To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com
Cc: xeniamwaal at aol.com
Subject: [WSBAPT] Maryland/Washington D.C. probate attorney

Listmates,

I need referrals for a Maryland/Washington D.C. area probate litigation attorney for a local client.

Here's a thumbnail of the situation: This March, I prepared powers of attorney for an elderly woman who named her daughter as her agent. Since then, my client has been diagnosed with dementia and the agent is managing her financial and medical matters. The agent called me today about the pending probate of her aunt's (my client's sister's) estate in Germantown, Maryland. My client and her other sister are the only heirs. A Maryland attorney contacted the agent months after the death to offer to take over the executor/p.r. role, which she agreed to. Now he is refusing to communicate, provide a copy of the will, or otherwise tell her what's going on. There are assets sufficient to pursue having him removed if necessary. I have found a very concerning disciplinary history for this attorney for similar violations with the Maryland Bar Association. My client's agent really needs to get someone on board in Maryland to figure out what is going on and preserve the estate for distribution. Any referrals are greatly appreciated.

Marie White
Attorney at Law
415 SW 152nd Street
Burien, WA 98166-2208
206-246-1791 Phone
206-246-2080 Fax
Using an employer
provided or employer owned computer or other device to communicate with our office
may result in the waiver of the attorney-client privilege for those communications.
We do not use encrypted email so this message is not secure and may not be protected by attorney client privilege. This email address is NOT monitored 24/7. Please call during business hours so we can discuss it with you and also discuss timing. The information in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient named above (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient). If you received this in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by telephone immediately at (206) 246-1791, and delete the original message. Thank you.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20190722/55cfff00/attachment.html>