[WSBAPT] Attorney Mark S. Beaufait?

Tue Mar 8 10:43:57 PST 2022

Not all attorneys keep their Bar profiles current, unfortunately, even though they are required to do so.  If absolutely necessary, you could do an address/phone number search with one of the online companies, or hire a service like ABC Legal to do a skip trace on the attorney:

https://www.abclegal.com/

I agree about keeping originals.  I think it used to be a common practice, though, so if this will is old the attorney might have kept it in an office safe (as the firm I worked with in Idaho did in the early 2000s).

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Thank you Brent. Yes, good suggestion, and one I had not thought of (though I should have).

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David J. Faber
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 5:16 PM Brent Williams-Ruth <brent at williams-ruthlaw.com<mailto:brent at williams-ruthlaw.com>> wrote:
If this has been suggested - i apologize - but have you tried the WSBA directory that is online? that information should be current as of the submission for the 2022 dues.

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On Mar 7, 2022, at 4:24 PM, David Faber <david at faberfeinson.com<mailto:david at faberfeinson.com>> wrote:

C's (F)ather died a couple months ago with assets ostensibly left in trust. C's only copy of F's trust documents are unsigned, as is the copy of the pourover Will in C's possession. The unsigned copies are stamped "Client's Copy" and the signature pages indicate that there is a signed original with the attorney who created the originals. Intestate beneficiaries differ dramatically from Trust beneficiaries, so efforts to legitimate the unsigned trust copy seem destined for failure.

The firm that created the originals (Elston, Brown, & Beaufait, PS.) is no longer in existence, and the attorney F worked with was Mark S. Beaufait. I've been able to determine that Mark S. Beaufait appears to still be practicing in Seattle (at least potentially), but all of the phone numbers I can find for him online either just ring without end or cuts off after 4 rings to tell me "you cannot leave a message on this number". I believe the "Elston" in Elston, Brown, & Beaufait is Douglas Elston, whose number goes to a voicemail. I have been able to connect with either attorney.

Does anyone know Mark S. Beaufait and are you able to connect me with him? I need to track down the original documents or my sense is that this situation will end in a pretty major catastrophe for C. Any leads are helpful.

Let me also say that if you are still keeping original documents for your clients: please stop. It's a terrible practice that is ethically-questionable and liable to create huge problems for your clients, which itself might reasonably be considered malpractice. It makes everyone's life harder, including yours. No bueno, as they say.

Best,
David J. Faber
Faber Feinson PLLC
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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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