[WSBAPT] Professional Personal Representative

[Lewis, Amy C.]

Have you tried Chris Neil/Rainier Guardianship or Robin Balsam/Commencement Bay Guardianship?  Bruce Moen in Seattle also sometimes accepts these appointments.


Amy Lewis, Attorney
Pronouns she/her/hers
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909 A Street, Suite 600 | Tacoma, WA 98402
phone 253.572.4500 | fax 253.272.5732 | www.eisenhowerlaw.com<http://www.eisenhowerlaw.com/>
From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Inge Fordham
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 1:46 PM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] Professional Personal Representative

Colleagues,

I represent an heir to an intestate estate where the administrator was recently removed.  The court entered an order stating that a specified family member (we'll call him John Doe) or a third-party personal representative shall serve as the administrator going forward.  Property of the estate is supposed to be turned over this Friday, but we don't have an administrator to receive the estate property.  I'm having trouble locating an affordable professional personal representative who can quickly step into the role.  Dorothy Hansen is not presently accepting new clients as she is going on medical leave.  For corporate options (i.e., Ohana), it could be a month or more before a committee even decides whether to accept the case (and then I may need to file a motion to appoint the administrator who accepted the case, etc.,).  We don't have that kind of time.  Are there other professional fiduciaries (like Dorothy Hansen) who perform professional personal representative services?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,


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Inge A. Fordham | Attorney
Fordham Law, PLLC
3218 Sixth Avenue | Tacoma, WA 98406
Office: (253) 348-2657 | Fax: (253) 276-0280
www.fordhamlegal.com<http://www.fordhamlegal.com>


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