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Karen Boxx is currently of counsel with the firm.

She focuses her practice on estate planning and consulting in probate, trust, and estate tax matters. Since 1997, Ms. Boxx has been on the faculty of the University of Washington School of Law, where she teaches in the areas of wills and trusts, estate and gift tax, community property, and estate planning. Before joining the faculty, she was in private practice for fourteen years, representing clients in estate planning, probate, trust, and guardianship matters, as well as small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Practice Areas

Estate Trust & Probate

Professional & Civic Involvement

  • King County Bar Association, Member
  • Washington State Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member; Real Property, Probate and Trust section; Regional Vice-Chair of Significant Developments Subcommittee
  • Seattle Estate Planning Council, Member
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year," Seattle, Washington (2025) -Trusts and Estates 
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Seattle, Washington, 2026 (Recognized since 2024) 
    • Real Estate Law 
    • Tax Law
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Selected to Super Lawyers list in Super Lawyers – Washington, 2002-2010, and 2012-2025
  • Selected to Top 50: Women Washington - Super Lawyers, 2003-2004

Articles & Presentations

  • Author, Gray’s Ghost—A Conversation about the Onshore Trust, Iowa L. Rev., (2000).

 

 

 

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