Beyond Wills: The Benefits of a Trust

Protect what you’ve built. Preserve your legacy.
Estate planning is about more than simply deciding who receives your assets. Join us for Beyond Wills: The Benefits of a Trust, an online event exploring how trusts can provide greater flexibility, privacy, and control in your estate plan.
We’ll start with the basics on wills, and cover other estate planning documents like Powers of Attorney and Healthcare Directives. Then we’ll dive into trusts. We’ll discuss how trusts work, when they may be beneficial, and how they can help with asset management, avoiding probate, protecting loved ones, and planning for the future.
Whether you’re just beginning to think about estate planning or looking to strengthen an existing plan, this session will provide practical insights to help you make informed decisions.
Discover what a trust can do for you—and why it may be an important part of your estate plan.
Please note that The Law Offices of Jenny Ling, PLLC is licensed only in the State of Washington and that the presentation will be limited to the legal considerations in that jurisdiction only.
At The Law Offices of Jenny Ling, PLLC, our focus is on making sure you and your family are taken care of, whether it be estate planning, small business advising, kids protection planning, real property investing, or advising in times of financial distress. We call it planning for your legal life.
The Law Offices of Jenny Ling, PLLC is proud to be a multi-year Best in the PNW winner. In 2023, we were voted GOLD for Best Law Firm and Best Estate Planning Law Firm for the 2023 Best in the PNW and are proud to win again in 2024. As the Best in the PNW Estate Planning Law Firm, we are focused on providing clients with outstanding service and legal advice for all of the legal services we provide. We customize estate plans, tailored to each client’s specific needs, and our process is client focused. We offer free consultations to get to know our clients’ goals and concerns, and to develop the outline of each client’s particular estate plan during individualize planning sessions before our clients are ever obligated to pay for our services. All of our estate planning services are offered on a flat-fee basis so that our clients are encouraged to ask all of their questions during the planning process. We also provide a review of our clients’ estate plan every three years at no additional cost. We are committed to helping people create estate plans that are customized to their family’s unique needs and will help them avoid conflict. We are also passionate about providing a welcoming, open, and affirming space for all families and individuals, regardless of background or identity, to seek legal services.
Kristy Hoad focuses her estate planning practice on helping individuals, families, and small business owners create an estate plan that will ensure their legacy for years to come. Kristy received her Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law after receiving a Master’s Degree in Jurisprudence from The University of Washington School of Law. Kristy’s lifelong experience with family-run businesses has given her a unique perspective regarding the needs of business owners. Kristy has a deep understanding of the need for strategies that can protect family assets, and has seen the impact that poor planning can have on a family.
