Admitted: 1966, Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1967, Illinois; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1971, Washington
Law School: University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D.
Member: King County, Washington State (Past Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Member: Real Estate Probate & Trust Section; Estate & Gift Tax Committee, Tax Section; Chair, Tax Section, 2005-2007; Tax Section Executive Council, 2005; Real Property, Probate & Trust Section Legislative Committee; Tax Force Member, Washington Uniform Estate tax Apportionment Act, 2005) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Estate Planning Council of Seattle; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Biography: Director, University of Wisconsin Foundation. Board of Visitors, University of Wisconsin Law School. Co-Author: Guiding Those Left behind in Washington, Eagle Publishing Company of Boca, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2001088893, copyright 2002-2006. Author: "Planning for the Washington Estate Tax," Tax Section newsletter, winter 2005 and Real Property, Probate & Trust newsletter, Spring 2006; Speaker, "Strategies for Dealing with the New Washington Estate Tax," Washington State Bar Senior Lawyers Section Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2007. Fellow: Washington Planned Giving Council; Seattle Philanthropic Advisors Network; Seattle Estate Planning Council; The Seattle Foundation.
Born: Evanston, Illinois, December 23, 1940
MilitaryService: Col., JAGC, USAR, Ret.
Ben Porter's practice emphasizes sophisticated estate and tax planning, including the formation of family LLCs and trusts. He also supports his clients in a variety of Elder Law issues.
Ben has been appointed the 2004-05 Chair of the Gift and Estate Tax Committee for the Washington State Bar Tax Section, and was named a 2004 "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law and Politics.
Ben is co-author of the book Guiding Those Left Behind in Washington. For more information, click here
Ben Porter has received the AV rating by his peers in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
