Honolulu Estate Planning, Probate & Business Attorneys

We handle estate planning, probate, and business matters for clients on every Hawaiian island, meeting entirely by phone and video, so getting a plan in place never depends on a flight to Oʻahu or a morning in a downtown office.

An Estate Planning Attorney for Every Hawaiian Island

Local reach without the travel

Our Hawaiʻi practice runs on a cyber office model. Consultations, drafting, and review happen by phone or video, which means clients on Maui, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Hawaiʻi Island work with us exactly the way clients in Kailua, Kapolei, and Pearl City do. Nobody books a flight to sign a document.

Jonathan Parker has been in practice for 38 years, admitted in Florida and New Jersey in 1988 and licensed in Hawaiʻi since 2011. Holding all three licenses is the practical reason we can coordinate Hawaiʻi property with mainland assets in one plan instead of handing you to a second firm. Our estate planning overview covers how we approach the work across all of our markets.

We offer flat-fee pricing wherever the matter allows it, covering most standard wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and uncontested probate, with the number quoted before any work begins.

What a Hawaii Estate Plan Needs to Cover

Four documents and one question

A Hawaiʻi estate plan usually comes down to four documents and one question: what happens to the property, and who decides when you cannot. We draft wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health-care directives, and we tell you which of them your situation actually calls for rather than selling you all four.

Hawaiʻi real property drives most of these decisions. A parcel titled in your name alone generally has to pass through the Circuit Court before it can transfer, which is why so many of our Hawaiʻi clients end up with a trust rather than a will alone. Our Honolulu trusts page covers how that works. If you would rather start with the will, our Honolulu wills page walks through Hawaiʻi's execution requirements and out-of-state wills.

When Someone Has Died and You Are Handling It

Probate help on every island

Hawaiʻi probate runs through the Circuit Court, and which circuit depends on where the person lived. Oʻahu matters go to the First Circuit in Honolulu, with separate circuits covering Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island, and Kauaʻi. As a probate attorney serving Oʻahu and the outer islands, we handle the filings, notice and publication, creditor claims, and the closing accounting remotely, and we appear when an appearance is required.

Most uncontested informal probates in Hawaiʻi close within six to twelve months, with a four-month creditor claim period setting the practical floor. Our Honolulu probate page explains the three tracks an estate can take and what determines which one applies to you. Our probate administration overview covers the process in more general terms.

Setting Up a Hawaii Business Without Surprise Bills

Predictable pricing on the legal foundation

Forming a business in Hawaiʻi means filing with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, naming a registered agent with a physical Hawaiʻi street address, and obtaining a general excise tax license before you start operating. That last requirement catches most owners arriving from the mainland, because the GET applies to gross receipts rather than profit and on Oʻahu the combined rate is 4.5%.

We handle formation, contracts, and business sales for Hawaiʻi owners, with flat-fee options on formation and standard contract work. Our Honolulu business planning page covers all three, and our business formation page goes deeper on choosing between an LLC, a corporation, and a partnership.

Four Things Our Hawaii Clients Count On

Honesty, respect, and results

• 38 years in practice, licensed in Hawaiʻi since 2011 and in Florida and New Jersey since 1988
• Every island served, with consultations, drafting, and review handled by phone or video
• Direct attorney contact, so you are never relaying questions through staff
• Flat-fee pricing wherever the work allows it, quoted before anything begins

Whether you have lived on Oʻahu your whole life or you are a mainland owner with property here, you get the same direct, plainly explained support.

Talk to Our Honolulu Office Today

Tell us what you are planning or what you are dealing with, and we will tell you what it involves and what it costs before you commit to anything. Consultations happen by phone or video, so it does not matter which island you are on.