Updated: April 19, 2024

Real Property, Probate and Trust Section

The Real Property, Probate, and Trust Section assists members in achieving the highest standards of competence, professionalism, and ethics in their practices. The Section is composed of legal professionals whose practices span the areas of real property, trusts, and estates. The Section’s governance structure includes two separate councils: the Real Property Council and the Probate and Trust Council.

The Section provides benefits to members by annually sponsoring several CLEs in each discipline, as well as hosting an annual midyear meeting with both joint and concurrent presentations. The Section produces a number of newsletters each year with in-depth articles on recent developments, pending legislation, and case law updates. The Section hosts an active website and list serve for each discipline providing numerous resources and current information. The Section also assists the legislature in the enactment and improvement of the laws affecting real property, probate, trusts, and estates, and assists the judiciary in the just administration of those laws.

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The Real Property, Probate and Trust (RPPT) Section offers many resources and benefits for members. On this page you will find information about member benefits, their upcoming events and offerings, as well as info about RPPT's Executive Committee.

Upcoming Programs

Member Benefits

Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Website

Executive Committee

Executive Committee Meetings


Upcoming Programs

Executive Committee Elections

Election season is here! If you’re interested in applying to serve on your section’s executive committee, head over to the Elections page to see a list of open positions and how to apply.

If you have any questions, please email sections@wsba.org.

 

NEW! 2024 Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Midyear Meeting and Conference

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Presented in partnership with the WSBA Real Property, Probate & Trust Section

Join us in Spokane at the gorgeous Historic Davenport Hotel for the 2024 RPPT Midyear. This in-person program caters to both new attorneys and veteran practitioners seeking a refresher. Either way, practitioners of probate and trust as well as real property will be up-to-date with practice essentials, foundational knowledge, updates and practical tools.

We look forward to being together in person and hope you can be part of it. As always, if you are unable to join us, the 2024 Midyear will be recorded and available for purchase from the WSBA CLE store at a later date. If you have health and safety concerns related to attending the RPPT Midyear in person, please email us at cle@wsba.org.

When: June 7-9, 2024

Where: The Davenport Hotel, 10 S Post St., Spokane, WA 99201-3902

Credits:
1.00 Ethics
7.00 Law & Legal Procedure
2.00 Other

See above for scholarship info.

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Member Benefits

Find more information and member benefits on the RPPT website.

The Section's two list serves are administered by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. If you are a section member, you can subscribe by visiting the RPPT Section's website and clicking the "For Members" tab. Look for the list serve tab. Please enter your RPPT section login credentials to access this page and on the page you will see instructions for subscribing to the list serves.

* Please note that some member benefits are password protected. Please contact the section's webmaster to receive the password.

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Executive Committee

ChairAnna Cashman (2023-2024)

Immediate Past Chair: Devin McComb (2023-2024) 

Secretary/TreasurerNathan Smith (2023-2024)

Young Lawyer Liaison*: Taylor Haines (2022-2024)

Board of Governors Liaison*: Todd Bloom (2023-2024)

 

*Nonvoting member

 

Ex-Officio

Emeritus*: Annie Fitzsimmons

Webpage Editor*Kristy Hoad

Assistant Webpage Editor*: Michael Safren

Newsletter Editor*: Stephen R. King

Assistant Newsletter Editor*: Michael Safren

Fellows* (Probate and Trust):
Andrew Benson
Steven D. Matyas

Fellows* (Real Property):
Maria Gaydos
Matthew Reinikka

Probate and Trust Council

Director:
Jessica Aurelia Carr (2022-2024)

Council Members:
Hans Juhl (2022-2024)
Saul Tilden (2022-2024)
Sarah Bowman (2023-2025)
Brent Williams-Ruth (2023-2025)

Real Property Council

Director
Keaton Hille (2023-2025)

Council Members:
Michelle Mendoza (2022-2024)
John Sharp (2022-2024)
Carl Rubinstein (2023-2025)
Nathan Luce (2023-2025

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Executive Committee Meetings

Please contact committee member for details on their upcoming meeting dates and locations.


For general Section questions, send your email address and Bar number to sections@wsba.org. For more information and to get involved with the Section, please contact Section Chair Anna Cashman.

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