Fitzwater Law, Portland OR

Attorney Emily Hogan and veteran paralegal Carolyn Mattson both delivered a thoroughly professional, solid gold legal experience when setting up my long-overdue Trust. Instructive and rich on forward-thinking, Emily distilled the many filing choices and complexities into one terrific, well-done and comprehensive Trust package. Finalizing the necessary paperwork at signing, Carolyn's legal expertise became evident as she navigated through the many signature pages.

I came away with a desirable, air-tight and upgraded legal future under my arm. To the point: my children will now be essentially free of sticky and bewildering inheritance complexities.

I can highly recommend Fitzwater Law, they did a superb job at a reasonable rate. Smart, accomplished and efficient.

Emily Hogan was great. She is very efficient and gave us clear advice on how to set up our estate planning. Highly recommend.

We've been working with Melanie Marmion and can't say enough good things about her! She's competent, intelligent, patient (thank you, Melanie, for putting up with us) and good at what she does. So glad we found her and her team to help us with estate planning. No one likes to do this but she's helped us every step of the way.

I have worked with this law firm for over 25 years! I initially worked with one of the senior Fitzwaters as a conservator for my grandmother. Following that, we worked with Theressa Hollis for many years. Theressa has helped us with our own estate planning and most recently, our trust. I have always found this firm to be knowledgeable, ethical and easy to work with. I highly recommend them.

Fitzwater Law was referred to us by a friend. We are looking into how to best help our father, who has been diagnosed with mild/moderate dementia. This was our first step and, in reality, we just want to understand Elder Law in terms of our father. The assistant to the lawyer we were referred to really didn't help, even as I was having a hard time explaining that we needed counsel with next steps for his life (assisted living, medicaid, power of attorney, his rights as an elder in his household). She told me they didn't deal with Elder Law (it's on their website) and, when I asked if she knew of another firm that does, she just said "no. " I don't need to relate how that felt. Maybe I asked the wrong questions.

Theressa Hollis has helped me through the probate process. She is very experienced, dependable, efficient, and always on top of things. Theressa, thank you so much for your excellent service!

This firm was recommended by a friend and I am very pleased with their work. My attorney, Emily Hogan, was knowledgeable, organized, and a great communicator. She updated my complete estate package, including special needs trusts, living trusts, and all associated documents to switch my house, car, investments, etc. To the new trust. The "to do list" was especially helpful.

The firm's employees were wonderful. I accidentally arrived for my appointment on the wrong day, and they graciously made it work, without causing me any embarrassment.

This is the best firm I have dealt with, and I highly recommend them.

Jonathan is a fantastic attorney who listens, cares, and provides a high level of expertise. He has setup a personal estate plan that works incredibly well for our family.

When I asked our financial advisors for lawyers who create Special Needs Trusts, they gave me three names. All three of them referred me to Melanie Marmion. Melanie helped us understand how this kind of trust works and what we need to do to assure it meets the needs of our child. We worked remotely for the most part which was efficient and helpful. Melanie is responsive, proactive, and understanding even when we made changes after the trust was signed. I know we can follow up with questions or changes as time passes. We appreciate her expertise and the work she has done for us and our family.

I would highly recommend Fitzwater Law. We worked with Melanie Marmion. She is extremely knowledgable, efficient and through. She was able to help us navigate and understand how best to handle some complex issue with our trust. She is also very personable, and explained things clearly so that we felt comfortable with our estate plan. We feel fortunate to have worked with her.