Drawing on more than 35 years of experience as a practicing attorney, Ann Wilson advises clients on potential claims and complex fiduciary disputes. She guides trustees, executors, and other fiduciaries through difficult situations, including murky trust language, ambiguous wills, and challenging beneficiary relationships. Ann also represents individual and charitable beneficiaries seeking to protect their rightful interests in trust and probate matters.
Trust & Estate Litigation
Ann has litigated numerous will and trust contests, actions under Washington’s Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA). Her experience includes representing clients in ultra-high-net-worth cases involving complex trust, business, and marital‑property issues. Ann frequently handles cases involving community‑property liability, trust interests implicated by divorce, and other issues unique to high-net-worth and ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals and families.
Expert Witness Experience
Ann is also experienced as an expert witness in divorce proceedings, explaining trust structures, beneficiary rights, and the nature and extent of trust interests. She has also been retained as an expert witness in professional malpractice cases in which attorneys are sued for estate-planning errors or fiduciary‑related advice.
Whether working with seasoned professional fiduciaries or clients with little experience with legal disputes, Ann provides clear guidance, pursues cost‑effective strategies, uses mediation when appropriate, and is fully prepared to take matters to a hearing or trial. She brings an assertive, thoughtful, and highly experienced approach to this emotionally charged area of law.
Estate Planning and Administration
Ann also assists clients with designing and implementing comprehensive plans to reduce state and federal estate, gift, and generation‑skipping transfer taxes, and she manages all aspects of probate and estate administration.
Ann is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is ranked in Chambers High Net Worth Guide as a Band 1 practitioner for Private Wealth Disputes – Washington.
