Okura & Associates

155 Wailuku Drive
Hilo, Hawaii 96720View Map


 
Practice Areas:
Probate, Trust Estates, Protecting Assets From Nursing Home Costs, Medicaid Planning, Elder Law, Estate Planning.
 
Year Established: 1982
 
Firm Profile:
3 of our 7 attorneys specialize in Probate; 3 specialize in Protecting Assets From Nursing Home Costs, Medicaid Planning, Elder Law and Estate Planning; 1 specializes in Real Estate law. The Law Office of Sanford K. Okura was voted as the Best Law Office on the Island of Hawaii for 6 consecutive years.
 
Firm Size: 7
 
Sanford K. Okura (Principal) born Hilo, Hawaii, June 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Hawaii. Education: Grinnell College; Brigham Young University (B.A., magna cum laude, high honors, 1971); Stanford University (J.D., 1976). Court Appointed Arbitrator, 1991—. Former President and Director of Big Island Estate Planning Council. Co-Author: "Medicaid vs Long Term Care Insurance Planning in Hawaii," National Business Institute, 2004; "Practical Medicare and Medicaid Skills In Hawaii," HalfMoon LLC, 2004. Member: Hawaii County and State (Member, Sections on: Probate and Estate Planning; Elder Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Medicaid Planning; Elder Law; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Settlements; Living Trusts; Estate Planning.
 
ATTORNEYS
 
Penelope C. Blair (Probate Specialist) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1978, Hawaii. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, English literature, 1969); Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1976); Hawaii Pacific University (B.S., magna cum laude, Accounting and Computer Information Systems, 1984). Member: Hawaii State Bar Association (Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section); State Bar of California (inactive). Practice Areas: Probate(100%).
 
Ethan R. Okura (Attorney) born Redwood City, California, November 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; 2005, Hawaii. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1999); Columbia University (J.D., 2002). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member: Hawaii State (Secretary, Elder Law Section; Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section) and New York State Bar Associations. Languages: Japanese, Spanish. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Medicaid Planning; Elder Law.
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