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Ako Miyaki-Murphy

Associate

Ako Miyaki-Murphy

Associate Ako Miyaki-Murphy focuses her practice on trusts and estate planning.

Ako has experience developing estate plans and preparing documents for domestic and international clients, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney and medical directives.

Ako has assisted clients with trust administration and state probate, including the recovery of assets in the United States left by foreign decedents and assets outside the country left by U.S. decedents. She also has experience coordinating and facilitating communication among Japanese-speaking fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and tax professionals, as well as preparing and filing U.S. and Washington state estate tax returns on behalf of estates.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • The John Marshall Law School, J.D., Student Articles Editor, John Marshall Law Review
  • Illinois State University, B.A.

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Related Employment

  • Foster Garvey PC (formerly Garvey Schubert Barer, PC), Seattle, WA, Associate, 2014-2020
  • Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Discovery Attorney, 2013-2014
  • Bays Lung Rose & Holma (formerly Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Baba), Honolulu, HI, Associate, 2002-2006
  • Law Offices of Neal R. Novak, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Paralegal, 1996-2002

Professional Recognition

  • Perkins Coie Washington practice ranked Band 1, in Private Wealth Law by Chambers High Net Worth (HNW), 2016-2020

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Trusts and Estates, 2024-2025

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