Geoffrey H Garrett
2150 N. 107th St. #150
Seattle, WA 98133-9009
Summary Description
Our firm is dedicated to providing you with quality estate planning resources, so you can become familiar with all of the existing options. When you visit or call our office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such an important issue concerning both you and your family. We want to arm you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your family’s future.
If you have a well-drafted estate plan in place, you’ll ensure that your estate passes to whom you want, when you want, and is carried out in the manner you’ve chosen. You can rest assured that your family won’t have to endure the public process and costly matter of probate. The government won’t be able to take what you’ve spent a lifetime building. But you need to be aware of the many options that exist in estate planning—and you must choose your attorney wisely.
Attorney Overview
Geoffrey H. Garrett purchased assets of the law practice of Stanley R. Byrd in 2008. For more than twenty-seven years previously, he pursued two challenging careers simultaneously, as an attorney in an active sole practice and a senior pilot for a major airline, where he achieved the rank of B-747 captain in the international operation. He was honored as his airline’s 2005 Captain of the Year in Seattle. He has been a frequent speaker on the subject of reorganizing troubled airlines, has written significant papers about airline code sharing and fleet restructuring in bankruptcy, and is the co-author with Stanley R. Byrd of Estate Planning Basics in Washington.
Mr. Garrett advises in matters of estate planning and probate, trust administration, guardianship and planning for special needs, elder law and asset protection. He assists owners of small businesses with respect to entity formation, administration and compliance, purchase and sale of businesses and succession planning.
Experience
Articles
- The Will of Sherman Hemsley has been upheld by a Texas Court
- Washington Elective Shares
- Will Updates Can Require Care
- Study Reveals Dangers of Elderly Loneliness
- Alzheimer's May Alter Walking Style
- Probate Language Oddities
- Rising Senior Divorce Rate
- Arthritis Warning Signs
- Why Elderly Depression Can Be Hard to Detect
- Debts After Death: Who Pays?
- Financial Moves For the Terminally Ill

