Straus Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Certificate
Moriarity First Year Moot Court Competition, Quarter Finalist
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Animal Law & Sports Law
Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Executive Editor
Seattle University
B.A. Political Science (2012)
magna cum laude
Political Science Departmental Honors
Dean's List
President's List
Seattle University Law Scholar
Korematsu Undergraduate Fellow
Chardin Academic Scholarship
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society
Biography
Publications & Speaking
Memberships
Kyla A. Parrino is an attorney in our Tax Planning and Trust & Estate Planning Practice Groups.
Through careful and analytical practice, Ms. Parrino provides counsel to clients to advance their current and future goals. She represents clients in legal matters encompassing:
Planning for clients and their pets through estate planning, including preparation of various estate planning documents such as revocable living trusts, wills, and powers of attorney;
Representing beneficiaries, executors/administrators and trustees, heirs and other interested parties in post-death trust administration and probate matters;
Appearing in probate court for both probate and probate litigation matters;
Tax Planning to minimize Federal Estate and Gift Tax
Advising clients related to charitable giving and business succession planning;
Representing conservators and other interested parties in conservatorships of individuals and estates;
Entity formation and maintenance, including limited liability companies, partnerships and corporations;
Advising clients related to California property tax issues; and
Use of various irrevocable trusts, family limited partnerships, and supplemental special needs trusts for the individual needs of clients and their beneficiaries.
Ms. Parrino earned her Juris Doctor with a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2015. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a Legal Specialization, as well as a minor in Philosophy, from Seattle University where she graduated magna cum laude in 2012.
Ms. Parrino is licensed to practice in both California and Washington.
Co-speaker, Handling Complex Assets - National Business Institution Continuing Legal Education, December 2022
Co-speaker, Trusts in Estate Administration - National Business Institution Continuing Legal Education, Decemeber 2022
Co-presenter, Trust & Estate Planning, Lewitt Hackman MCLE and CPE accredited seminar series, November 2019
Author, Acquiring a Business: Ins-and-Outs - Valley Lawyer Magazine, a publication of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, September 2017