Quentin Wildsmith

Practice Areas

Trusts & Estates Litigation

Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy

Business Litigation

Career

Mr. Wildsmith is a trial attorney with an emphasis in trust, estate, guardianship, and complex commercial litigation. He served as the Managing Principal for his firm from 2012-2014 and has supervised the firm’s Trust & Estate Litigation department starting in 2012. Mr. Wildsmith serves on the WSBA’s Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution subcommittee, is “AV” preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been consistently named a “Washington Super Lawyer” since 2010. Mr. Wildsmith began his career as a Public Defender for the City of St. Louis, protecting the rights of people who could not afford to hire private counsel. He regularly litigates, arbitrates, and mediates cases involving vulnerable adults, trusts, estates, and guardianship disputes, demanding skills that understand complex family dynamics and experience in the variety of legal tools available for resolving such disputes.

Professional Memberships

* Board Director, Ian’s Ride, 2018-present, www.iansride.com

* Washington State Bar Association Trust & Estate Litigation committee member

* Washington State Bar Association, Past Chair Executive Committee of Law Practice Management and Technology Section

* Law Office Management Institute, Steering Committee

* Washington State Trial Lawyers Association

* Board Director, Helpline House, 2010-2014

* Bainbridge Youth Services, Volunteer, 2012-2020

* Hospice of Kitsap County, Board of Trustees, 1997-2001

* Leukemia Society of America, Team in Training Marathon Runner and Team Captain

Publications

Includes Presentations:

* King County Probate Policy and Procedure Manual, contributing author

* 10th Annual Trust and Estate Litigation Seminar, speaker and author

* Successful Money Management Seminar Series, speaker and author

* Voir Dire – St. Louis Repertory Theater, Legal Consultant

Personal

* Boston Marathon, 2015

* Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout

Education

Awards