About Scott A. Makuakane

     Scott A. Makuakane has been practicing estate planning and trust law in Hawaii since 1983. He is past-chair of both the Probate & Estate Planning Section and the Estate & Gift Tax Committee of the Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA). He also served as corporate secretary of the HSBA and is past co-chair of the Law-Related Education Committee of the HSBA. Mr. Makuakane has written various books and articles for lawyers concerning estate planning. He has served as lecturer for the Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the National Business Institute, the National Estate Planning Conference Center, Professional Education Systems, Inc., and the Young Lawyers Division of the HSBA, as well as for churches and community groups.

     Mr. Makuakane is past president and a director of the Christian Legal Society of Hawaii, past president and past chairman of the board of the Financial Planning Association of Hawaii, and a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu.

     Prior to forming The Law Offices of Scott A. Makuakane, Mr. Makuakane was a partner in the Honolulu firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, where he started his legal career. He left the Goodsill firm to join a smaller firm in 1994, and then established his own firm in 1999.

     Mr. Makuakane is a graduate of the William S. Richardson (University of Hawaii) School of Law, Duke University, and Ka’u High School.

Professional Credentials

• Licensed Attorney:  State of Hawaii, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court,
  U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
• Member, Trusts & Estate Planning and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Sections of the Hawaii State Bar Association
• Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Trained in Christian Conciliation by Peacemaker Ministries