Scott A. Makuakane
Est8Planning Counsel LLLC
Estate Planning & Administration
Alakea Corporate Tower
1100 Alakea Street, Suite 2424
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Honolulu: (808) 587-8227
Maui: (808) 891-8881
Email: maku@est8planning.com

About Scott A. Makuakane

Hawaii Estate Planning Attorney

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). 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., the Mediation Center of the Pacific, and the Young Lawyers Division of the HSBA, as well as a wide variety of 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 past president of the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu.

Prior to forming Est8Planning Counsel LLLC, 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.  He has been married to the same beautiful woman, the former Kathy Hendricks, for more than 30 years, and is the proud father of two sons, Ethan and Jesse.

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