Johanna M. Coolbaugh

• Estate Planning & Trusts
• Tax Law
• Estate and Probate Litigation

Johanna Coolbaugh’s practice focuses on estate planning for a broad range of clients, from young professionals to high-net-worth individuals and families who need sophisticated estate and business succession planning.  Johanna has significant experience in probate and post-mortem trust administration in taxable estates.

In addition to her probate and estate planning practice, Johanna advises individual and professional fiduciaries in their roles as trustees, executors, and attorneys-in-fact regarding TEDRA matters as well as complex trust and estate litigation.  Johanna also counsels clients regarding prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

• Speaker, WSBA Practice Primary: Estate Planning Track Two – Trusts, WSBA CLE, (2017)
• Presenter, Probate Administration: Accountings – KCBA CLE (2020 and 2021)

• Washington State Bar Association
  • First responder Will Clinic Volunteer
  • Estate & Gift Tax Committee
• King County Bar Association
  • Board of Trustees Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2008-2011
  • Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 2010-2011
• Federal Bar Association
• YWCA Emergency Housing Shelter, KTC Pro Bono Coordinator
• Seattle Estate Planning Council
  • Chair, Annual Estate Planning Conference (2022)

• J.D., summa cum laude, Seattle University School of Law
  • Seattle University Law Review, Executive Editor
  • Dean’s List, Presidential Law Scholar
  • Year-End Achievement Scholar
  • Civil Procedure Teacher’s Assistant
  • CALI Award achieved in Constitutional Law and Trusts and Estates
  • Extern, Honorable Robert J. Bryan, Federal District Court, Western District of Washington
• B.A., University of Washington
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Annual Dean’s List
  • Washington Promise Scholar
  • Golden Key International Honor Society UWA Member

• Washington State Bar
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Oregon State Bar

• Named as one of Washington’s Super Lawyers for each consecutive year beginning in 2013

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Outside of the office Johanna enjoys attending Husky football games, camping, and spending time with her young children and husband.  Johanna is passionate about environmental justice and is a volunteer board member with EarthCorps.