SCOTT A. MAKUAKANE is a lawyer whose practice emphasizes estate planning and trust law. He is a graduate of Ka`u High School, Duke University, and the University of Hawaii School of Law. After completing law school in 1983, Scott joined the estate planning department of the law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, where he became a partner in 1990. Scott left the Goodsill firm to join the law firm of Beck & Taylor as a partner in June of 1994. As of December 1, 1999, Scott withdrew from Beck & Taylor and established his own firm, The Law Offices of Scott A. Makuakane. His firm is now known as Est8Planning Counsel LLLC. Scott chairs the Elder Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA), and he is past chair of both the Probate & Estate Planning Section and the Estate & Gift Tax Committee of the HSBA. He is also past corporate secretary of the HSBA and past co-chair of the Law-Related Education Committee of the HSBA. Scott has written various training manuals and articles for lawyers concerning estate planning and has been a lecturer for the Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the National Business Institute, the National Estate Planning Conference Center, Professional Education Systems, and the HSBA, as well as various churches and community groups.

Scott is past president and a director of the Christian Legal Society of Hawaii. He is also past president, past chairman of the board, and current board member of the Financial Planning Association of Hawaii. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu and serves as a board member and corporate secretary of the Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu. Scott has been awarded the highest rating (AV) given by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (this rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar), has been inducted into the Outstanding Lawyers of America (an honor that is based on nominations of peers and is conferred upon no more than 100 practicing lawyers in any one State), and is named in the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals. Scott has also been a Certified Financial Planner™ certificant since 1995, though he does not sell financial products or services.
 

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