Tom Lofton’s practice centers on estate planning and probate and trust settlement, tax planning, and business formation and succession. His clients include more than 2,500 families and hundreds of closely held companies across the Pacific Northwest.
Tom handles estate-planning matters from the simple to the complex, probate avoidance, and strategies to reduce income, capital-gain, and estate taxes. Many of his business clients are professionals or families who have acquired investment real estate, and the fastest-growing part of his practice is international clients who have settled in the United States within the last five years. He works closely with his clients’ accountants, brokers, financial advisors, and insurance professionals, on the theory that the best plan is one everyone at the table understands.
After Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he majored in political science and business, Tom earned his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1990. He has been a shareholder at Oseran Hahn since 1998 and has founded or led several adjacent practices over the years, including The Private Client Law Group, Brislawn Lofton, PLLC, and Real Wealth Advisors, LLC. He founded the Northwest Small Business Roundtable in 1999 and has been an affiliate member of WealthCounsel since 1998.
A frequent speaker at public and private client events across Washington and Oregon, Tom lives in Mill Creek with his young family and supports Seattle-area causes including Children’s Hospital and the Boy Scouts. Outside the office he runs marathons, hikes, and climbs mountains. Around the firm he is known for a phrase he repeats often: “I want to delight our clients.”