Carol Vaughn

Carol Vaughn was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1986. She has a litigation practice focusing on guardianships, trusts, probates and vulnerable adults. She is a graduate of Smith College (1983; magna cum laude) and Harvard Law School (1986). Ms. Vaughn was a legal aid attorney with Evergreen Legal Services and Northwest Justice Project before joining Thompson & Howle. In 2003, she was awarded a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship from Harvard Law School. While at Thompson & Howle, Carol Vaughn and Suzanne Howle have co-counseled the following cases before the Washington Court of Appeals: Estate of Kessler, 95 Wn. App. 358; 977 P.2d 591 (1999) (will contest); Estate of Whitehead, 2007 Wn. App. Lexis 1827 (Slayer Statute; represented family of victim); and Estate of Smaldino, 151 Wn. App. 356, 212 P.3d 579 (2009) (contempt finding against opposing counsel in probate litigation against former personal representative for breach of fiduciary duty and failure to account). She is admitted to practice in the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has been asked to speak at legal seminars and law school classes on a variety of topics including “Recovering Assets from and Executing Judgments Against Former Fiduciaries,” elder law for public interest lawyers, and the Vulnerable Adult Protection Act.

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