Karen I. Treiger

Karen I. Treiger is a graduate of Barnard College and New York University School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Earlier in her career, Karen served as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Slade Gorton in Washington D.C., specializing in health and entitlement policy and worked at Davis Wright Tremaine in the area of business law.

Karen’s current practice focuses on elder law issues, such as estate planning, long term care planning, guardianships, will contests, probates, special needs trusts and CARE Tool issues. She is the chair elect of the Washington State Bar Association Elder Law Section and is a member of the King County Bar Association Guardianship and Elder Law Section and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is a Seattle native and has four wonderful children.

In 2009, she spoke at WSBA Continuing Legal Education Program in Vancouver, Washington, on Durable Powers of Attorney and in 2008, she spoke at a WSBA program on the case of Olver v. Fowler and on Ethics and Planning for the Aging for the Seattle Estate Planning Counsel. Karen is the Chair of the Washington State Bar Association's Elder Law Section.

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