Judy Y. Lee - Honolulu, HI
Attorney at Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel A Limited Liability Law Partnership LLP
Trust and Estate Litigation and Controversy Lawyers in Honolulu, HI
999 Bishop Street Suite 1600 Honolulu, HI 96813
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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37
Years
Experience
Honolulu Trust and Estate Litigation and Controversy Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Trust and Estate Litigation and Controversy
- Trust and Estates
Litigation: 5%
Attorney Information
Overview
Judy Yuriko Lee concentrates her practice in estate planning, probate, guardianship and trust administration. She has represented clients in establishing wills and trusts, implementing sophisticated estate planning techniques, administering and terminating trust estates and resolving controversies concerning estate administration issues. She has been awarded an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and has been recognized with a listing in The Best Lawyers in America since the 2006 edition. Judy is recognized in Chambers & Partners Private Wealth Law-Hawaii as a Band 1 ranked attorney. Judy has been elected to the prestigious American College of Trust and Estate Counsel ("ACTEC") and is currently serving as the Hawaii State Chair of ACTEC.
Examples of her work include:
- Trust Administration: Represented individual and corporate trustees in administering and terminating trust estates.
- Estate Litigation: Represented beneficiaries in will contest proceeding and negotiated settlement and resolution of issues in contested trust matters.
- Estate Planning: Prepared numerous wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, gifting and transfer instruments.
- Probate: Represented individual and corporate personal representatives of both local decedents and non-resident alien decedents.
- Conservatorship/Guardianship: Represented clients to establish and administer conservatorships and guardianships of minors and incapacitated adults.
- Partnership and Corporate Planning: Established partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations and prepared documents on the administration of such entities.
Judy is an active participant of the estate planning community. She is the past Chair of the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the Hawaii State Bar and is a frequent speaker for the continuing legal education programs and other professional and community associations. Judy has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Hawai‘i School of Law, teaching trusts and estates, and federal income tax, and has published several articles on trusts and estates topics. Born and raised in Hawai‘i, she enjoys family and church activities during her leisure time.
OUTSIDE THE OFFICE
Frequent speaker at the Hawai‘i Tax Institute and other continuing legal education programs, as well as adjunct professor at University of Hawai‘i William S. Richardson School of Law, Judy still manages to find time to participate in church activities and travel with family.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year”, 2015
- Chambers, High Net Worth, 2019
- Super Lawyers, 2019
- American Jurisprudence Award
- 2021 Outstanding Professional Advisor in Philanthropy from the Hawaii Community Foundation
Other Sources of Feedback About Judy Y. Lee
Included on the 2026 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1989
J.D.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Law Faculty Scholarship
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1989
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Non Legal Education
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Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara,
California, 1989
M.B.A.
Honors: M.B.A. Scholarship -
University of Hawaii at Manoa,
Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1986
B.B.A.
Honors: With Honors
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Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara,
California, 1989
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- University of Hawaii School of Law, Adjunct Professor
Classes and Seminars
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Financial and Estate Planning, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993 - 1994
- Hawaii Probate: Beyond the Basics, National Business Institute, 1994
Published Works
Articles
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Study Abroad: Japan, Santa Clara Bar Association, In Brief, Fall, 1988
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Will Substitutes, Encyclopedia of Financial and Estate Planning, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Education, 1990
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1989
Specialties and Certifications
- Certified Financial Planner™
Other Affiliations
- American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel (State Chair)
- Hawaii State Bar Association (Past Chair, Probate & Estate Planning Section)
- Hawaii Estate Planning Council (Past Director)
- Hawaii Baptist Foundation (Chair)
- USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc. (Director)
- Hawaii State Bar (Member)
- Hawaii State Bar (Treasurer, Section of Probate and Estate Planning)
- Hawaii Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association, 1995 (Hawaii Representative, Section of Real Property and Probate and Trust)
- American Bar Association, Hawaii Representative, 1995 (Committee on Significant Trusts and Probate Legislation and Case)
- Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Program Chair, 1995 Annual Financial and Estate Planning Seminar)
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Contact
999 Bishop Street
Suite 1600
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-547-5600
Fax: (808) 547-5880
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.goodsill.com
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