Wendy Goffe

Wendy Goffe has more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on estate planning issues. Her experience includes advising clients on matters like probate and trust administration, estate and gift taxation, charitable giving and nonprofit trusts and corporations, family-owned business succession, and issues concerning unmarried couples. Ms. Goffe has extensive experience preparing prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements. She also has many years of experience representing and collaborating with art dealers, private collectors, foundations and museums that need legal counsel relating to the purchase, sale, gifting and recovery of fine art and other creative works.

Ms. Goffe graduated from the University of Washington in 1986 with a B.A., 1986, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and from the University of Washington School of Law in 1992. Before joining Stoel Rives, she was a shareholder at Graham & Dunn PC and an attorney at Bogle & Gates.

Ms. Goffe is the co-editor of The Tools & Techniques of Estate Planning for Modern Families, Leimberg Library, The National Underwriter Company (2019), and the author of several chapters. She has been named one of “The Best Lawyers in America” for trusts and estates (2007–2023), Super Lawyers for estate planning and probate, nonprofit organizations (2003–2022), top 50 women lawyers (2006–2019, 2021-2022), and top 100 lawyers (2008–2014, 2018, 2021-2022). Ms. Goffe has been listed in Chambers High Net Worth Guide (Private Wealth Law – Washington) (2016–2022), and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and chair of the ACTEC Family Law Task Force. She is also a member of the ACTEC Digital Property Committee, the Fiduciary Litigation Task Force and ACTEC Liaison to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ms. Goffe is an Accredited Estate Planner® (Distinguished) as awarded by the National Association of Estate Planners.