Jason Burnett: Attorney, Probate and Trust Litigation

With over 21 years’ experience, Jason Burnett primarily focuses his practice on litigation matters with an emphasis on real estate, probate, trust and will litigation. He also has significant experience in business law matters and dedicates part of his practice to representing businesses in transactions as well as litigation. Mr. Burnett has also represented clients in personal representative and estate claims, winning arbitration decisions of zero dollars against his clients.

Mr. Burnett works to resolve clients’ legal problems from beginning to end. He applies creative problem-solving and real-world analysis to identify and maximize cost-effective and favorable resolutions. Litigation for Jason includes advising clients on how to avoid litigation, and he counsels clients on pre-litigation strategies and dispute resolution and helps them identify issues and analyze the risk of alternative courses of action.

Mr. Burnett graduated from the University of Washington in 1995 and earned his Juris Doctor from Seattle University in 2000. He clerked for the Honorable Elaine Houghton on the Division II Court of Appeals and the Honorable Charles W. Johnson on the Washington Supreme Court. Employing his writing skills, Jason is an editor of the Washington State Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust newsletter and is also a member of the editorial board for the Washington State Real Property Desk Book Series. He provided speaking engagements at the Annual Probate Administration (2015-2017).

He has been honored as a Washington Super Lawyer (2016-2020). Mr. Burnett is an editor of the Washington Bar Association and the Real Property Probate and Trust Section newsletter. He also brings his expertise to the Washington State Real Property Desk Book Series as a member of their editorial board.