Johanna M. Coolbaugh
Shareholder | Seattle
Areas of Practice
Johanna Coolbaugh’s practice focuses on estate planning, business succession planning, and the administration of trusts and estates. She assists clients with estate and gift tax planning and reporting, including creating family limited liability companies, multi-generational trusts, and charitable trusts. Johanna also provides advice to beneficiaries as well as individual and professional fiduciaries regarding complex trust and estate settlement and litigation, including the resolution of Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA) matters.
Johanna is actively involved in the legal community, having served in leadership and volunteer roles with the Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, and Seattle Estate Planning Council.
Admissions
- Washington
- Oregon
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Education
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Seattle University School of Law, J.D., 2007, summa cum laude
- Law Review, Executive Editor
- Dean’s List, Presidential Law Scholar
- Year-End Achievement Scholar
- Civil Procedure Teacher’s Assistant
- CALI Award achieved in Constitutional Law and Trusts and Estates
- Extern, Honorable Robert J. Bryan, Federal District Court, Western District of Washington
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University of Washington, B.A., 2004
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Annual Dean’s List
- Washington Promise Scholar
- Golden Key International Honor Society UWA Member
Recognition & Honors
- Selected for inclusion as a Washington Super Lawyer, 2013-present
- Selected for inclusion as a Washington Super Lawyer—Rising Star, 2011-2012
Publications & Presentations
- “Closing a Probate” King County Bar Association (2024)
- “Probate Administration: Accountings,” King County Bar Association (2020-23)
- “Practice Primary: Estate Planning Track Two—Trusts,” Washington State Bar Association (2017)
Professional & Community Activities
- Washington State Bar Association
- First Responder Will Clinic Volunteer
- Estate & Gift Tax Committee
- King County Bar Association
- Board of Trustees Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2008-2011
- Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 2010-2011
- Federal Bar Association
- Seattle Estate Planning Council
- Chair, Annual Estate Planning Conference, 2022
- EarthCorps, Former Board Member
Background & Interests
Outside of the office, Johanna enjoys attending UW Husky football games, camping, and spending time with her young children and husband. Johanna is passionate about environmental justice and is a former volunteer board member with EarthCorps.
