About Lisa A.
Lisa A. Kremer took an unconventional path to the law. She earned a B.A. from Mills College in 1990 and followed that with an M.A. from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1992. More than a decade later she returned to school and received her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2008. The sequence suggests a deliberate career change rather than a straight-line trajectory.
Her legal career has been shaped by that mid-career shift. She is licensed to practice law in Washington and is a senior associate at Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP. In that role she handles an array of matters typical for litigators and counselors working with older clients and their families. Colleagues describe her as methodical in the way she approaches client files and clear in her explanations to clients and courts.
Kremer’s professional affiliations underline the areas she works in day to day. She serves as a trustee of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association and sits on the Executive Board of the Elder Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association. She holds membership in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Tacoma Estate Planning Council. She has been involved with Pierce County - Washington Women Lawyers for many years and served as that group’s president in 2005.
Those associations correspond with her practice areas. Her work touches elder law, estate planning and probate. That includes counseling on long-term care planning, guardianships, powers of attorney and drafting estate plans intended to address the needs of aging clients and their families. She combines a lawyer’s attention to statutory detail with an ability to explain complex legal and financial options in plain language.
Within her firm she advises clients and coordinates with other professionals when cases require financial, medical or tax input. She appears in court when litigation or contested matters arise, and she prepares the documents that transfer assets or establish decision-making authority. Her background in journalism informs how she organizes facts and prepares narratives for hearings and mediations.
Outside of client work she continues to participate in bar and local professional organizations and contributes to discussions on elder law policy and practice. She remains active in the community of practitioners who handle the legal issues that come with aging and family transitions. She currently focuses her practice on elder law, estate planning, probate and related matters.
