Professional Profile
Katrina Durkin has been an attorney with Brothers Henderson Durkin, P.S. since 2014 and became a
shareholder in 2021. Katrina received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and has been
practicing in the wide-ranging areas of disability and elder law and estate planning since graduating from Seattle
University School of Law in 2014.
Katrina’s practice focuses on representing individuals, families, and professionals in a range of complex matters.
These matters include guardianships/conservatorships, estate and trust planning, trust administration, and
settlement planning. She also handles trust and estate disputes , and vulnerable adult proceedings, and related
litigation. Katrina also serves as a settlement guardian ad litem, probate guardian ad litem, and as court visitor
and appointed counsel in guardianships/conservatorship proceedings.
Katrina is a member of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA), King County Bar Association (KCBA), and
Tacoma-Pierce Bar Associations. She is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and its
Washington Chapter (WAELA), the Washington Association for Justice (WSAJ), and Academy of Special Needs
Planners. She volunteers regularly for the KCBA’s Neighborhood Elder Law Clinic and is on the board of the King
County Bar Association Guardianship and Elder Law Section.
While not at work, Katrina enjoys spending her time with her husband, Brian, her two sons, Killian and Brennan,
and her dog, Captain. The Durkin family spends their weekends skiing in the winter and boating in the San Juan
Islands during the summer.
Admissions
- Washington State Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association’s Elder Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust, and Tax Law Sections, Member
- King County Bar Association’s Guardianship and Elder law and Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Sections, Member
- Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the Washington Chapter (WAELA)
- Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), Eagle Member
- Academy of Special Needs Planners
- Washington Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2018-2024
- KCBA Hot Topics in Guardianship & Elder Law, Panel: Conservator’s Duties re: Maintaining Testamentary Decisions, March 2023
- KCBA Title 11 Training, Respondent’s Right to Counsel Panel, January 2023
- NBI Trusts: The Ultimate Guide, Medicaid Planning Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, & Living vs. Testamentary Trusts, July 2020
- KCBA Title 11 Training, Uniform Guardianship Act Panel, May 2020
- NBI Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting Wills and Trusts, Documenting Long-Term Care, Incapacity and End-ofLife Decisions, December 2019
- NBI Estate Planning: Top 7 Tools to Know, Special Needs Trusts and ABLE Accounts, November 2019
- WAELA Fall CLE, Washington’s New Guardianship Law, October 2019
- NBI Wills and Trusts 101, Long-Term Care, Incapacity and End of Life Decisions; Trusts and Other Documents, August 2019
- Co-Presenter, KCBA GELS Advanced Guardianship CLE, Vulnerable Adult Protection Act Proceedings, May 2019
- NBI Medicaid Estate Recovery, November 2016
- Frequent speaker at professional and lay organizations throughout Washington State, including estate
planning, trusts, guardianships, public benefits, and settlement planning. Organizations include:
- Adult Family Home Council: Comparing and Contrasting Guardianship and Powers of Attorney, February 2021
- ARC of King and Snohomish Counties
- Quilceda Community Services
Washington State Association for Justice, Motor Vehicle Litigation Deskbook, Handling a “Companion” ERISA Disability Claim: What You Must Know, September, 2018
- KCBA Neighborhood Legal Clinic (Kent), 2018- present
- KCBA Guardianship and Elder Law Section Board, CLE Co-Chair, 2018-present
- KCBA Court Visitor Training Committee, 2024-present
- Former Board Member of the Wallingford Community Senior Center (2016 – 2022)
