Jeffrey M. Grieff, formerly of Stafford Frey Cooper, P.C., is Of Counsel to the law firm of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP. Jeff joined Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP in November 2012.

Jeff’s practice is focused on representing individuals, professionals, closely held companies in business matters and estate planning including preparing wills and trusts, gift planning and probate. Jeff advises clients on entity formation of corporation (“S” & “C” types), professional service corporations, limited liability companies, professional limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, nonprofit corporations, and exempt organizations.

He also works closely with clients on operating issues and “tax-wise” strategy planning. Jeff has extensive experience and expertise representing medical and legal professionals, and frequently counsels clients on specific issues that occur in professional organizations.

Jeff works with the Washington State Bar Association’s Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP), counseling lawyers and law firms on selecting and forming the proper entity, as well as explaining the tax ramification of entity choices.

Jeff also engages estate planning and probate services. He has experience in all areas of estate planning, including planning for both large and small estates, handling probate and trust matters, postmortem tax planning, preparation of federal estate and gift tax returns and drafting wills, trusts, and associated documents. Jeff assists both average and high net-worth clients to achieve their financial estate planning goals through the use of individual wealth preservation and wealth-transfer arrangements.

Jeff’s experiences in probate matters include probate litigation and Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (“TEDRA”) matters. Jeff works with the estate litigation attorneys at Miller Nash LLP to successfully achieve his client’s goals as quickly as possible.

He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association Business Law and Real Property Probate and Trust Section and the American Bar Association Business Law and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law Sections. He has been a presenter and panelist in numerous professional programs for attorneys and CPAs in entity formation, governance and estate, gift and trust planning and probate.