Ethan R. Okura

Along with the rest of the Okura & Associates team, Ethan focuses his practice on Estate Planning; Trusts & Estates; Elder law, including Medicaid planning and protecting assets from Nursing Home Costs; and Probate. Ethan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in 1999, with a major in International Relations and a minor in Japanese. Thereafter, Ethan attended Columbia University School of Law in New York City, receiving his J.D. in 2002 as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and also receiving the Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International and Comparative Law. For his first few years of practice, Ethan was an associate in the NYC office of Clifford Chance, the premier global law firm (and the world’s largest). Ethan returned to his home State in 2005 to join Okura & Associates where he has been taking care of Hawaii’s estate planning needs ever since. Ethan is a member of the Probate and Elder Law Sections of the Hawaii Bar, has served on the Executive Board of the Elder Law Section, and is admitted to practice both in New York and Hawaii.

Outside of the office Ethan enjoys dancing, performing in musical theater, and sport fencing.