Ryan Montgomery is the fourth generation of his family to practice law at Montgomery Purdue PLLC. Ryan’s practice focuses on trust and estate planning, wealth transfer planning, business succession planning, and trust and estate administration. Ryan also counsels clients regarding all types of property status agreements, including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Ryan also has extensive experience assisting business owners with implementing non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.
Ryan’s estate planning practice includes an emphasis on effectively utilizing estate and gift tax exemptions and exclusions through the use of family entities (for example, Limited Liability Companies), irrevocable lifetime gift trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATS), life insurance planning, multiple generation planning, and retirement account beneficiary planning. Ryan’s clients come from all backgrounds and industries, and include business owners and executives, medical and dental (and other) professionals, and real estate investors and developers.
Outside of work, Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife and their five children, coaching youth sports, and supporting Seattle sports teams.