Attorneys
Bruce R. Moen
Bruce Moen has been in private practice in the State of Washington since 1976. For the past 35 years, his practice has been limited to estate administrations and litigation. This involves both representing private parties and accepting Court appointments as a fiduciary in contested estates. Mr. Moen has been appointed by the Court as a Personal Representative, Special Administrator, Special Master, Guardian, or Trustee in contested estates over 175 times and as Guardian ad Litem approximately 200 times over the past 35 years. He is regularly consulted or retained as an expert by other attorneys engaged in defending and prosecuting estate matters or in resolving difficult issues of estate administration. He periodically served as a Judge pro tem in the King County Superior Court and served regularly as a Court Commissioner pro tem from 1990 to 2015.
Mr. Moen has lectured and authorized over 70 articles for legal seminars sponsored by the Washington State Bar Association, the King County Bar Association, and the National Business Institute. He has also authored a chapter on guardianship for the 1989, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2021 editions of the Family Law Desk Book published by the Washington State Bar Association.
Mr. Moen has testified in Court as an expert witness and has qualified as an expert in estate litigation in numerous cases. He was quoted as a “commentator” by the Washington State Supreme Court in the published opinion of In the Matter of the Estate of Toth, 138 Wn.2d 650, 981 P.2d 439 (1999). The Court of Appeals referred to Mr. Moen as an “acknowledged expert in the field of the administration of trusts, guardianships, and estates” and based their holding upon his expert testimony in an unpublished opinion, In Re Estate of Sullivan, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, Docket No. 49266-7-I (February 13, 2003).
Mr. Moen is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell. He was named as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law and Politics Magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015 through 2023. He was also named as a “Top Lawyer” in Seattle Met Magazine in 2010, 2016, 2020 and 2022.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
B.A.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1975
Activities & Affiliations
Washington State Bar Association
Member, Real Property and Probate Section
Member, TEDRA Committee
King County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Angelo Pellegrini Foundation, a 501(c) nonprofit corporation (dissolved)
Founding Member
Board of Directors, 2012 - 2020
Treasurer, 2017 - 2020
Professional Recognition
“AV Preeminent” Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
“Super Lawyer”, Washington Law and Politics Magazine, 2006-2008, 2013, 2015-2023
“Top Lawyer”, Seattle Met Magazine, 2010, 2016, 2020, 2022
Bar Admissions
Washington
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Suquamish Tribal Court
Sarah L. Moen
As of March 27, 2026, Sarah Moen is no longer a member of Moen Law Offices, P.S., having accepted a judicial appointment to the King County Superior Court.