Sterling & Tucker

Honolulu, United States

2.4

Closed now

5 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 808-531-5391
Website:
www.cpasofhawaii.com
Address:
820 Mililani St 4th Flr, Honolulu, HI, 96813
Downtown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.3 miS Hotel St + Alakea St
0.3 miS Hotel St + Bishop St
0.3 miAlakea St + S Hotel St
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Today

Today 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Honolulu) 9:02 PM Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Business hours

Monday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday –
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

We are estate and elder law planning attorneys with offices in Honolulu, Hilo and Maui, Hawaii, whose mission is to provide residents of Hawaii with quality estate, Medicaid planning and Veterans benefits resources.

Our firm is dedicated to providing you with quality estate planning resources, so you can become familiar with all of the existing options. When you visit or call our office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such an important issue concerning both you and your family. We want to arm you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your family’s future.

We can help you with Estate Planning, Elder Law & Medicaid Services, Special Needs Planning, Trust Administration & Probate, Guardianship/​Conservatorship, Medicaid/​VA Long-​Term Care Benefits

History

Established in 2005.

Judith Sterling (now retired) and Michelle Tucker founded Sterling & Tucker in 1991. Since then 4 more attorneys have joined the firm and become partners.

We take our practice seriously, having helped and consulted with over 10,000 individuals, couples, and families in Hawaii with their estate planning needs since 1991.

Meet the Business Owner

Michelle T.

Business Owner

Ms. Tucker is an estate planning attorney, a

Certified Financial Planner, a CPA/​Personal

Financial Specialist, and a Registered Financial

Consultant. Her professional capabilities

together with the wisdom gained from over

30 years in practice, combine to bring positive

change to the lives of her clients.

Michelle Tucker specializes in the concerns

of clients ages 55 and older who are either in

retirement or planning for retirement. She is

well-​versed in all of the critical aspects of

retirement – wealth management, taxes, estate

and long-​term care planning and providing

legacies for loved ones. As the co-​founder and

partner of the firm of Sterling & Tucker for over

25 years, she has helped families make the best

choices for their retirement, grow and preserve

assets, save on taxes, and then be able to pass

their wealth as efficiently as possible to the next

generation.

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5 reviews of Sterling & Tucker

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Place rating: 1
Honolulu, HI
Upon receipt of your deposit, they seem to forget you’re a client and waiting for progress. It’s frustrating to call, leave messages and don’t get a return call after several weeks. The impression is thank you in advance, we work at our own pace depending on urgency.
Place rating: 1
Honolulu, HI
I would give O stars but this is not an option. My first contact with Sterling and Tucker was at an Estate Planning Seminar at the Ala Moana Hotel with Carlos di Ponio. It was clear and made a compelling case for Estate Planning and creating a trust. In the seminar, they said that it costs about $ 3K to create a will and trust. A lot of money but I thought it would be a good investment in my future. After my first consulation with Carlos Di Ponio, he said that actually the will/​trust would be actually closer to 4K and that «they have been meaning to update» the Power Point. That 30% increase however, is not my main complaint. He neglected to put some real estate in my trust, even after I had mentioned it several times. In fact, this is the principal reason why I decided to form a trust because this is really the only major asset that I have!!!
He said that it shouldn’t be including which really didn’t make too much sense to me. On the day of the signing, I met with the legal secretary (Di Ponio was not present/​another attorney was) and I was STILL asking about why the property was excluded. They called him out of his office and he said that «We need to look into this more. Just sign the trust/​will papers and we can add the property later.» Well, Carlos has left the firm and now I need to find another attny in another firm that can do the job competently;. They now agree that the property DOES need to be added and that extra step will cost another 1K which SHOULD HAVE been included in the original trust. Grand total: 5K and Sterling and Tucker didn’t even do the job remotely right.
I am very disappointed and I highly DISCOURAGE anyone from using their services.
Go retain a firm that cares about their clients and does their job competently.
Place rating: 3
Honolulu, HI
After writing a negative review of my experience with this Law firm on Unilocal Michelle Scully Hobus an Attorney from their office called me to solve my problem And it wasn’t really a problem. Just a misunderstanding from my banks manager and the banks legal team. They even offered to make any other changes on my legal documents for free!!! Way to go to all the Attorneys, Office and Staff at Sterling & Tucker.
Place rating: 2
Honolulu, HI
We went in for initial consultation for Wills & Trusts and we were told, if we decided not to proceed, that the personal information we provided during the initial consultation would be destroyed after the waiting period. Well, that didn’t happen. We were still getting calls from the firm about our pending file a few weeks after the end of the waiting period, after we had informed them that we were not using their services. Also, the fees for services were exorbitant, more than 4 times what is considered reasonable. We consulted with attorney friends on the East Coast and here in Honolulu, and we were advised to take our business elsewhere. We are glad that we found a competent firm with fair pricing to handle our estate planning needs. Keep looking around for proper W&T services, especially if you’re LGBT.
2015 update: enough time has passed and I still stand by my original review. FYI, I used the services of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP. I highly recommend that company for everyone’s W&T needs.
Place rating: 5
Kaneohe, HI
My wife and I engaged the firm to update our estate plan and create a living trust. We were very satisfied with our attorney, Michelle Hobus, as well as her support staff. All were professional, personable and efficient in preparing and executing the various legal documents. The job was completed within the time frame promised and at the price that was quoted. They also gave us clear instructions and assisted us with funding the trust. We strongly recommend Michelle and the firm for this type of work.