Carla Wigen

Carla Wigen

Chief Operating Officer

Carla is the Chief Operating Officer at Laird Norton Wealth Management. She is an attorney and CPA with nearly two decades of experience in wealth management and private banking, focused on trust and estate services.

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Family and Finance
Funding the Grandkids’ Education

Paying for the grandkids’ education can be extremely fulfilling in and of itself, but it’s also a gift that can play a role in estate planning. ...

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Trusts and Estates
Now Is a Good Time to Explore Trusts

Both US tax rates and interest rates could be significantly less favorable in the coming decade, especially for high-net-worth households. This make...

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Family and Finance
Supporting Family with Private Loans

The interest rates allowed on private loans are down 50% from a year ago, making this a good time to consider lending money to family members or oth...

Trusts and Estates
Trusts vs. Wills: 6 Reasons You Need Both

The Laird Norton Trust Co., a core part of Laird Norton Wealth Management, is the largest and oldest independent trust company based in the Pacific ...

Opportunity Zones Seattle
Investment Management
January 29, 2019
Opportunity Zones: A New Tax-Advantaged Way to Invest

Perhaps you own Amazon stock that has skyrocketed in value. Or you have investment real estate that you think has peaked. Now, there is a way for yo...

Investment Management
Opportunity Zones: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Seattle’s Pioneer Square, Oakland, CA, Long Island City, NY and even Provincetown, MA. These are a few of the newly defined Opportunity Zones, low...

Financial and Business Planning
Key Financial Advice for Each Decade of Life

Learn decade by decade what financial planning decisions to make and how to be prepared for retirement. Bonus: Get the Tax-Advantage Savings matrix...

Family and Finance
Funding a Trust Now vs. Later

There are compelling reasons to fund a multigenerational trust while you are alive for the benefit of people you love and causes you believe in. And...

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