Monica Padineant

Monica Padineant

Director, Client Services

Monica is a Director, Client Services at Laird Norton Wealth Management. To her work she brings nearly two decades of experience helping clients identify specific goals for their accumulated wealth and implanting the plans and strategies that allow them to realize personal and financial objectives. Monica also leads LNWM’s financial literacy program NextGen Money.

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Plan C
Family and Finance
Do You Have a Plan C? Planning for Incapacity

It can happen to the best of people at the worst of times: not being able to make decisions for yourself due to accident or illness. LNWM Director M...

Family and Finance
December 20, 2021
Raising Money-Wise Kids: Motivation Is the Foundation

When it comes to family conversations, there are fewer taboo topics than talking about money. Parents can be terrified of saying something wrong. D...

Family and Finance
June 24, 2021
The Key to Raising Money Wise Kids

Money is often the elephant in the room. There are so many reasons to avoid talking about it – from kids’ eyes glazing over to parents being ter...

Family and Finance
August 21, 2020
Launching Kids in the New Normal

The end-of-summer rituals – back to school, returning to the office – are not happening the way we're used to this fall. And while this new nor...

Family and Finance
March 13, 2019
Tax-Wise Ways to Pay for Education: Gifts and 529 Plans

Families who can afford the cost of high-end private education sometimes think they don’t have to be strategic about how to pay for this major exp...

Hand opening curtain to reveal sunny landscape
Family and Finance
April 10, 2018
After a Divorce: A New Financial Plan

  [Read also Preparing for Divorce and Negotiating a Divorce.] As you start a new life after a divorce, you will also be in a new financial s...

Family and Finance
April 06, 2018
Negotiating Divorce: Don’t Overlook Taxes, Community Property

During a divorce, major decisions are made about who gets what, when and how. If you haven’t been married long, it is much easier to part ways, es...

Family and Finance
March 28, 2018
Preparing for Divorce: 6 Things to Do or Consider

If you're preparing to divorce, you are not alone. Between 40% and 50% of marriages end in divorce, and for people over 50, the divorce rate has dou...

Financial and Business Planning
July 31, 2017
Will You Be OK After Your Partner is Gone?

There are many reasons people choose Laird Norton Wealth Management. We have a top-notch investment management group, our client service is stellar,...

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