Justine Fanarof, JD, MPH
Founder, Fanarof Law & Fanarof Advisory
Justine Fanarof is an estate planning attorney and governance advisor who works with individuals, founders, and institutions navigating decisions that carry lasting consequence.
Her practice — Fanarof Law & Advisory —is a bespoke virtual practice that integrates legal architecture, family governance, mediation, and contemplative practice. Estate planning, in her framework, is not primarily about documents. It is about the human architecture that makes documents function: the conversations, the preparation, and the trusted relationship that holds the whole picture before a crisis requires it. This is the practice of stewardship.
Advisory engagements draw on the Fanarof Five Capitals: a framework for examining the financial, human, intellectual, social, and spiritual dimensions of what a person, family, or institution holds and must steward together if continuity is to endure.
Her work is also shaped by the Jewish ethical traditions of tikkun olam — the responsibility to repair and sustain the world — and tzedakah, justice expressed through the deliberate use of resources in service of family, community, and the common good.
Important decisions benefit from thoughtful conversation. If this work resonates, you are welcome to begin.
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Estate Planning
Estate planning, in the Fanarof Stewardship framework, is legal architecture — the careful design of structures allowing wealth, responsibilities, and values to move across generations with intention.
A thoughtful plan addresses who carries authority when you cannot, how decisions are made, and what endures beyond the documents themselves. Fanarof Law serves individuals and families in Oregon and Texas and by co-counsel relationships in other states.
Read MoreMindful Business Counsel
For physicians, therapists, wellness practitioners, women and LGBTQIA+ owned businesses, and purpose-driven founders who need a trusted legal counselor for the full arc of their professional life. Fractional general counsel, contract review, physician employment agreements, professional structure, mediation, coaching, and consulting. Fifteen years of practice. The whole picture, held in one relationship.
Learn MoreJewish Legacy & Philanthropy
For individuals and families grounded in Jewish tradition, legacy planning offers an opportunity to bring tzedakah, tikkun olam, and ethical stewardship into deliberate alignment with estate planning and governance.
This work is also open to those drawn to the ethical framework of intergenerational responsibility, whatever their background.
Learn MoreGovernance & Strategic Advisory
Fanarof Advisory provides counsel to individuals, families, founders, and institutions navigating governance, leadership transition, and the stewardship of multiple forms of capital.
This work operates at the intersection of legal structure, relational governance, and ethical leadership — addressing the human dimensions of continuity documents alone cannot resolve.
Learn MoreLong-Term Care Insurance Appeals & Reinstatements
When a long-term care insurance claim is denied or a policy has lapsed, the window to respond is narrow and the stakes are high. I represent policyholders and their families through internal and external appeals and reinstatement proceedings, bringing legal rigor and personal experience to one of the most consequential moments in a family’s financial life.
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