BIOGRAPHIES

PENELOPE C. BLAIR

Specialty: Probate and Trust Estate Settlement.

Educated:University of Texas at Austin (B.A. with honors, English  literature, 1969); Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1976); Hawaii Pacific University (B.S. magna cum laude, accounting and computer information systems, 1984).

Admitted to Practice Law: 1976, California; 1978, Hawaii.

Professional Associations:  Hawaii State Bar Association; Hawaii County Bar Association; State Bar of California (inactive status).

Born: San Antonio, Texas, April 8, 1947.

SANFORD K. OKURA

Specialty:  Probate, Trusts, Estate Planning, Medicaid Law.

Educated: Grinnell College; Columbia University; Brigham Young University (B.A. magna cum laude, high honors, 1971); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1976).

Admitted to Practice Law:  1976, Hawaii.

Professional Associations:  Court Appointed Arbitrator; Big Island Estate Planning Council (past President, member of Board of Directors); Credit Union of Hawaii (current member of Board of Directors); Hawaii State Bar Association (Member of Probate and Estate Planning Section and Elder Law Section); Hawaii County Bar Association.

WINIFRED Y. TENNO

Specialty:  Probate, Estate Planning.

Educated: University of Hawaii (B. Ed., with distinction, 1979; J.D. 1990).

Admitted to Practice Law:  1990, Hawaii.

Professional Associations:  Hawaii State Bar Association (Co-chair of Elder Law Section, member of Probate and Estate Planning Section); Hawaii Estate Planning Council; Hawaii Women Lawyers; American Bar Association.