Ms. Tomar has been practicing estate planning in Hawaii since 1981 and has owned her own estate planning law firm since 1987. She prepares Wills, Living Trusts, Codicils to Wills, Amendments to Trust, Durable Powers of Attorney and Medical Directives. She also practices real estate law, primarily conveyancing (Deeds.) During this time she has served over 3,000 clients.
Ms. Tomar is a member of the Hawaii State Bar, the Hawaii Board of Realtors, and is also a member of the Hawaii Estate Plan Council. She has been included in the latest printing of Prominent People of Hawaii. Ms. Tomar has published "Probate Administration in Hawaii", NBI Institute.
Ms. Tomar has also been a licensed realtor since 1988. She is associated with Windward Isle Properties, in Kailua Hawaii. She also is a Foreclosure Commissioner, appointed by the First Circuit Court.
Raised in Honolulu, Ms. Tomar attended both public and private school in Hawaii, and graduated from St. Andrew's Priory in 1969 *. In 1976 she received her B. A. in Political Science from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and her Juris Doctor in 1980 from Western New England College School of Law, located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
She has been a frequent speaker before professional and civic groups and has been a guest lecturer on estate planning with the University of Hawaii Community College System, the Life Foundation of Hawaii and Kamehameha Schools.
Ms. Tomar is the immediate past President of the Friends of the Boettcher Estate. She is a former President of the Kailua Elementary School P.T.S.A, former Board member of the Hawaii State P.T.S.A, and was chosen as a Hawaii “Civic Entrepreneur” under the Pew Charitable Trust. She was the President of the Coconut Grove Community Association and is a Sustaining member of the Junior League of Honolulu.
Ms. Tomar is married, has two children and three dogs. She lives in Kailua and in her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, reading and playing tennis.
* Interesting side note: Out of the forty graduates in her high school class, there are several attorneys, including Beverly Hiramatsu and the current President of the Senate, Colleen Hanabusa.