Washington Retirement Planning
Exodus Legacy Trust
Retirement is personal. You’ve worked hard to save and invest your money and now it’s time to optimize and protect your savings to provide for your retirement and your loved ones thereafter.
Exodus Legacy Trust is an independent financial services firm, specializing in helping individuals and families prepare for, plan, and live in retirement. Our approach focuses on tailored retirement planning strategies and insurance solutions to provide our clients with guaranteed lifetime income, asset protection, and achieve tax efficiencies in support of a holistic approach to their finances.
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Start Smart
Get a Clear Understanding of Your Financial Life
First, we gain a thorough understanding of your current financial situation, goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and the key considerations that should be addressed in your retirement strategy.
Six Fundamental Financial Planning Considerations
Six key financial planning considerations can impact your financial goals now and in the future. The question is not if these will affect your finances, but to what degree. We evaluate your sentiment toward each consideration and quantify the potential effects on your assets over time. This allows us to build customized strategies to help you achieve your financial objectives for retirement.
Longevity
Outliving financial assets as the result of a longer life.
Inflation
Reduction in real purchasing power as the result of increasing cost of living.
Mortality
Loss of financial assets as the result of a partner’s or spouse’s death.
Liquidity
Limited access to assets to meet life’s unexpected financial needs.
Market
Unexpected reduction in the value of financial assets at the time of withdrawal.
Taxes
Decreasing income and assets and/or the impairment of legacy assets from increasing taxes.
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Apply Discipline
A Retirement Strategy Designed for You
Next, we design a retirement strategy that actively works to help optimize your wealth and protect your finances, keeping your goals and objectives at the forefront of our planning process.
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Communicate Progress
Our Commitment to You
Lastly and continually, we work to ensure transparency of your income plan by providing visibility, proactive outreach, and accessibility to our team throughout our working relationship.
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Meet Wayne
Wayne Johnson
Independent Annuity Specialist
About Wayne
Small by design. Personal by commitment.
Wayne Johnson is an independent annuity specialist and principal of Exodus Legacy Trust, a private specialty firm that stays intentionally small. That choice is deliberate: fewer clients means more time, more attention, and a relationship where you’re never just an account number. When you call, you reach Wayne.
He works with individuals and families approaching retirement who want clarity on complicated financial decisions. His focus is straightforward: protect your principal, create reliable lifetime income, and position your assets for future growth and the legacy you want to leave.
No one-size-fits-all products
Wayne doesn’t force every client into the same solution. As an independent specialist, he evaluates multiple highly rated insurance carriers and walks each family through the trade-offs, guarantees, access to funds, and long-term purpose of every recommendation, so you can make your decision with full understanding.
A broader perspective on wealth
A graduate of the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, Wayne brings the perspective of a longtime entrepreneur, real estate investor, husband, and father of eight. That experience shapes his philosophy: retirement isn’t simply about accumulating more. It’s about protecting what matters, creating dependable income, and using wealth with purpose.
What you can expect
Education, transparency, and personal service at every step. When you work with Wayne, you’ll know what you own, why you own it, and how it supports the life you want to live.
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Retirement Resources
Complimentary Educational Resources
Our Upcoming Events
Events in October–December 2026
- There are no events scheduled during these dates.
Our Downloads
Legacy and Estate Planning; Understanding the Basics
Estate planning is an important part of retirement planning. You’ve worked hard for your money and want to see your children and grandchildren benefit, and you probably want to see it passed down in the most efficient way possible. Unfortunately, costly mistakes are all too easy to make, from forgetting to name a beneficiary on your retirement account to not updating your estate plan over time. It’s not just billionaires who need to have solid estate plans; it’s anyone who wants their wishes to be honored after their passing.
Our Blog
Pros and Cons of Keeping Your Assets in Your Retirement Accounts
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Managing Market Volatility: How Gen X and Baby Boomers Navigate Shifting Financial Landscapes
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Inflation’s Impact on Your Retirement
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