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Will specializes in strategic planning tailored to the needs of small business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs. His goal is to empower each client to feel in control and have peace of mind when it comes to their estate and business interests. He understands the complexities of business ownership and safeguarding assets and investments from liability, preserving assets for the next generation. When it comes to settling trust and estate disputes for his clients, Will is results-driven and efficient.

We are a small woman-owned neighborhood business with offices in Utah and Idaho specializing in providing quality legal assistance for those who cannot or choose not to hire large litigation firms.  With over 30 years of experience, we can help you understand the law and protect your legal rights. Let us help you with real estate transactions, negotiating or enforcing contracts and protecting your family through estate planning.

Stephen J. Mayfield is an attorney at York Howell & Guymon, practicing in the areas of corporate law, asset protection, estate planning, federal tax law, charitable giving and trust and probate administration.  Stephen advises businesses and individuals on various tax issues within the context of corporate transactions, emerging entities, and estate plans. He assists entrepreneurs form limited liability companies and corporations, and he advises medical professionals with practice administration, compliance and restructuring. Stephen represents clients regarding mergers and acquisitions, leases, non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements, and purchase agreements.  He also assists companies and individuals with succession planning and preparation of buy-sell agreements.  Stephen has also successfully represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service.  Stephen is licensed in Utah and in Nevada where he practiced for a prominent Las Vegas law firm for five years before returning to Utah in 2013.  He continues to represent Nevada clients and others who seek to utilize Nevada’s favorable asset protection laws and devices.  Stephen currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Food and Care Coalition located in Provo, Utah.. Stephen is a graduate of the University of Utah and the Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology).  He earned his LLM in Taxation from Denver University.  Stephen lives in American Fork, Utah with his wife and three children where his son Neil is currently a member of the nationally recognized American Fork High School Marching Band.  Stephen speaks Japanese having lived in Japan for three years, including one year studying on scholarship at the University of Shinshu in Nanago, Japan.  He is also an avid cyclist and skier.

Spencer Ball is a real estate and estate planning attorney serving Utah families and small businesses, having practiced for 32 years helping every day people in many areas, including litigation. In 1992 he opened a title company where he worked for 17 years with many kinds of closings and matters affecting real property. Spencer now practices predominantly in the area of real property and estate planning. His wide experience gives him a unique perspective in these two fields. His experience as a businessman and in helping and planning for businesses makes him very capable in this area as well. Spencer always looks for the easiest and best solution for you at the lowest cost. He will explain the choices available to you in a clear and understandable manner to help you choose the best way in which he can help you. If litigation is needed, he will explain both the advantages and pitfalls in assisting you to achieve your best solution to your legal situation.

Sean A. Monson is of counsel in the law firm of Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere. His practice emphasis is real estate and title insurance. He has been lead counsel representing several businesses and individuals in real property transactions and litigation matters involving boundary, ownership and priority of interest disputes. His practice also includes employment counseling and litigation. He has represented several large and small Utah businesses in litigation matters involving claims of wrongful termination, Title VII, ADA, employment-related state law torts, covenants not to compete and labor disputes.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Monson was an associate at the Salt Lake City law firm of Parsons, Behle & Latimer and a partner with the Salt Lake City law firm of Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar LLC.

S. Robert Bradley is a member of the Durham Jones & Pinegar's Estate Planning and Business & Finance sections. Before entering the practice of law, he was a university professor of zoology for nine years. His practice focuses primarily on business planning, including acquisitions and other business transactions, structuring tax aspects of business transactions, formation of business entities, licensing, and distribution agreements, as well as sophisticated estate planning. Mr. Bradley maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

Ryan is a partner in the firm’s litigation department where he has focused on construction law for over 20 years. Ryan is a trusted adviser and advocate for developers, contractors, suppliers and design professionals in commercial, residential and industrial construction. Ryan’s construction law experience allows him to expertly counsel with construction professionals as they navigate the situations unique to the industry. Ryan has repeatedly been voted by his peers as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite” in construction law, as reported in Utah Business magazine. He has also been recognized as one of the top-rated construction lawyers in the Mountain States Super Lawyers, an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys who are chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria.

Russell K. Smith is a shareholder and chair of Durham Jones & Pinegar's Business & Finance Section. Mr. Smith represents private companies in a broad range of industries and sectors, including venture capital, life sciences, software, internet, real estate, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and energy (including oil and gas).. Mr. Smith regularly advises start-up and emerging-growth companies from formation through liquidity event in matters including governance, debt and equity financing, equity incentive compensation, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Smith also represents venture capital firms, strategic corporate investors, and angel investors in their investments in start-up companies. Many of his clients are partnership and LLCs for whom he provides sophisticated management, capital strategy, and partnership tax advice.. Mr. Smith has been directly involved with LLC and partnership legislation in California and Utah. Most recently, Mr. Smith played a prominent role drafting and helping to pass Utah’s version of the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The Business Section of the Utah Bar Associate honored Mr. Smith as the 2012-2013 Distinguished Business Law Practitioner of the Year.

Practicing adoption law is a dream come true for me.  As an infant I was adopted by incredible parents.  I am so grateful to my birth mother who made the decision to place me for adoption.  Because of my own experience I am really passionate about this area of law and I feel like I bring something to it that no other attorney can wor will.  I am so passiionate in fact that I offer something very unique for all of the my adoptive families.  I believe in the power of stories and the important role stories can play in building an identity for your newly adopted child.  As an adoptee, I cherish the stories my adopted parents told me about my adoption and how they felt when they first held me.  These are the stories that your child will want to hold onto and cherish.  So for all of my family clients, I offer a free video and photogrpahy session that allows each family to memorialize their adoption story and tell their child how much they love them.  This isn't just any old photo or video session.  Not only am I a great attorney but I am an award winning published photographer.  So the quality of the images and video will be awesome!  For me, adoption isn't just about getting the right paperwork filed, (still important!).  It is about so much more.  So give me a call and start your family's story with me!

Paul Durham was named Salt Lake City “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation – Real Estate for 2014 by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Durham began practicing law in 1980 and founded Durham Jones & Pinegar in 1991. He has helped grow the firm from two lawyers in 1991 to more than 90 lawyers today. Mr. Durham is recognized nationally as a leading attorney in the areas of real estate law, corporate law and litigation. Mr. Durham is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

Nicholas Gottwald is an Associate Attorney at Nelson, Taylor & Associates. He specializes in family law, divorce and custody disputes, contract issues, estate planning, criminal defense, and traffic violations.. Mr. Gottwald was born and raised in Salt Lake City and graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Brigham Young University. He worked at the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship Immigration Services, in Washington D.C., as an intern while earning his undergraduate degree, and was inspired to attend law school after observing the importance of law first hand. Mr. Gottwald returned to Utah in 2010 and began attending the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and began working as a Law Clerk with Nelson, Taylor & Associates in 2011. He was admitted to practice law in the state of Utah, in October 2013.. Mr. Gottwald enjoys working with people and helping them through some of the most difficult times of their lives, which is reflected in his many positive online reviews and his Top Pro awards from for 2016, 2017, and 2018. He is adept at finding legal solutions by maximizing the protection afforded by Utah statutory and case law. He finds great satisfaction in vigorously representing his client’s interest, whether they be the custody and care of their children or the division of assets.

My practice focuses on estate planning, tax planning, tax controversy, probate, guardianships, and non-profit organizations. I also assist businesses with entity formation, restructuring, acquisitions, tax matters, and asset protection planning. I am careful with the balance between effectively protecting my clients while avoiding unnecessary legal fees and complexity.. In addition to being a licensed attorney, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Utah with experience preparing complex individual, trust, estate, partnership and corporate tax returns.

Mr. Reutzel, a partner in the firm, represents clients in complex civil litigation, including securities, real estate, construction, partnership, trademark, and trade secret litigation.. In recent years, Mr. Reutzel has successfully prosecuted securities related claims, involving public companies, resulting in favorable judgments totaling several million dollars. Mr. Reutzel is also experienced in defending securities fraud claims, and has reached favorable results on securities fraud and related claims in state and federal courts from California to Utah to Florida.. In addition to his securities litigation practice, a significant portion of Mr. Reutzel’s practice involves real property and construction issues.  He has a proven record of successfully litigating construction and real estate disputes, including disputes involving real property transactions, local municipalities, construction defects, payment bonds, and mechanic’s liens.  Mr. Reutzel also regularly advises real estate developers and contractors on entitlement, finance, and development issues and transactions.  As a result of Mr. Reutzel’s success, he has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star.

Mr. Rawson assists companies with financings, recapitalizations, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other business transactions and agreements.  In addition, he assists early stage companies with formation, structure, strategic relationships, venture capital financings, and other financings.

Mr. Donaldson’s practice is concentrated in a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including representing clients in state and federal courts, mediation and arbitration, and all levels of appeals. He has experience representing clients in technology, construction, real property, class action, securities, corporate, employment, healthcare, insurance, franchising, intellectual property, and a wide variety of contract matters. Mr. Donaldson regularly collaborates with attorneys in diverse practice areas to deliver comprehensive quality legal services to Firm clients.

Mr. Astling advises a variety of corporate and pass-through entities and individuals on federal and state tax issues, including business formations, equity compensation, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, tax accounting, tax exempt organizations, and other tax planning matters. He also represents taxpayers in IRS and state audits and administrative appeals, as well as deficiency litigation in the U.S. Tax Court.

Morgen J. Weeks, Esq. is an associate at Fabian VanCott with a practice focusing on business, tax and estate planning matters. Morgen earned his law degree from Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was exposed to a variety of legal experiences representing start-ups in the law school's entrepreneurship clinic, spending time taking business courses at the Marriott School of Management in conjunction with law courses to learn the business considerations underlying the law, and interning with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in-house with Adobe's corporate and securities legal group.. Morgen is bullish on blockchain technology and its many possible applications. He is currently advising clients on blockchain issues, cryptocurrency tax issues, and nonprofit tax exemption issues.

Melinda Hill is an associate in Durham Jones & Pinegar’s Salt Lake City office. Her litigation practice focuses primarily on the areas of contract disputes, collections, municipal law, employment, and real property law.  She is also involved in the Real Estate Section of the firm, working mainly with lending and development.

Lynda Cook has over 30 years of experience as a real estate attorney. She handles a wide variety of transactional and real estate matters with an emphasis on commercial and real estateloan documentation and negotiation primarily representinginstitutional lenders. Her work in this area includes complexland development, construction and permanent financing aswell as loan restructuring and modifications.. Lynda also handles commercial real estate purchase and saletransactions, as well as associated due diligence reviews. shehas prepared and negotiated commercial leases (representinglandlord or tenant interests) for all kinds of projects includingretail, resort and office developments.

Lonn has been a lawyer with Sorensen Litchfield (formerly Hawkins & Sorensen) since 2004. Prior to joining the firm, Lonn worked for Atkin & Hawkins, a complex civil litigation firm that later became Atkin & Shields. Lonn has a solid background in science and worked his way through college as an environmental chemist for a large mining company. He was chief deputy Auditor of Salt Lake County from 2011-2015.. Lonn earned his B.S. from the University of Utah in geography with a minor in mathematics. He earned his law degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University in 1997. Lonn then earned a master of laws degree with merit from the London School of Economics and Political Science in international business law.. Lonn has been a member of the Utah State Bar since 1997. He is also licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Lonn is a member of the International Law Section of the Utah State Bar and was its chair in 2005-06.. Lonn has had many opportunities to help clients with situations that are unusual and complex, including bankruptcy disputes, brain injuries, breach of contract, business relationship liability, business torts, class actions, construction disputes, contested adoptions, dead bodies, debt collection, divorce and custody, fraud, guardianship and conservatorship, international and interstate disputes, judicial conduct, motor vehicle collisions, patent infringement, probate disputes, professional and fiduciary liability, real property, securities fraud, and trademark infringement, wrongful death.. Lonn started his legal career researching real estate titles for two dozen title companies and lawyers. Lonn identifies title problems and solves them by drafting custom legal documents, filing a probate, a quiet title action, or using other court processes.. Lonn helps clients pass property from one generation to the next. Because of Lonn’s vast experience, his real estate title experience, and the relationships he has cultivated, Lonn can process uncontested probates and trusts quickly, effectively, and inexpensively. He also litigates disputes that develop in these areas.. Lonn loves children and enjoys using his legal skills to build families. He has done hundreds of adoption finalization hearings and hundreds more petitions regarding parental rights. Some of these adoptions are contested and require litigation, but so far none of Lonn’s clients have been stopped from finalizing.. The core of Lonn’s practice is his dedication to excellent legal writing and drafting. Lonn’s knows there are many ways to write a legal document—and there is a best way. Lonn’s constant quest is to find the best way to draft each document.. Lonn is married and has three children, one with dark hair, one with blonde hair, and one with red hair. They enjoy living in the Avenues of Salt Lake City and traveling the world together.

Jonathan H. Hoagland is an associate in Durham Jones & Pinegar's Salt Lake City office. His practice focuses on entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals and families, where he advises them on estate planning and tax matters. Mr. Hoagland is admitted in Utah, Illinois and Florida.

John has represented Fortune 500 banks and large corporations in all areas of Real Estate Law, and now has opened Certus Law, specializing in Estate Planning and Business Succession and Real Estate.

Joe is the ninth of twelve children, so he had to learn early how to work with others and solve problems. He studied art at the university before going on to law school.. In his law practice, Joe advises and represents clients in debt collection, contract, business, real estate, and employment issues. Joe has worked for various federal and state judges throughout Utah and Idaho, where he gained experience and skill necessary to resolve matters through litigation when necessary.. He is also fluent in Spanish.. In his free time, Joe enjoys running, biking, swimming, and enjoying the outdoors with his family. He is the father of four.

James P. (Jim) Alder was born and raised in Providence, Utah. He began his legal career in natural resources before transitioning to estate planning. Jim is a member of WealthCounsel, a national organization of estate planning attorneys dedicated to providing high quality and customized estate and business planning to clients.. Jim is also a member of the Utah State Bar's Estate Planning and Elder Law Sections and the Salt Lake Estate Planning Council. His law practice emphasizes wills and trusts, business law, probate and trust administration and related areas. Jim has served on the Utah State Alzheimer's Task Force and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer's Association Utah Chapter, which focuses on the advancement of Alzheimer's-related research and the provision and enhancement of care and support for those affected. Jim has also served on the Board of Directors for Camp Kostopulos, a Salt Lake City organization providing activities for special needs children.  He current servers as Legal Counsel for the NFA Freedom Alliance.. Jim brings a youthful exuberance to the practice of law, and offers a caring  approach to serving clients. He enjoys biking, climbing, golf, snowshoeing, hiking, spending time with his wife Ireland, and most of all, playing with his stepson Gavin. If he could find more time, Jim would love to travel (especially in Europe), ski more, get into cross-country skiing, or do any of the things listed above (play more with Gavin, in particular).

In his spare time, Sam enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.  They all enjoy boating, moutain biking, skiing, and traveling.  Sam also volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America, and the Everest and Troop Community Foundations.