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AVVO Rating of 10 - Highest rating possible. • 2018 - Selected as Utah Legal Elite, Estate Planning. Part of Utah Legal Elite for 16 years running.. • Rated AV, the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell the pre-eminent lawyer ratings service for over 35 years. Consistently featured in Top 100 Utah Lawyers, Utah Business Magazine Assisted over 3000 clients in creating Trusts, Wills, Asset Protection, Business Succession; Assisted in protecting over $1 Billion in assets.. We build lasting relationships with clients; we listen carefully, plan mindfully, and use our knowledge and experience to work together to find solutions for the concerns of our clients. • Business management experience and specialization in trusts, succession planning, estate administration, Asset Protection. Managed a mid-size law firm for nearly 20 years.• Complex and simple estate planning, asset protection. Specializing in Estates and Businesses from $1.0 Million to $100 Million.• Past speaker at conferences on business, trust, estate planning and tax planning workshops and seminars.• Managed the largest private brownfield redevelopment and environmental remediation site in the country (former Geneva Steel near Provo, Utah) for nearly 5 years until I returned to full time law practice. Specialties: Estate and Tax Planning, Wills and Trusts, Probate, Business Formation for Asset Protection and Tax Planning.. Former professor of Taxation at Washington College of Law, Masters in Tax program.. I love to backpack in the beautiful Utah and Wyoming mountains!. Avid motorcyclist!. Avid promoter of Grandchildren!. I am the former President of a Non-Profit - Community Development Corporation of Utah - proudly served on their Board for over 25 years.. Former Scoutmaster and proudly served scouting and youth for over 25 years.

After obtaining a degree in Economics from Brigham Young University, I returned to my Wyoming home and earned my law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1982. I began practicing law in Casper, Wyoming that fall and spent the next 18 years working and raising my family there. My practice included work in the areas of estate planning, business organization and planning, real estate, and contracts.. Since coming to Utah in 2000, I have invested significant time and resources into deepening my knowledge of estate planning and business organizations to enable me to better serve the planning needs of my clients. I am a past chair of the Estate Planning Section of the Utah State Bar and a Member of Elder Counsel, a national organization of estate planners who share resources and collaborate together to help clients solve planning issues.