Attorneys

Scott’s practice includes tax, estate and business planning; including the creation of wills and trusts, probate, creation of business entities, asset protection strategies and charitable or tax exempt organizations.  Scott’s practice assists clients in a broad range of situations to minimize taxes, protect business and personal assets, and plan for the needs of their businesses and families in the future.

PUBLICATIONS

PRESENTATIONS / SEMINARS

• What Every Lawyer Should Know About Estate Planning – Utah State Bar, Summer Convention, July, 2011
• Selecting a Trustee, Individuals vs. Corporate Trustees – Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, December 15, 2010
• Retirement and Estate Planning – Westminster College, 33rd Annual Tax Practitioners Institute, Friday 11, 2009
• Estate Planning and the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty to Clients – Utah State Bar, Estate Planning Section, Tuesday December 12, 2006
• Demystifying Asset Protection Vehicles – Important State and Federal Exemptions. National Business Institute, Tuesday August 14, 2007
• Tax, Estate and Wealth Planning Seminar for CPA’s, November 1 & 2, 2007
• Asset Protection for High Risk Professionals. Southern Utah Bar Association. Friday December 7, 2007
• Planned Giving Today, Practical Strategies in an ever changing environment, Utah Planned Giving Roundtable, March 12, 2008
• Trust Administration, Trust Provisions, Lorman Seminars, March 18, 2008
• Planned Giving, Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, June 18, 2008

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• 2011 Vice Chair of the Estate Planning Section of the Utah State Bar
• 2011-2013 President of the Utah Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Board of Directors
• 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Utah Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, International
• 2010-2011 – Secretary/Treasurer of the Utah State Bar Estate Planning Section
• Primary Children’s Medical Center, Planned Giving Committee Chairman, 2010
• Board of Trustees of The PI Foundation, Inc., a Utah non-profit organization
• Board of Directors for the Utah Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
• Board of Directors for Special Olympics Utah
• National Planned Giving Operative Group for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
• Volunteer with the Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division Wills for Hero’s events
• Program Chair for the Utah State Bar, Estate Planning Section
• Board of Directors for the Utah Planned Giving Roundtable

MEMBERSHIPS

• Utah State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Salt Lake Estate Planning Council

EDUCATION

• Brigham Young University, J.D.
• Utah State University,
  B.S., Business Management

PRACTICE AREAS
Tax & Estate Planning