My goal is to provide prompt, quality legal work at reasonable prices so clients make me their choice for legal services within my areas of expertise.
My aim is to provide prompt, quality legal work for business owners to successfully start and operate their businesses. I help clients choose the right business entity - a corporation, a limited liability company, or a partnership.
I help clients identify the best type of business for their needs, from corporations and LLCs to general and limited partnerships, while considering the tax implications and liability protections.
My work includes contracts and contract law, especially contracts for the purchase or sale of a business.
I see to it that estate assets are distributed properly, and effectively guide clients through the probate process.
I have extensive experience in oil and gas law, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating leases, operating agreements, pooling and unitization agreements, farm-in and farm-out agreements, and surface use agreements.
I assist business owners in raising private capital from investors, with special emphasis on sales of securities through private placements under Regulation D of the federal securities laws.
Business Law
My aim is to provide prompt, quality legal work for business owners to successfully start and operate their businesses. I help clients choose the right business entity - a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership. I create that business entity, write contracts for its smooth operation, and advise owners on applicable law and government regulations affecting their business. I also assist in acquisitions and sales of ongoing businesses and in buying and selling business assets.
Business Organizations
I form all types of business entities, from corporations and LLCs to general and limited partnerships. I help clients understand the differences between the types of businesses available in Utah, and help decide which is best for each client's individual needs. In doing so, I carefully consider tax implications and liability protections.
Contracts
My work includes contracts and contract law, especially contracts for the purchase or sale of a business. I draft for reasonable prices all types of other contracts and legal documents, including:
Estate Planning & Contracts
I guide clients through the probate process, or if their loved one left behind a complete estate, I see to it that estate assets are distributed properly.
When probate is necessary, I represent family members in probating estates, including preparing and filing documents in probate courts, assisting in settling any claims, preparing decedents' final income tax returns, and distributing estate assets to beneficiaries. And I do this work at reasonable rates.
I also help clients plan for the contingency of disability through "living wills," advance directives for health care, and durable powers of attorney.
What is my approach to estate planning? This office approaches estate planning with the thought that clients want only the work necessary for their particular needs, and no more. So I do only what is necessary to effectively address each client's needs. Further, when I create a trust for a client, I keep in mind the concepts of simplicity and flexibility for trust administration.
Estate planning can be a very personal matter. For that reason I treat my clients with the greatest respect and hold their personal information in the highest confidence.
Oil & Gas
I have extensive experience in oil and gas law, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating leases, operating agreements, pooling and unitization agreements, farm-in and farm-out agreements, and surface use agreements.
I prepare master service agreements and other master contracts for exploration projects.
Especially important is my work on behalf of surface owners (that is, owners of land on which drilling or production operations are planned) to protect their property from damage or other interruptions when mineral rights owners drill or produce oil or gas on their land.
Securities & Private Financing
I assist business owners in raising private capital from investors, with special emphasis on sales of securities through private placements under Regulation D of the federal securities laws.
Federal and state securities laws offer exemptions from securities registration requirements for "non-public offerings" of securities. These exemptions are available to companies large and small. I have extensive experience in private placements made under Regulation D.
I help set the terms for these transactions, prepare all associated legal documentation, and make necessary filings with state and federal governments.
My experience includes all types of privately placed securities, including limited liability company units, common stock, preferred stock, limited partnership units, and debt.
