Mr. Stephenson’s practice focuses on estate planning for executives, professionals, high-net-worth individuals, and families with an emphasis on structuring estate plans and transactions to achieve clients’ goals in a tax-efficient manner. He regularly works on resolving estate tax, gift tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, and income tax issues. Mr. Stephenson’s tax practice also encompasses tax planning for business transactions. He also provides probate and trust administration services.
In assisting his clients, Mr. Stephenson regularly prepares new trusts and wills and updates existing estate planning documents with the goal of providing flexibility in order to take advantage of the changing estate tax environment. Mr. Stephenson also has experience preparing irrevocable life insurance trusts and charitable trusts to assist the client in providing for family members while also achieving the client’s charitable giving goals. In addition to document preparation, Mr. Stephenson also represents clients in probate proceedings and assists clients in the administration of trusts.
Awards and Recognition
- AV Preeminent (5.0) rating with Martindale-Hubbell
- Mountain States Super Lawyers in Estate Planning & Probate
- Utah’s “Legal Elite,” as published in Utah Business Magazine
Education
University of Notre Dame, J.D., 2000
- magna cum laude
- Editor, NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW
Weber State University, B.A., Psychology, 1997
Professional Experience
- Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, P.C., 2004
- Quarles & Brady, LLP, 2000-2004
- Admitted to Practice
- Utah State Bar
Wisconsin State Bar
Presentations and
Publications
- Presenter, RQN Tax & Business Seminar - Trusts and Retirement Accounts: How Secure is your Beneficiary Designation?, November 2023
- Presenter, RQN Tax & Business Seminar - All Good Things Must End – Estate Planning in Anticipation of the 2026 Sunset Laws, November 2022
- Presenter, RQN Tax & Business Seminar - Democrats Propose New Tax Plan: What President Biden and Congress Have in Mind, October 2021
- "Yes, Now Is A Good Time To Discuss Your Estate Plan," Utah Physician Magazine, April/May 2019
