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Michael K. Garrett
Attorney
Salt Lake City
801.678.9841
michael.garrett@stoel.com
(Holladay), UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Service Areas
ABOUT MICHAEL
Estate Planning
Bar Admissions
Utah
Education
J. Rueben Clark Law
School, Brigham Young
University, J.D., 2003,
m a g n a c u m l a u d e; Lead
articles editor, BYU Law
Review, 2002-2003
Brigham Young University,
M.ACC, 2003
Brigham Young University,
B.S., 2000, accounting
Languages
Spanish
Michael Garrett advises clients on estate planning, probate, trust
administration, charitable organizations and planned giving,
individual and entity taxation, transactional work, and general
business and corporate law matters.
His estate planning practice focuses on assisting high net-worth
individuals with all phases of estate planning including creating of
complex trusts, gifting, charitable giving, probate and guardianship
issues, trust administration and disputes. He has represented small,
medium, and large estates. In addition to drafting estate planning
documents, developing gifting and comprehensive wealth transfer
plans, filing probate documents, and preparing gift and estate tax
returns, he assists clients in resolving family disputes, probate and
trust litigation, and estate and trust administration matters.
Additionally, he assists many estate planning clients in all aspects of
charitable giving, including forming public charities, private
foundations, charitable trusts, and other charitable tools, and he has
represented many of the largest non-profit organizations in the
region.
He also assists his clients with numerous general business and
corporate matters, including addressing general business issues,
real estate matters, advising on state and federal tax issues and
controversies, mergers and acquisitions, sales, leases, and
comprehensive succession planning. He regularly advises startup
companies in matters involving entity selection, organization, tax
planning, general business matters, and succession planning. He is
also a frequent speaker and author on these topics.
Associate, Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere, P.C., Salt Lake City,
Utah (2003-2006); law clerk, Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere, P.C.,
Salt Lake City, Utah (2001-2003); law clerk, Ernst & Young LLP,
Washington D.C. (2002).
Salt Lake City, Utah (2001-2003); law clerk, Ernst & Young LLP,
Washington D.C. (2002).
HONORS & ACTIVITIES
Professional Honors and Activities
Listed among Rising Stars (Estate Planning & Probate), Mountain
States Super Lawyers® , 2013-2015
Member, Utah State Bar
Member, Utah State Bar Estate Planning Section
Member, Utah State Bar Tax Section
Member, Salt Lake Estate Planning Council
Listed in Utah Legal Elite – Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Utah
Business Magazine, 2009-2012
Civic Activities
Member, Utah State Bar Estate Planning Legislative Committee
(2011-present)
Member, Utah Adoption Council (2009-2011)
Past Member, Primary Children’s Hospital Planned Giving
Committee
Organized and represented numerous tax-exempt charitable
organizations
INSIGHTS & PRESENTATIONS
“The Ticking Tax Bomb: Is It Time to Find a Tax Shelter?,”
Enterprise Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah, published August
2010
“Oddities and Challenges in Probate Law,” National Business
Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24, 2009
“Estate Planning and Asset Protection for Professionals,”
Wasatch Summit: Master the Business of Dentistry, Snowbird,
Utah, June 8, 2008
“Legal Issues for Emerging Businesses and Entrepreneurs:
Choice of Business Entities,” Salt Lake Community College, 3
hour seminar, May 7, 2008
“Legal Issues for Emerging Businesses and Entrepreneurs:
Partnership Taxation,” Salt Lake Community College, 3 hour
seminar, May 8, 2008
“Legal Issues for Emerging Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Tax
Issues for Sole Proprietorships,” Salt Lake Community College, 3
hour seminar, April 10, 2008
“Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs,” Salt Lake Community College,
December 11, 2007
“Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs,” Primary
Children’s Hospital Planning Giving Committee Meeting,
December 11, 2007
“Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs,” Primary
Children’s Hospital Planning Giving Committee Meeting,
November 12, 2007
“Preparing for the Unknown: Buy­Sell Agreements” Connect
Magazine, published March 2007
“Recent Developments in Estate Planning with Retirement
Plans,” Stoel Rives Estate Planning Section In House CLE
Meeting, Midway, Utah August 31, 2006
“Estate Planning in Utah,” Peterson Financial Client
Appreciation Seminar, Provo, Utah, June 2006 and various other
locations and times
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