Lawyer Overview

Randy Grimshaw is a shareholder in the Corporate and Tax department. His practice emphasizes federal, state and local tax planning; audit controversies and tax litigation; partnership, limited liability company, and corporate structuring and planning; and estate planning. Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Randy was a tax accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., an international accounting firm. He was previously licensed as a certified public accountant. Randy regularly teaches tax and business planning as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Related Activities and Skills:

• Martindale Hubbell - AV Rating
• Utah Business, Utah Top 100 Lawyers/Utah Legal Elite, Tax Law, 2005, 2006, 2007
• The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2007 - 2010 
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Tax and Business Planning, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
• Past Chair of the Tax Section, Utah State Bar
• Past Member of the Executive Board of the Tax Section, Utah State Bar
• Past Member of the Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Utah State Bar
• Member of the Tax Section, American Bar Association
• Member of Real Estate and Probate Section, American Bar Association.

Published works

• Author, Chapter; Joint Tenancy and Co-Tenancy -Summary of Utah Real Property Law, Brigham Young University
• Contributing Author, Taxation of Exempt Organizations , National Business Institute, Inc.
• Author, Recodification of the Corporate Franchise Tax, 1995 Utah State Bar Annual Meeting
• Contributing Author, Seventh Annual Real Estate Tax Survey, American Bar Association
• Contributing Author, Eight Annual Real Estate Tax Survey, American Bar Association
• Contributing Author, Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Utah, National Business Institute, Inc.
• Author, Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: State Taxation of Corporate Intangible Income Without Factor Representation, The State and Local Tax Lawyer, Vol. I, 1996
• Author, Reach Out and Tax Someone: State Taxation of Income From the Sale of Intangibles, Utah State Bar Journal, June/July 1995

Areas of Practice

• Taxation
• Corporate & Tax Law
• Estate Planning
• Tax Controversies and Litigation
• Natural Resources & Water
• Real Estate Tax Planning & Reduction
• Partnership
• Limited Liability Companies
• Property Tax Appeals
• Elder Law
• Wealth Management
• Manufacturing Law
• International Tax Planning
• Tax Advocacy

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Litigation & Appeals, Natural Resources Law, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Tax Court, 1981
• U.S. District Court District of Utah, 1979
• Utah, 1979

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer; Bar Association, CPA, and industry presentations

Education

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, 1979
  J.D. degree
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Utah, 1972
  B.S. degree
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Accounting

Address

201 South Main Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2218

Phones

801-532-1234

Faxes

801-536-6111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.parsonsbehlelaw.com