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Bennett, Wayne Z.
Richards Brandt Miller Nelson
Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main Street
15th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 326-2009 / (888) 595-8404
Fax: (801) 532-5506
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Shareholder
Lawyer Overview
Mr. Bennett is a shareholder of Richards Brandt Miller Nelson. His practice focuses on business and estate planning. Specifically, he works with people and small businesses in need of structuring assistance, business planning, formation issues, contracts, long and short term development plans, tax related issues, and ultimately business exit strategies. Also, through his commercial work, Mr. Bennett has developed a strong clientele of local community banks. Mr. Bennett advises his bank clients on a broad range of topics relating to loan documentation and enforcement, business and employment issues that arise, and foreclosure and loan workouts.
When he first arrived at the firm his primary practice area was estate planning. While his practice areas have increased, he has maintained that core expertise and continues to help new and existing clients with all types of issues relating to estate taxation, wills and trusts, probate and the occasional dispute involving families and the estates of deceased relatives. Mr. Bennett is the chair of the firm's estate planning group, a member of the business section and a member of the firm's pension advisory committee.
Areas of Practice
- Business Organization and Corporate Governance
- Estate Planning/Taxation
- Trust and Estate Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Banking and Finance
- Business Bankruptcy/Creditor Rights
- Commercial Transactions
- Real Estate Law
- Non-Profit/Religious Organizations
West Practice Categories
Business & Commercial Law, Estate Planning, Taxation Law
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Utah, 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Utah State Bar (Member)
- Salt Lake County Bar Association (Member)
- Utah Bankers Association (Member)
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
2000
LL.M.
Major: Taxation - University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, Idaho,
1999
J.D. - Utah State University,
1995
B.S.
Major: Accounting
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main Street
15th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phones
(801) 326-2009
(888) 595-8404
Faxes
(801) 532-5506