I am a Partner at Grant Morris Dodds. In addition to handling the estate planning needs for some of Nevada's and Southern Utah's wealthiest families, I also regularly speak and write on the topics of trusts and estates, taxation and asset protection. I am also on faculty at the Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business, at Southern Utah University, where I serve as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Law, and teach graduate and undergraduate classes in law and taxation. I have an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubble and have also been recognized as a Mountain States (NV, UT, MT, ID and WY) Rising Star by Super Lawyers. I was named as one of Nevada's "Legal Elite" by the Nevada Business Magazine, recognizing me as one of "Southern Nevada's Top 100 Attorneys," as well as being named as one of the "Top Lawyers" for Estate Planning by VEGASINC, a weekly business magazine, recognizing him as one of the "Best of the Best in Southern Nevada." I was also named to Desert Companion's "Top Lawyers" list for Estate Planning. I graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (Magna Cum Laude), from the University of Utah with a Master of Accountancy, and from the University of Houston with his Doctor of Jurisprudence. Before attending law school, I worked for the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, in its Salt Lake City offices. It is very important to me to give back to the community. I am Chairman of both the Gift Planning Council for Philanthropies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Southern Utah University Legacy Council. I've also served terms on the National Advisory Board for the Southern Utah University Dixie Leavitt School of Business and as Chairman of the Nevada State College Foundation Board, and was on its board for 10 years as a general board member. Moreover, I was a Trustee for the Henderson Community Foundation, sat on the Vegas PBS Planned Giving Council, served as founding Chair of the Gift Planning Advisors, and was a board member of the Kasner Family Foundation. I am licensed to practice law in Nevada and Utah.