Salt Lake City estate planning practice of attorney James P. Alder, with offices in Sugarhouse and Bountiful. Handles probate and estate and trust administration: opening the estate, presenting the will, inventorying assets, and paying creditors, alongside guardianships, conservatorships, and Medicaid planning. Initial calls and consultations can be held by telephone or Zoom.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawConservatorship+4

Estate planning firm with offices in Park City and Cottonwood Heights, serving Summit County and the Salt Lake Valley. Assists trustees and personal representatives after a death, with or without a trust: asset inventory and valuation, re-titling, qualified disclaimers, Form 706 filings and distribution. Works with blended families, special-needs children and noncitizen family members.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+4

Salt Lake City firm with offices downtown, in Lehi and in St. George, plus Boise. Its probate and trusts attorneys handle informal and formal probate, petitions to determine heirs, small-estate affidavits, and trust litigation over trustee breaches and distributions; the estate planning group advises trustees and is often asked to serve as trustee or co-trustee.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7

Salt Lake City office serving Salt Lake City and Park City. Guides personal representatives through probate and estate administration, including accountings, creditor payments and ancillary probate, advises trustees on their fiduciary duties, and represents beneficiaries in disputes with a trustee. Attorney Penniann Schumann administered trusts in Utah and Idaho as a national-bank trust officer.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+4

Salt Lake City boutique firm (Lewis Hansen Pleshe, LLC) east of downtown. Takes estates and trusts from the probate filing through creditor notice, marshalling assets, identifying heirs and distribution, and advises trustees and personal representatives; its elder law attorneys handle guardianships, conservatorships and Medicaid planning.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+7

Multi-practice South Jordan firm that serves all of Utah, with appointment-only offices in Farmington and Lehi. Represents personal representatives, beneficiaries and heirs in Utah probate proceedings, handles trust administration, and litigates probate and trust disputes including undue influence, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Also handles special needs and Medicaid trust planning.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6