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Mr. Longmore represents clients in a wide variety of matters, including estate planning and taxation, planning for closely held businesses, and probate. Mr. Longmore's estate planning practice includes the drafting of basic wills and revocable trusts, as well as the utilization of more sophisticated estate planning techniques such as family limited liability companies and partnerships, dynasty trusts, charitable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, defective grantor trusts, split-dollar agreements, foundations, and charitable support organizations. His estate planning practice also includes estate administration, the probate of estates, the preparation and filing of estate and gift tax returns, reformation of irrevocable trusts, and general tax planning and consultation. Mr. Longmore's business planning practice includes formation, planning and taxation of professional corporations, C corporation, S corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Mr. Longmore drafts stock transfer documents, buy-sell agreements, lease agreements, and all types of agreements and contracts necessary to a company's business operations. Mr. Longmore has an LL.M. in taxation from Denver University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Longmore is a frequent speaker on advanced estate and business planning topics, and he is licensed to practice law in Utah and Idaho.
Mr. Longmore has been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in the category of Taxes/Estates/Trusts (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
EDUCATION
Denver University, LL.M., Taxation, 1995
University of Idaho, J.D., Business / taxation, 1994
Idaho State University, B.A., 1990
PRACTICE AREAS
Business Formation, Planning and Transactions
Charitable and Exempt Organizations
Estate and Trust Planning and Administration
Real Estate Transactions and Litigation
Tax Planning and Tax Controversies
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Merrill and Merrill, Pocatello, Idaho, September 1998-October 2000
Breck Barton and Associates, Rexburg, Idaho, September 1995-August 1998
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah State Bar, 2001
Idaho State Bar, 1994
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Idaho State Bar Association, 1994-present
Member, Utah State Bar Association, 2001-present
Member, Idaho State Board of Accountancy, 1990-present | 