Michael L. Ferrin Partner
Mike is the Chair of the firm’s transactions department, which handles business and real estate transactions (including M&A), business entity formation, business succession planning, contracts, estate planning and asset protection planning. Mike applies his expertise and experience in highly complex transactions over decades, to help his team guide their clients to their most successful outcome.
Mike applies this vast knowledge to his primary focus – sophisticated estate planning and asset protection. While Mike works with clients across the spectrum, high net worth clients trust Mike for his ability to provide a wide-range of options to craft estate planning strategies and documents that are tailor-made for the client’s specific situation. For clients of all situations and size of estate, Mike has become a go-to advisor for evaluation of the client’s estate planning needs, tax planning, asset protection planning and the preparation of various types of trusts, wills, powers of attorney and family limited partnerships.
Whether you are seeking expert business advice through Mike’s team, or sophisticated estate planning and asset protection, from Mike himself, your needs will be met with the highest level of expertise and client service.
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Weber State University (B.S., English, with Honors)
Court Admissions
- State of Arizona
- State of Utah (inactive)
Publications & Presentations
- Who is Eligible for a Loan Modification Under HAMP? (with Charles B. Sellers)
Relevant Resources
Estate/Gift Tax Exemption Could be Reduced by 50 Percent by 2022
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