Office:
Clyde Snow & Sessions, PC
201 South Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Specialties:
Taxation Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Business Planning, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Memberships:
Salt Lake County Bar Association, American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law), Utah State Bar (President, 1999-2000, Bar Commissioner, 1992-1993, 1994-2000, Distinguished Lawyer of the Year, 2008, Tax Practitioner of the Year, 1995-1996, Chairman, Taxation Section, 1981-1982, Chairman, Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practice, 1993-1994).
Admitted:
1971, Utah and U.S. Tax Court, 1972, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1976, U.S. District Court of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1977, U.S. Supreme Court, 2003, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho
University:
Northwestern University and University of Oregon, B.A., 1967
Law School:
Georgetown University, University of Utah, J.D., 1971, George Washington University, National Law Center, post-graduate legal studies, 1973
Reported:
Estate of McCoy v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2009-61 (2009); MacFarlane v. Utah State Tax Commission, 134 P.3d 1116 (Utah 2006); Covey & Co. v. United States, 1994 U.S. District Court, LEXIS 4122, March 23, 1994; R. F. Weyher v. Commissioner, 56 T.C., 825 (1976).
Transactions:
Representation of Seller in Sale of Utah Jazz NBA Team, 1986, Representation of Reagan Outdoor Advertising in acquisition of outdoor advertising business and real estate, 1992, Representation of Sweet Candy Company in reverse, build to suit, like kind exchange of real property structured as a tax deferred transaction under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031(a)(3), 2005, Representative of Shareholders of Granger Supply Co. in acquisition structured as a tax deferred reorganization under Internal Revenue Code Section 368(a)(1)(C), 2001, Representative of Shareholders of Glyphics Communications, Inc. in acquisition structured as a tax deferred reorganization under Internal Revenue Code Section 368(a)(1)(C), 2001, Representation of Kenworth Sales Company in reverse, build to suit, like kind exchange of real property structured as a tax deferred transaction under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031(a)(3), 2005.
Biography:
Using his strong background in economics and in-depth understanding of tax law, Mr. Brown advises clients in business transactions, business planning, and real estate transactions and has given numero...