EDUCATION
N.Y.U. School of Law
New York, NY 1998
Masters in Taxation (LL.M.)
Corporate, Partnership, Individual and Real Property Taxation
University of Utah School of Law
Salt Lake City, UT 1997
Juris Doctor (J.D.) Order of the Coif (Top 5%)
Business, Tax, and Real Property Law
Corpus Juris Secundum Awards in Torts and Contracts
Bowdoin College (B.A.)
Brunswick, ME 1993
English & Spanish double major (Cum Laude)
Junior year in Madrid & Seville, Spain
Dean's List each of 8 semesters
Rowland Hall St. Marks & East High School
Salt Lake City, UT 1989
EMPLOYMENT
Rock Law Office, P.C. (Shareholder)
Salt Lake City, UT (Current)
Corporate transactions and litigation, contracts, real estate, estate planning, tax issues and controversies, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and recapitalizations, private placements, corporate finance, loan transactions, venture capital and private equity financings.
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (Associate)
Salt Lake City, UT (2006 - 2009)
Corporate, securities, mergers, and acquisitions, restructurings and recapitalizations, private placements, corporate finance, loan transactions, venture capital and private equity financings, and general business, corporate and tax matters.
Ironclad Entities, LLC (Founder/Managing Member)
Salt Lake City, UT (2002 - 2005)
Business entity formation, filing and consultation. Over 2,000 corporations, partnerships and LLCs established. Servicing the business filing needs of individual and corporate clients.
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll
Salt Lake City, UT (2001)
Tax/Municipal Bond Associate. Public finance and federal tax matters relating to the issuance of municipal bonds to finance the development of low income and senior housing.
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault (Tax Associate)
Boston (1998 - 2001)
Corporate, partnership and real property tax issues including a wide range of business transactions, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital fund formation, operating agreements, executive compensation, stock and option plans, tax planning for start-ups and state and local taxation.
Parsons, Behle & Latimer
Salt Lake City, UT (1997)
Strachan & Strachan
Park City, UT (1996)