M. Robert Smith

Rob’s law practice focuses on estates, trusts, wills and probate with emphasis on farm and ranch estate planning. He provides counsel on succession planning to pass the ranch or family business to the next generation. Rob’s experience also includes estate litigation and representing trustees in trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, real estate, business law, and creating corporations and limited liability companies.

Rob comes from a ranching background and is still involved in production agriculture and producer groups.

PRACTICE AREAS

Estate Planning
Probate
Farm & Ranch Planning
Estate Litigation
Real Estate & Land Use
Water Law

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
Board Member, Northern Utah Estate Planning Council
Board Member, Utah State University Planned Giving Advisory Board
Member, Utah legislative Committee on Uniform Probate Code Amendments
Member, Estate Planning Section, Utah Bar
Council Member, Cache County Planning Commission
Member, Utah Cattlemen’s Association
President, Cache County Farm Bureau

EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2000
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Utah State University, 1997

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah
Idaho
U.S. District Court, Districts of Utah & Idaho
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit