Douglas A. Taggart

Douglas A. Taggart is a shareholder of the firm, chairman of its Estate Planning Section and Managing Attorney of the Ogden, Utah, office. He has  experience in sophisticated tax and estate planning and business and real estate transactions. He is rated “AV” by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review system and was named “favorite attorney in Northern Utah” by the Standard-Examiner newspaper.

Education

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D., cum laude (1978)

  • Managing Student Editor, Utah Bar Journal

Brigham Young University - B.S., Accounting, summa cum laude (1975)

Admitted to Practice

  • California
  • United States Tax Court
  • Utah

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Utah State Bar Estate Planning Section (Member, 1982-present; Executive Committee 1963-1987)
  • Estate Planning Council of Weber/Davis (Member, 2002-present; Founding Director, 2002–2007; Chair, 2002–2003)
  • Member, Weber County Bar Association
  • Utah Boys State (pro bono legal counsel, 1997–present)
  • Red Cross of Utah, Ogden Chapter Development Committee (1999–2000)
  • Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench; Secretary-Treasurer, 1997–1998)
  • Ogden School Foundation (pro bono legal counsel, 1992–present; Director, 1992–1998; President, 1996–1997)
  • Primary Children’s Medical Center Planned Gifts Committee (1990–1992)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Utah Bar Journal (1988–1990)
  • Utah State Bar Legislative Affairs Committee (1988–1990)
  • Utah Life Convention (1988–1989; President, 1989)
  • Boy Scouts of America (Director, Lake Bonneville Council, 1986–1988)
  • Utah Trails Council (Officer and Director 1983-1986)
  • Named in Utah Business magazine’s “Legal Elite”