Kristal Bowman-Carter

Kristal Bowman-Carter is a shareholder at Parsons Behle & Latimer in Park City. Her practice focuses on trusts and estates, business succession planning, related business formation, and tax matters. She advises clients on estate planning and administration and brings a litigation background to that work. Her planning work for individuals and families includes wills, revocable trusts, and more advanced strategies directed at asset protection and estate tax considerations.

Kristal earned a J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1996 and attended California State University, Northridge, in 1992. Her legal training preceded a practice combining estate planning, administration, tax considerations, business formation, and succession planning. Her education preceded a practice that combines estate planning, administration, tax considerations, business formation, and succession planning for clients with varying levels of complexity.

Kristal guides clients through foundational estate plans based on wills or revocable trusts and more sophisticated planning involving limited liability companies, family limited partnerships, and irrevocable trusts. Her planning strategies include asset protection and estate tax minimization. She also advises on business formation and succession planning, connecting personal estate plans with ownership and transfer issues for closely held businesses and other family assets.

Kristal Bowman-Carter is licensed in Utah and California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her professional associations include the Utah State Bar, State Bar of California, Salt Lake County Bar Association, and Park City Bar Association. She serves as president of the Park City Rotary Club for 2025 through 2026. Her practice centers on trusts, wills, estates, tax, and business succession.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association
• Member, Park City Bar Association
• President, Park City Rotary Club (2025-2026)
• Former Member, Maker Union Board
• Member, Utah League of Women Voters

Licensed State

• Utah
• California

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
  Juris Doctor (JD)

Awards & Badges