Matthew L. Mitton

Matthew L. Mitton is a shareholder at Parsons Behle & Latimer with offices including Park City. His practice focuses on trusts, probate, elder law, and business succession planning. He assists clients with foundation estate plans, advanced planning, trust and estate settlement, guardianships, conservatorships, charitable planning, and strategies involving asset protection, inheritance tax mitigation, gifting, irrevocable trusts, and limited liability company planning.

Matt earned a J.D. from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1996, and the firm profile lists an undergraduate degree completed in 1992. His education is paired with a long practice devoted to estate and trust planning. His work describes work ranging from basic documents, including trusts, powers of attorney, and medical directives, to advanced structures designed to address asset protection, taxation, philanthropy, and family objectives.

Matt assists with the settlement of trusts and estates, including liquidation and transfer of assets, tax planning, Form 706 preparation, tax basis planning, and portability elections. He also helps clients pursue court authority in guardianship and conservatorship matters. His charitable planning work includes donor advised funds, private foundations, and related strategies, and he has presented hundreds of estate planning workshops and seminars for organizations and professional audiences.

Matthew L. Mitton is licensed in Utah and joined Parsons Behle & Latimer in 2022 after earlier partnership and shareholder roles at other firms. His profile lists Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite recognition in Estates and Trusts and service with nonprofit boards and planned giving committees. His current practice combines estate planning, trust administration, elder law, business succession, and charitable planning for clients addressing long-term financial and family needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Board Member, Girl Scouts of Utah
• Vice Chair and Board Member, Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation
• Member, Utah Symphony/Utah Opera Planned Giving Committee

Licensed State

• Utah

Education

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
  J.D. degree

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