Wood Crapo LLC

Education

Brigham Young University
J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 1987

• magna cum laude
• Order of the Coif

• Lead Note; Comment Editor, BYU Law Review

  Brigham Young University, B.S., Accounting, 1984

• cum laude

• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

  Practice Areas

• State and Local Taxation
• Business and Corporate Formation and Transactions
• Estate Planning and Trusts

• Appellate Practice

  Practice Description

  Mr. Crapo’s primary area of practice is in state and local taxation. He has represented large gas companies and telecommunications companies before the Utah State Tax Commission and Utah Supreme Court. He also has extensive experience in business and corporate formation and transactions with the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations.

  Mr. Crapo is a frequent lecturer on sales and property tax issues, and he has written various comments for the Journal of Multistate Taxation. He also is on the Editorial Board for the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation Sales and Use Tax Desk Book. Mr. Crapo is the past chair of the Tax Section of the Utah State Bar. He is a member of the Utah State Bar and the American Property Tax Counsel American Inns of Court.

  Prior Professional Experience

• Clerk for the Honorable Monroe G. McKay, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1987-1988

• Holme Roberts & Owen, LLC, Salt Lake City, 1987-1995

  Admitted to Practice

• Utah Supreme Court
• United States District Court, District of Utah

• United States Tenth Circuit

  Professional Affiliations and Memberships

• Utah Bar Association
• American Property Tax Counsel
• Judge Pro Tempore, Third District Court-Murray Division
• Chair, Tax Section of the Utah State Bar 1996-1997
• Ex-Officio Member of the Utah State Bar Commission 1994-1995
• President, Young Lawyers Division of Utah State Bar 1994-1995
• Member, Editorial Board of the ABA’s Sale and Use Tax Desk Book

• Program Director, Rocky Mountain Tax Planning Institute 1994