About Kent
Kent Collins has extensive tax planning experience counseling high net worth clients and small to mid-sized businesses. Mr. Collins is also experienced in the area of aviation law, having worked as in-house General Counsel for Morris Air. He is currently counsel for SkyWest, Inc.Mr. Collins has taught classes at the Brigham Young University Law School on Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning, is a past Chair of the Tax Section of the Utah State Bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. He is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.Mr. Collins has been continuously recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 2006, and was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Corporate Law (2015). He was also listed in the 2007-2014 editions of Mountain States Super Lawyers, and he has continually recognized as one of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business magazine for his work in wills, trusts and estates. Mr. Collins has the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV. PRACTICE AREASBusiness and FinanceAircraft Finance and AcquisitionsEquipment LeasingTaxCorporate TaxEstate Planning, Probate, and Estate Administration
Kent Collins has extensive tax planning experience counseling high net worth clients and small to mid-sized businesses. Mr. Collins is also experienced in the area of aviation law, having worked as in-house General Counsel for Morris Air. He is currently counsel for SkyWest, Inc.
Mr. Collins has taught classes at the Brigham Young University Law School on Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning, is a past Chair of the Tax Section of the Utah State Bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. He is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Mr. Collins has been continuously recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 2006, and was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Corporate Law (2015). He was also listed in the 2007-2014 editions of Mountain States Super Lawyers, and he has continually recognized as one of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business magazine for his work in wills, trusts and estates. Mr. Collins has the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Salt Lake City (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Salt Lake City (2015)
- Recognized: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Tax Law
- Recognized: Trusts and Estates
- Special Focus: Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year”
- Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Utah Business magazine Utah’s Legal Elite
- Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV