Randy Grimshaw is a shareholder in the Corporate and Tax department of Parsons Behle & Latimer. His practice emphasizes federal, state and local tax planning; audit controversies and tax litigation; partnership, limited liability company, and corporate structuring and planning; and estate planning. Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Randy was a tax accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., an international accounting firm. He was previously licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. Randy regularly teaches tax and business planning as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Related Activities and Skills:

• Martindale-Hubbell-AV Rating
• Utah Business, Utah Top 100 Lawyers/Utah Legal Elite, Tax Law, 2005, 2006, 2007
• The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2007, 2008
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Tax and Business Planning, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
• Past Chair of the Tax Section, Utah State Bar
• Past Member of the Executive Board of the Tax Section, Utah State Bar
• Past Member of the Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Utah State Bar
• Member of the Tax Section, American Bar Association
• Member of Real Estate and Probate Section, American Bar Association

Education:

• Brigham Young University (J.D., cum laude, 1979)
• University of Utah (B.S., accounting, magna cum laude, 1972)

Admissions:

• United States Tax Court, 1981
• United States District Court, District of Utah, 1979
• Supreme Court of the State of Utah, 1979
• Utah State Bar, 1979

Presentations and Publications:

• Author, Chapter; "Joint Tenancy and Co-Tenancy"-Summary of Utah Real Property Law, Brigham Young University
• Contributing Author, "Taxation of Exempt Organizations," National Business Institute, Inc.
• Author, "Recodification of the Corporate Franchise Tax," 1995 Utah State Bar Annual Meeting
• Contributing Author, "Seventh Annual Real Estate Tax Survey," American Bar Association
• Contributing Author, "Eight Annual Real Estate Tax Survey," American Bar Association
• Contributing Author, "Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Utah," National Business Institute, Inc.
• Author, "Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: State Taxation of Corporate Intangible Income Without Factor Representation," The State and Local Tax Lawyer, Vol. I, 1996
• Author, "Reach Out and Tax Someone: State Taxation of Income From the Sale of Intangibles," Utah State Bar Journal, June/July 1995
• Frequent Lecturer; Bar Association, CPA, and industry presentations