Back to Professionals William J. Whitaker Attorney / Partner Salt Lake City Licensure: ID, SD, UT Biography pdf version Bill Whitaker is an estate-planning attorney and partner at Fabian VanCott. He helps his clients accomplish their wealth preservation, business succession and charitable goals with tailored estate plans. Bill also assists clients with trust and estate administration and related tax issues. Bill enjoys working with talented and thoughtful clients and professional advisors. He is surrounded by a team of highly capable attorneys and other legal professionals who stand ready to assist with matters that may fall outside his scope of practice. Before joining the group at Fabian VanCott, Bill worked with Sloan & Sloan, a boutique estate planning firm that merged with Fabian VanCott in 2019, and Ahrens DeAngeli Law Group, a boutique estate planning firm in Boise, Idaho. Practice Areas Tax Controversies Trust & Estate Litigation Asset Protection Planning Estate Planning Federal, State & International Taxation Medicaid & Special Needs Planning Guardianship & Conservatorship Retirement Benefits & Deferred Compensation Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Planning Transactional & Business Tax Planning Trust & Estate Administration Tax & Estate Planning Professional History PRACTICE AREAS: Trusts and Estates Tax Business Succession Charitable Planning ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: Utah Idaho South Dakota Education Master of Laws (LL.M.) in taxation, New York University (2009) J.D., University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, with honors; Utah Law Review; Jackie Chiles Law Society, founding board member (2008) B.S., Finance, Brigham Young University (2004) Community Service Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain West, board member, planned giving committee chair, executive committee member, development co-chair Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, member
