Attorney Profile

David W. Steffensen specializes in estate and tax planning, business formation and representation, and real estate law. He is committed to providing effective solutions for his client's estate, business and real estate needs.

Mr. Steffensen has been a frequent speaker on issues involving estate planning, business formation and real estate issues. Mr. Steffensen has extensive transactional and litigation experience and has successfully represented his clients in court, including jury trials.

A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Utah, Mr. Steffensen received his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1985 where he was a member of the Utah Law Review. Thereafter, Mr. Steffensen earned his LL.M. (Master of Laws) Degree in taxation from New York University in 1986. After practicing tax and corporate law for eight years with the Salt Lake City law firm of Snow, Christensen & Martineau, where he was a shareholder, Mr. Steffensen formed his own law firm in 1994.

His professional affiliations include the Utah State Bar Association, where he is past chairman of the Tax Section as well as a member of the Estate Planning Section, the Wyoming Bar Association, and the American Bar Association, where he is a member of the Tax Section. In addition, Mr. Steffensen is Past Chairman of the Primary Children's Hospital Planned Gifts Committee, Past Chairman of the Utah State Bar Young Lawyers' Needs of the Elderly Committee, and a past Board Member of the Salt Lake Estate Planning Counsel.

Mr. Steffensen speaks fluent Dutch.