estate attorneys

As a second-generation estate planning attorney with over 25 years of experience, Kent Phelps appreciates the positive impact a customized estate plan can have on his clients and the generations that follow. Without considering estate planning, family members can be left in confusion, turmoil, or worse, after a loved one passes.

That is why his focus is on creating comprehensive estate plans that fulfill the wishes of professionals, business owners, and retirees – enabling a transition that protects the remaining beneficiaries.

His vision is simple and powerful: Provide every client with an exceptional legal planning experience. With a decade spent in the courtroom as a trial attorney, Kent understands how to help clients and their families protect against predatory lawsuits and stay out of court.

Kent has been admitted to the State Bar of Arizona. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, and his J.D. from University of the Pacific. Additionally, he is a member of the Wealth Counsel and the Arizona State Bar Probate & Trust Section.

Kent has been a Continuing Legal Education instructor on advanced estate planning topics. He has also received the American Jurisprudence Award, the Order of Barristers, and has his Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

Kent is recognized in the media as an estate planning authority. He has been featured in ABC News, NBC News, FOX News and Bloomberg Law.

When Kent is not meeting with clients and growing the firm, he enjoys spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren. He’s determined to keep up with his kids while snowboarding and is an avid wilderness backpacker. Kent has backpacked to the bottom (and back out!) of the Grand Canyon 14 times.

Justin Wall has assisted hundreds of individuals and families with their estate planning and probate needs.  He considers every client’s unique situation carefully – whether designing custom estate plans or helping survivors through the probate process.  Before narrowing his practice exclusively to estate law, Justin also advocated for the injured, the accused and the disabled in court and administrative proceedings.

Justin is an innovative thinker who relishes a good challenge. He enjoys delving into emerging legal issues and finding cutting-edge solutions, boiling them down into valuable strategies that are both helpful and straightforward for his clients.

He got his B.S. in Political Science from Utah Valley University and went to law school at J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He is admitted to the State Bar of Arizona.

Justin happily spends his free time with his wife Alex and their two rowdy boys. This means his latest hobbies include playing hide-and-seek, doing somersaults in the backyard, and running circles around the dining table. When the occasion permits, he enjoys board games, sports, and kayaking.

Logan enjoys personally assisting individuals and families with their estate planning needs, regardless of the size and complexity of the estate.

Logan excels at understanding clients’ needs and goals and then developing and delivering individually tailored estate plans according to those goals. He is committed to helping clients fully grasp the nuances of their estate plans in a way that is easy to understand.

Logan’s real-world experience in construction and business transactions allows him to advise clients as they form business entities such as limited liability companies for asset protection purposes. Logan has substantial business organization experience and routinely advises clients regarding office leasing, buy-sell agreements, and business succession planning.

He has his B.S. from Brigham Young University and his law degree from Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University. Logan was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 2014, the Utah and Oklahoma State Bars in 2021, and the Texas State Bar in 2022.

He is a member of the Arizona Bar Association, the Central Arizona Estate Planning Counsel, and the Wealth Counsel.

When not at the office, Logan enjoys time with his wife, Blair, and their five wonderful children. When time permits, he is an avid off-road motorcycle enthusiast who can be found on local trails and at the sand dunes near southern Arizona. Other hobbies he enjoys include woodworking, snowboarding, tennis, pickleball, spike ball, and reading.

Darren Watts has been helping clients with their estate planning needs for over 15 years. In recent years he narrowed his practice to focus exclusively on estate planning. His experience in other areas of law over his 18 years as an attorney, however, provides a unique perspective from which his clients benefit.

Darren has practiced in family law, so he knows the necessity of harmony in planning and the discord that financial issues can cause, and he will help you avoid them. He has also practiced bankruptcy law and can help you make sure that poor decisions by your beneficiaries will not affect your estate. Darren also practiced in criminal law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney and will be able to steer you clear of any action in your planning that would endanger your estate due to criminal charges. Finally, he has also been involved in business and general litigation and can look for pitfalls that could bring predatory lawsuits against you or your estate.

He achieved his Bachelor’s of Music from Brigham Young University School of Music as well as his J.D. from Rueben Clark Law School at BYU.  He has been admitted to the Utah State Bar and the Wyoming State Bar. Darren is a member of the Central Utah Bar Association and Utah Bar’s Estate Planning Section.

In his free time, Darren sings in the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, and will take advantage of other performance opportunities in the community as they arise. He has performed the bass solos for Handel’s Messiah, Faure’s Requiem, and Schubert’s Mass in G among others.

He and his wife enjoy showing the country and its beauties to their four children. Darren also loves the game of golf, but that love is not often reciprocated.