FABIAN- ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Jay B. Bell

Contact Info
Email: jbell@fabianlaw.com
Direct Line: 801-531-8900
Fax: 801-531-1716



Back to List of Attorneys

Jay B. Bell

Jay Bell has concentrated on the representation of organizers, owners, sellers, and purchasers of business entities since 1979. He has formed and worked with a significant number of different specialized entities including, but not limited to, land developers, software hosting companies, and general manufacturers. The size of these businesses has varied, but typically they are family- owned businesses. In representing these clients, Jay has planned and prepared organizational corporate documentation, prepared and filed necessary documentation with various governmental regulating bodies, and provided underlying structural and tax planning advice. Jay also spends time doing estate planning for his business clients.
Click to open a PDF
  • Practice Areas
  • Professional
  • Representative Projects
  • Education
  • Admitted to Utah State Bar and State Bar of California
  • Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell
  • Member, American Bar Association and Salt Lake County Bar Association
  • BUSINESS FORMATION - Jay has formed numerous business entities and ventures of all types and his thorough knowledge of the tax code and corporate management infrastructure provides the right counsel his clients need in selecting the entity or venture to set-up for their businesses.
  • BUSINESS OPERATIONS - Jay works in partnership with his clients on all aspects of their business operation from the negotiation and documentation of contracts and agreements with vendors to employment matters; ranging from managing employee relations, administration of benefits to the technical requirements of qualified 401(k) type plans.
  • EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - Employees are an essential part of any successful business. Jay's practice includes working with employee benefit plans. He has experience with designing and operation of qualified benefit plans as well as deferred compensation and other non tax qualified plans.
  • ESTATE PLANNING - Jay advises his business clients on the planning and protection of their estates. His guidance on the use and drafting of wills, trusts, powers of attorney and other estate planning devices will lessen or eliminate extreme financial stress should adversity befall the client and their business.
  • SUCCESSION PLANNING - Jay's emphasis on income tax and estate tax planning in his practice provides the experience required to advise his clients on the best course of action for business succession planning in accordance with their desires.
  • PROBATE ADMINISTRATION - Jay represents and counsels many business owners and their families in the avoidance and/or resolution of probate related matters.
  • NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATON/FOUNDATIONS - Jay advises all types of non-profit organizations and foundations in his tax practice. He counsels clients on the formation of tax-exempt entities and the related operational structure and helps them navigate complex IRS regulations associated with tax exempt organizations.
  • LL.M., in Estate Planning, University of Miami, 1978
  • J.D., with high distinction, University of the Pacific, 1977
  • B.S., Cum Laude, University of Utah, 1974