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Overview

With a commitment to active listening, Lars works with clients to prepare estate and business succession plans.

Lars came to the practice of law out of a desire for a career with a positive impact. He’d spent summers as a teen working at his father’s law firm and seen the opportunities the legal field offered to improve clients’ lives.

While Lars enrolled in law school expecting to practice transactional law, he soon found himself drawn to private wealth thanks to a professor’s enthusiasm for the subject. He quickly discovered a passion for working with people to protect their futures.

At Husch Blackwell, Lars works with high-net-worth families to develop and implement tax-sensitive estate plans, wills, trusts and business succession plans, and he guides trustees through trust administration. Lars has also represented executors in probate court. Prior to his exclusive focus on private wealth matters, Lars also handled real estate transactions and assisted clients with the formation of business entities—experience he draws on when he drafts plans for the transfer of real estate assets and considers the future of family businesses.

Lars is a gifted critical thinker with a talent for synthesizing information and breaking it down into its key components. He’s well suited to grasp clients’ needs and motivations and turn those into a cohesive and advantageous plan, and he understands that his most important role is that of a listener: Lars comes to client meetings prepared to listen actively and thoroughly, only beginning to make plans after he has a solid knowledge of a client’s goals.

Service

Education

  • J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law
  • B.S., University of Arizona

Admissions

  • California
  • Arizona

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Pima County Bar Association
  • California Lawyers Association
  • State Bar of Arizona


*Lars works remotely and is licensed in Arizona, practicing in Tucson, AZ. Contact Lars via e-mail or phone for in person/virtual meetings. Use our Los Angeles office address for mail/deliveries.
Experience
  • Worked with high-net-worth families to develop and implement tax-sensitive estate plans to conserve and transfer their wealth and preserve business, real estate and other assets.
  • Guided successor trustees in the administration of decedents' trusts from start to finish.
  • Represented executors in probate court and successfully administered decedents' estates.
  • Successfully prepared and filed Estate Tax Returns (Form 706) and Gift Tax Returns (Form 709).
  • Prepared and executed documents related to business and real estate transactions.
  • Formed business entities (LPs, LLCs and corporations) and drafted organizational and administrative documents.
Outside the Office

Lars values staying active and enjoys hiking with his wife and Golden Retriever near his home in Tucson. He likes playing volleyball—both sand and indoor—and is also an avid sports fan who roots for the University of Arizona Wildcats in football and basketball.

Lars and his wife also enjoy checking out new local restaurants.