About Us
Douglas K. Cummings, Esq.
Douglas K. Cummings is the founding member of Cummings Law Firm, with over twenty-five years of legal experience.
After being a partner of a downtown law firm for 25 years, Douglas formed Cummings Law Firm in 2016 to provide quality legal services to the business owners and residents of Davis County.
Douglas is a prior Chairman of the Estate Planning Section of the Utah State Bar, and the Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, a former member of the Primary Children’s Medical Center Planned Giving Committee, and has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Arc of Utah, and the Foundation for Homecare and Hospice, sponsored by Intermountain Health Care. Douglas is also a former member of the Salt Lake Community College Planned Giving Advisory Committee and a Counsel for the Trustee of the Utah Pooled Trust associated with Turn Community Services. He has been selected as Utah’s Legal Elite. Prior to attending law school, Douglas was a Tax Accountant with Arthur Anderson in Washington, D.C.
Douglas and his wife, Kathy, have four grown children. He enjoys politics, travel, bicycling, skiing, gardening and photography. When it comes to travel, he hasn’t been everywhere, but it’s on his list.
Douglas is happy to assist you or any of your clients with their legal needs and offers a no-fee consultation prior to beginning any legal work. He strives for the absolute best in quality and efficiency in his work and would be pleased to be of assistance.
Memberships:
- U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court, District of Utah
- Utah Supreme Court of Utah
- Utah Bar Association, Tax and Estate Planning Sections
- Davis County Bar Association
- Salt Lake Estate Planning Council
- Department of Veterans Affairs Accredited
- Education:
- J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, JD, 1991
- Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, BS, Accounting, cum laude, 1987
Presentations:
- Beacon Financial Lighthouse Presentation
- Utah State Bar: Estate Planning Boot Camp
- Partnerships, LLC’s and LLP’s: Organization and Operation in Utah Estate
- Planning and Probate for the Paralegal/Legal Assistant in Utah
- Selected Tax Aspects of Estate Planning Special Needs Trusts: Preserving Medicaid Benefits
- Introduction to the Probate Process (“Probate 101″)
- Subrogation and Medicare & Medicaid Liens, for the Utah Association of Justice
- Asset Protection Planning, and Demystifying Asset Protection Vehicles
- Elder Planning in Utah
- Utah Elder Care Planning: How to Protect Assets and Provide for Services
- Special Needs Trusts: Distributions, Medical and Related Issues
Julianne K. Hallstrom
Julianne K. Hallstrom works as a Paralegal for Cummings Law Firm, with over 14 years of legal experience.
Julianne has enjoyed working with Mr. Cummings for over 16 years. She grew up in the Wasatch Front of Utah, and studied at Brigham Young University and Westminster University. Her career as a paralegal has primarily focused on estate planning and probate, and business entity formation and operation. She believes her greatest achievement is when she is able to develop a relationship with a client and work with them to achieve their goals.
Julianne loves playing the piano, studying art history, reading, writing, and is a self-proclaimed grammar nerd. In her spare time she loves spending time with her family, which includes her husband and three grown children. They enjoy traveling together, particularly to their favorite spots in the Canadian Rockies and her husband’s homeland of Haw
