Community Involvement & Personal Profile

Since 2012 I have served as a board member of the Vest Pocket Business Coalition which works hard to serve local, independent businesses in Utah through advocacy, education, and social connections. 

While Utah is my home now, I grew up in South Dakota and have also lived in Nebraska, Colorado, Washington, and Germany.  Since 2015 I have helped to coach girls softball in the West Valley Fast Pitch league. I enjoy all the wonderful outdoor recreational activities Utah offers, following Minnesota Twins baseball and University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football, and listening to my vinyl LP collection.

Education & Recent Professional Presentations

​Jon is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law and a graduate (Phi Beta Kappa) of the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and history.

May 2017: Roundtable Discussion about Adviser Collaboration in Estate Planning, break-out session at the Business and Economic Forum at Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

November 2016: MISSION CRITICAL: Planning for Business Continuity and Transition, Business owner invitee event (joint
presentation with Jonathan Dean of Universal Business Insurance), Sandy, UT

August 2016: Restrictive Covenants in the Employment Context, break-out session of the Business Enterprise Institute 2016
Annual Conference, Denver, CO

Jon Parry, Attorney & Certified Exit Planner

Welcome to my firm website!  I am a business and estate planning attorney with 20 years of experience serving business owners, professionals, and families. My early career was varied, including workers compensation and aviation accident litigation work in Seattle, WA.  After I moved to Salt Lake City in 2004, I began serving business clients in intellectual property and other business litigation cases.  Since 2009, I have focused my practice on business law and estate planning, and I combine the two areas in my business transition planning work.  My work focuses on helping clients expand and protect business assets, incentivize and reward their employees, and plan their estates.  In 2012, in furtherance of my commitment to serve business owners and professionals in guiding them through the ownership transition process, I earned certification as a business exit planner (CExP).