Grant M. Boland, J.D., LL.M. is a Tax and Estate Planning Partner at Boland Law Group, PLLC, Arizona's private client law firm, located in the Scottsdale Airpark. He advises business owners, senior executives, family offices and multi-generational families in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, North Scottsdale and across Arizona on estate planning, wealth transfer tax, trusts and business succession.
At Boland Law Group the estate planner and the tax lawyer are the same person. Grant holds an LL.M. in Estate Planning and Elder Law and is admitted to the United States Tax Court, where he has represented clients in TEFRA family limited partnership matters. The plans he designs are drawn by the attorney who would defend them.
His practice includes revocable and irrevocable trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), dynasty and generation-skipping trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, GRATs, installment sales to grantor trusts, charitable trusts and private foundations, family LLC and FLP structuring, business succession and exit planning, trust administration, trust modification and decanting under the Arizona Trust Code, and IRS audits, appeals and litigation. Estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning around the $15 million per person federal exemption is the core of the work.
Boland Law Group publishes its fees, including fixed fees for advanced planning, at . Initial consultations are paid, billed at the hourly rate with a one-hour minimum, and credited toward a fixed-fee engagement made within thirty days.
Recognition: Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates (2024 to 2027); Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year," Trusts and Estates, Scottsdale (2027); Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2021 to 2023); Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education (2018).
Leadership: President, Scottsdale Bar Association (2024 to 2025); Chair, Tax Law Section, State Bar of Arizona (2024 to 2025); President, Central Arizona Estate Planning Council (2022 to 2023); board member, Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation 40/40 and Emerging Leaders; steering committee, Wills for Heroes.
Grant earned his B.I.S. in Business and Communications from Arizona State University, his J.D. from Phoenix School of Law, and his LL.M. from Western New England University School of Law. He is admitted in Arizona, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Tax Court. The office is at 15100 N. 78th Way, Suite 203, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, with in-home appointments available in Paradise Valley, Sedona and the Prescott area. Call.
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15100 N. 78th Way, Suite 203, Scottsdale, AZ, 85260
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Posted by Sandra | February 02, 2022 | Hired Attorney
I hired Grant Boland
Grant is eloquent, professional, kind, and efficient, as well as knowledge well beyond his years. His work is precise, organized, and he puts your needs to high regard.
"Mr. Boland is a consummate professional. He is extremely knowledgeable in his primary field of estate planning. I would recommend him to anyone."
2014
Top of Class - 10 /11 Classes, Western New England University School of Law
2012
Outstanding Volunteer Award, PSL
2011
Honor Court Judge, PSL
2010
Most Outstanding Student, Delta Theta Phi - National Office
2009
Volunteer Award - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (IRS), City of Mesa
2015 - Present
Partner, Boland Law Group, PLLC
2015 - Present
Planned Giving Committee (EL), Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
2013 - Present
Attorney, Disabled American Veterans Organization
2013 - Present
Attorney, Wills For Heroes
2013 - 2015
Attorney, Boland Law Group, PLLC
2009 - 2013
Law Clerk, Boland Law Group, PLLC
2009 - 2016
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), Internal Revenue Service
2008 - 2013
Volunteer, Wills For Heroes
2006 - 2009
Clerk, Boland Law Group, PLLC
2017 - Present
Scottsdale Bar AssociationBoard Member, Board of Directors
2015 - Present
American Bar AssociationCommittee Member - LLCs, Partnerships and UnincEntities
2015 - Present
American Bar AssociationCommittee Member - Private Equity and Venture Capital
2015 - Present
American Bar AssociationCommittee Member - Captive Insurance
2013 - Present
State Bar of Arizona, Probate and Trust Law SectionSection Member
2013 - Present
State Bar of Arizona, Business Law SectionSection Member
2013 - Present
United States District Court of ArizonaAdmitted to Practice
2013 - Present
United States Tax CourtAdmitted to Practice
2013 - Present
State Bar of Arizona, Tax Law SectionSection Member
2012 - Present
Central Arizona Estate Planning CouncilMember
2009 - Present
Maricopa County Bar Association, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust SectionSection Member
2009 - Present
Special Olympics of ArizonaVolunteer
2009 - Present
Maricopa County Bar AssociationMember
2009 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2009 - Present
Scottsdale Cultural CouncilMember
2009 - Present
Scottsdale Bar AssociationMember
2013 - 2015
Scottsdale Chamber of CommerceMember
2011 - 2012
State Bar of ArizonaExecutive Council - Student Liason
2011 - 2012
PSL - Honor CourtJudge
2010 - 2011
PSL - Student Bar AssociationFinance Committee
2010 - 2011
Delta Theta Phi - Mary Anne Richey SenateOfficer
2009 - 2010
Delta Theta Phi - Mary Anne Richey SenatePresident
2009 - 2011
PSL - Student Bar AssociationMember
2009 - 2013
Arizona Mexico CommissionCommittee Member - Business & Legal Committee
2009 - 2014
Urban Land InstituteMember
2014
LL.M., Estate Planning and Elder Law (Post Doctorate)
2012
JD - Juris Doctorate
2013
The Family Estate Plan: Why You Should Have One, and What Happens If You Don't
2012
Importance of Estate Planning in Financial Planning
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