Lucas R. Deppermann
Lucas Deppermann is a member of the firm’s Tax and Estate Planning section. His practice focuses on international, federal, state, and local tax planning as well as nonprofit organization formation and operation. Mr. Deppermann has experience advising clients on the complex tax issues involving the formation, operation, and disposition of C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. Mr. Deppermann has represented both private and public clients in a wide variety of transactions, including domestic and cross-border stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions; tax-free mergers and reorganizations; the formation and operation of, and investment in, private equity and hedge funds; and the formation and operation of nonprofit organizations.
Education
- Washington University School of Law, JD, summa cum laude, 2015
- Order of the Coif
- Member of Washington University Law Review
- Dean’s List 2012-2015
- Honor Scholar Award
- Cali Award recipient for highest grade in class for:
- Corporate Taxation
- Advanced Corporate Taxation
- Partnership Taxation
- Bankruptcy
- Torts
- Brigham Young University, BA, History, 2012
Experience
Prior to joining Kirton McConkie, Mr. Deppermann was an associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrisson LLP.
- New York
- Utah
- Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Star: Tax (2023-2025)
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America – Tax Law (2021-2022, 2026)
- Utah Legal Elite: Up & Coming (2018-2021)