Ben E. Connor has been practicing estate-planning law for roughly thirty years, with bar admissions in both Utah and Arizona. He took his BYU undergraduate degree to California Western School of Law and came back to set up Connor Law Firm in St. George around 1997. The firm runs out of an office on North Main downtown, with a secondary presence in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dual-state licensing is the operational story
A meaningful share of Southern Utah residents own property in Arizona — often through retirement relocation, second homes in Sedona or the Phoenix area, or extended family connections that cross the state line. Estate matters for those clients require attorneys who can work in both jurisdictions; otherwise the estate plan ends up split across two firms, with the inevitable coordination cost when one client passes and the trustees have to navigate two probate systems. Connor’s dual-state licensure handles the whole estate inside one firm.
Estate-planning only, on purpose
The firm operates exclusively in estate planning and related elder-law work — wills, trusts, probate, asset protection, special-needs planning. The single-focus structure and the WealthCounsel membership reinforce each other: WealthCounsel is a national network of estate-planning attorneys with ongoing CLE and document-system standards that members commit to maintain. Membership signals an ongoing professional investment in this specific practice area rather than a generalist treating estates as one of several products.
The solo-attorney caveat, partly offset
The same boutique concentration risk applies that applies to all solo-attorney estate firms: if Connor is unavailable, the practice as a whole feels it. The cross-border licensing partly offsets this by giving the firm operational continuity across two bar systems, which expands the pool of associates and contract attorneys Connor could bring in if needed.
Disclosure
Both bar admissions are verifiable through the Utah and Arizona state bar member directories. The WealthCounsel membership is verifiable through the network’s roster. Web presence is strong; specialty positioning is consistent across the firm’s public materials.
Where this lands
A solo estate-planning attorney with thirty years of experience, dual-state licensing, and an explicit specialty network membership is exactly the candidate shape the register prioritizes for cross-border Southern Utah estate work.