Timothy O. Beppler
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Business Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, Real Estate
Email: tbeppler@lrw-law.com
Mr. Beppler has been a resident of the State of Wyoming for most of his life. He joined the firm as a partner in 2009, and is currently the managing partner of the firm’s Evanston, Wyoming, and Park City, Utah offices.
Education and Licensure: Mr. Beppler received a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Wyoming in 1973 and his law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1976. He is licensed to practice law in Wyoming and Utah.
Prior Experience: Mr. Beppler began his legal career as the law clerk for Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Rose. In 1979, he entered the private practice of law in Evanston, Wyoming. During the early part of his career in Evanston, Mr. Beppler also served as Deputy Uinta County Attorney with a focus on civil matters including tax-exempt bond financing.
Community Service: Mr. Beppler has served as a board director and officer for a number of non-profit organizations, including the Wyoming State Bar Foundation; Uinta Recycling, Inc.; Evanston Area Community Foundation; Uinta County Library Board; Evanston Urban Renewal Board; and B.E.A.R. Project, Inc. He was named as the 2005 “Citizen of the Year” for Evanston, Wyoming. Mr. Beppler is a past member of the Board of Bar Commissioners for the Wyoming State Bar, and is a former chair of both the Wyoming Board of Professional Responsibility and the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Wyoming Lawyers Health Benefit Trust; a Director of the Wyoming State Bar Health Foundation; and a Commissioner of the Wyoming Center for Legal Aid. He is member of the Board of Directors of 1st Bank.
Memberships and Professorships: Mr. Beppler is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He served as an Adjunct Professor of Law (Estate Planning) at the University of Wyoming College of Law for the spring semester of 2011. He is a member of the Uinta County Bar Association, the ABA Section Real Property, Trust & Estate Law and the Salt Lake Estate Planning Council.
Mr. Beppler’s past speaking engagements include:
- 2001 UW School of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, “Estate Planning in Wyoming: The Impact of the Economic Growth and the Relief Act of 2001.”
- 2004 Wyoming State Bar Convention, Gillette, Wyoming, “Recent Developments in Estate & Business Planning”
- 2009 Wyoming State Bar Convention in Evanston, Wyoming, September 17, 2009, “Domestic Asset Protection Trusts and their Trustees: Wyoming vs. Utah”
- 2010 Wyoming State Bar Convention, Laramie, Wyoming, “2010 Wyoming LLC Act”
- 2010 Osborne Tax Luncheon in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20, 2010, “Utah/Wyoming Asset Protection Trusts”
Mr. Beppler’s published articles include:
- “The 2010 Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act: A Uniform Recipe with Wyoming “Home Cooking”, Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2011
- “Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: A Comparison of the Laws of Utah and Wyoming,” Utah Bar Journal, Volume 23 No. 2, March/April 2010
- “Qualified Settlement Funds and Section 468B”, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2009
- “Competitive Bidding on Public Works in Wyoming: Determinations of Responsibility and Preference”, Land and Water Law Review, Vol. XI, No. 1, 1976