Background
Thorup, Gary R. was born on March 31, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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Gary R. Thorup
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University of Utah (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1977. Juris Doctor, 1980); New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1983). Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (Denver, Colorado) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporations, Real Estate, Securities, Intellectual Property, Natural Resources, Health Care, Tax and Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Municipal and Finance, Environmental and Hazardous Waste Litigation, Labor and Employment, Banking, Water Rights, Telecommunications, International Business and International Tax. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Utah.
1986, United States. Tax Court. United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Pi Sigma Alpha. Registered Lobbyist, Utah.
Author and Presenter: "Practicing Administrative Law in UtahFive Years Since UAPA," 1991. "Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Utah," 1989, 1991, 1992. "Significant Court and Administrative Cases Concerning Ad Valorem Taxation of Railroad, Airline and Motor Carrier Property," Proceedings of the 1988 Public Utilities Workshop and Proceedings of the 1989 Public Utilities Workshop.
"Compliance with the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulations Act," Utah Bar Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, 1992. Co-Author: "The Political Action Disclosure Act," Utah Bar Journal, Volume 2, No. 1, 1989. Special Assistant Attorney General (Tax), 1986-1988.
Chief, Tax Section, Utah Attorney General, 1982-1986. Member, University of Utah Athletic Board, 1978-1980. Co-Chair, 1992-1994, Member, 1986-1994, Property Tax Task Force, Utah Tax Review Commission.
Chair, Sugarhouse Community Council, 1991-1993. Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce International Trade Committee. Utah Correspondent "State Tax Notes" (Lexis).
Utah Lobbyist for The Advocacy Group, Inc., a fifty-state and multi-national lobbing network. Member: Utah State Bar (Chair-Elect, Administrative Practice Section. Member: Tax Section; Administrative Practice Section).
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section. Environmental Subcommittee). (Salt Lake City Office).
Overview: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP was founded in 1898, only 40 years after Denver's birth, by two experienced litigators whose primary clients were railroad and mining companies. Today the firm still represents such interests, among them Southern Pacific Railroad and Newmont Gold Company, but now its lawyers number 180 or more and its clients also include local and national leaders in such industries as telecommunications, banking, corporate finance, health care, electronics and oil and gas.
Membership
Member, University of Utah Athletic Board, 1978-1980. Co-Chair, 1992-1994, Member, 1986-1994, Property Tax Task Force, Utah Tax Review Commission. Chair, Sugarhouse Community Council, 1991-1993.
Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce International Trade Committee. Utah Correspondent "State Tax Notes" (Lexis). Utah Lobbyist for The Advocacy Group, Inc., a fifty-state and multi-national lobbing network.
Member: Utah State Bar (Chair-Elect, Administrative Practice Section. Member: Tax Section; Administrative Practice Section). American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section.
Environmental Subcommittee). (Salt Lake City Office).
