Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Shareholder Gary R. Thorup has been named Tax Practitioner of the Year by the Utah State Bar. 

This distinguished award recognizes a tax lawyer who has achieved exceptional results during his or her years of practice, demonstrating outstanding service to the Bar and tax community, and for distinguished service and dedication to the improvement of the quality of the law, legal education, and community involvement.

Thorup is a practicing tax lawyer who also spends considerable time in lobbying the executive branch and legislative branch officials in the state of Utah. He represents clients before numerous state agencies, including the Utah State Tax Commission, the Utah Liquor Commission and Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Thorup’s tax practice is a case and controversy-type practice representing clients before the IRS, the Utah State Tax Commission and Utah courts, but also includes tax planning and some work nonprofit/tax-exempt entities.