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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird. With this sentiment in mind, with careful thought and planning I guide each of my clients as they prepare for their life and legacy, knowing that each client’s needs and desires are unique and important.

Candice Pitcher is an associate in Jones Waldo’s estates & trusts practice group. She believes in a holistic approach to estate planning, focusing on her clients’ needs both pre- and post-death. Candice has guided her clients through life planning, using vehicles such as living wills, powers of attorney, cohabitation & separation agreements, domestic partnership agreements, adoptions, guardianships & conservatorships, and property ownership & use agreements. She has also helped her clients with traditional and nontraditional estate and legacy planning through various trust vehicles and customary wills. With listening and care, Candice guides her clients through these many options to achieve each client’s unique life and legacy needs.

Candice also has broad experience representing financial services companies in all aspects of their business and regulatory matters. Candice has represented financial institutions seeking to obtain Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance and charters through the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and Office of Thrift Supervision. In addition, she has negotiated and advised financial services companies regarding multi-million dollar services contracts, subcustodial agreements, and intellectual property license agreements.

Candice balances her estate planning and financial services practices with probate and civil litigation. Candice has experience representing heirs, personal representatives, trustees, and beneficiaries in probate and trust litigation. Further, her diverse litigation practice has also included representation in many areas of commercial and civil litigation, including shareholder derivative suits, insurance defense, financial services, real estate development, manufacturing, advertising, hospitality services, technology and construction.

Candice was born in Brigham City, Utah. She received her B.S. degree magna cum laude from the University of Utah. Candice received her J.D. degree magna cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Candice served as the Senior Managing Editor of the Arizona Law Review and won the Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty writing competition. Candice also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Christine Durham, Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. Candice is a member of the Utah State Bar and is admitted to practice before all Utah State courts and the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

Candice enjoys being actively involved in her community. She is on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah and serves on the executive committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar as the co-chair of the YLD’s And Justice For All committee. Candice also proudly serves on the Legal Panel of Equality Utah.