Do you have a need for estate planning or administration?
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​Attorney Kent A. Higgins can help.

Kent A. Higgins

      A few years ago, while lecturing at a law seminar, Kent  recognized the unmet need of many families to resolve small estates or estates with more debt than assets.  He found that many such estates are never administered because of  concern for fees charged by attorneys, and fear that the family members themselves will have to pay the decedent's debts. After years of exploring options, Kent designed Zero Down Probate as the answer. Kent is a frequent lecturer at Estate Planning and Probate Training Seminars for other attorneys.
      A Pocatello native, Kent has practiced law at Merrill & Merrill since 2002. Kent received both his bachelor’s degree and law degree from Brigham Young University in 1979 and 1982, respectively.

Kent's Law and Work Experience:

-  Kent Higgins is the current President of the Idaho State Bar.

- Is a published author in the State Bar's Advocate Journal.

- Served as an author and editor of the J. Reuben Clark Law School Journal of Legal Studies.

-  Licensed with and practiced before the United States Supreme Court, three of the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of Federal Claims.

- Is  licensed to practice in both Idaho and Utah.

-  Was Former President of the Eastern Idaho Estate Planning Council.

-  Has been the President of the Sixth District Bar Association since 2014.

-   Served as section leader for the Pocatello Inns of Court.

-   Is an active member for the Federal Court Bar Associations in both Idaho and Utah.

-   Is a former State Representative in the Idaho State Legislature where he served on the Education, Business, and Local Government Committees.

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     Merrill and Merill is the oldest law firm in Eastern Idaho and is an AV rated firm.