About Mark Wight

Idaho Estate Planning Attorney

Mark Wight, President and Founder of Idaho Estate Planning, has been practicing law for over 25 years. He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies. Mark's legal career began in 1985, after he graduated from J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University spending two years at the Department of the Interior in Washington D.C.

Mark is a member of the Idaho State Bar, the Taxation, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Idaho Bar, Wealth Counsel, and Elder Counsel. He is also a Certified Academy Attorney with the Academy of VA Pension Planners and an accredited attorney with the Veterans Administration. Mark has co-authored several manuals for attorneys in the areas of Probate Administration, Estate and Estate Tax Planning, and Asset Protection. He has also been involved with volunteer work for the Court Appointed Special Advocate ("CASA") program, representing the guardians ad litem who are appointed by the Court to represent abused or neglected children. Mark received the CASA Attorney of the Year Award in 2006. He also earned the Denise O'Donnell-Day, Pro Bono Award in 2003, for fifteen years of service in the CASA program. Mark is also active with the Boys Scouts of America. He and his wife JoAnn reside in Boise and have six children and four grandchildren.