MEET OUR PROFESSIONALS
Bates Land Consortium – Celebrating 50 Years of Providing Unparalleled Personal Service and Remarkable Performance in Significant Land Transactions.
Scott Patrick Bates joined the firm in May 2018 after a highly successful 25-year career in federal and private law practice along with extensive commercial real estate experience. This team of professionals at this reputable firm bring
nearly 80 combined years of successful experience to the table for valued clients and fellow real estate professionals – a rare pool of knowledge and integrity for those seeking focused assistance from the “Best in the West”.
C. PATRICK BATES
1941-2021
1941-2021
Pat has specialized in marketing and acquiring premier ranch, farm, recreational and commercial properties for select clients throughout the Rocky Mountain West for almost 50 years. Additionally, he has handled transactions in Georgia, Oregon, Nebraska, Saskatchewan, and is currently marketing broker on a singularly magnificent 7,100-acre holding in Virginia. Since 1970, his practice has been based entirely on referral and repeat business. He has handled or been responsible for over 640 transactions on 2.60 million acres of deeded land totaling $2.70 billion in value.
Some refer to Pat as the “giant broker” because of handling many transactions containing at least 50,000 acres including sales of the 202,000-acre Deseret Livestock Ranch twice, the 290,000-acre Bell Ranch, and representation of the Winecup Gamble Ranch encompassing nearly 1,000,000 acres of land.
He has earned a reputation for unquestioned integrity, providing genuine personal concern for clients and their singular goals and motives. Attorneys, accountants and brokers appreciate his attention to detail and comprehensive knowledge of land and water values. He is a Licensed Broker in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.
Pat played baseball at Brigham Young University and in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league organization before settling into the real estate business in 1967. While fly-fishing is a passion, he thoroughly enjoys creating the most informative and attractive property offering brochures and maps in the West. Serving clients, who become treasured friends, is his greatest satisfaction.
SCOTT PATRICK BATES, JD brought 25 years of successful experience in real estate sales, acquisitions, development, investment, construction management and law to Bates Land Consortium in May 2018. Scott had facilitated over 300 transactions totaling approximately $750 million and oversaw construction management of several hundred million dollars of projects in multiple states.
Scott obtained a juris doctor from the University of Utah. He served as a Law Clerk to Chief Judge Dee Benson in the United States District Court of Utah. He also served for three years at the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in Salt Lake City. His early legal experience continued with Extra Space Storage – a NYSE-listed REIT based in Utah – as Associate General Counsel where he focused on the legal aspects of acquisition, financing and development of self-storage properties totaling $250 million.
In 2006, Scott joined the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies and became General Counsel. In 2012, he was named President of Larry H. Miller Real Estate. The Miller Group owns 61 auto dealerships in seven states, the Utah Jazz NBA franchise, plus a myriad of commercial properties and ranches. One of his most rewarding achievements was overseeing construction for the major renovation of the Utah Jazz Arena in 2017.
During Scott’s formative years, he spent considerable time on significant ranches and farms throughout the Mountain West. He understands the language, economics, investment safety, appreciation potential and the enjoyable satisfaction of ownership in this singular asset class. His solid performance on large-scale transactions – coupled with an innate passion for beautiful and productive land – is serving our current and future clients well.
With Scott’s decision to join Bates Land Consortium, Patrick Bates assures all whom he has served in nearly five decades that the highest level of focused personal service to select clients and collegial cooperation with top-flight land professionals will continue without a hitch.
