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Kipp and Christian, P.C. Profile |
|  | | Law Firm in Salt Lake City, Utah | |
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| | Location | | 10 Exchange Place, Fourth Floor | | Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 | | (Salt Lake Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Kipp and Christian, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Professional Liability Defense, Personal Injury, Transportation Law, Commercial Law, Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Banking, Real Estate, Condominium Law, Probate, Family Law, Insurance, Products Liability, Negligence, Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1950 | Firm Profile:
Kipp and Christian, P.C. is the successor to Kipp and Charlier founded in 1950 in the Salt Lake area. The firm handles a broad spectrum of business, professional, insurance and individual clients, with the emphasis on all kinds of civil litigation. The firm practices principally in Utah and in surrounding states as required. We emphasize meeting individual client needs. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratories; Bankers & Shippers Ins. Co. of New York; CNA Insurance Co.; Cameron & Colby; Canal Insurance; Chubb Group of Ins. Cos.; Cline's Auto Sales; Commercial Union Insurance Company; Coregis Ins. Co.; Crum & Forster; Cummins Engine Co.; Dahle's Imports; Tim Dahle Imports/Nissan; E & O Professionals; Edelweiss Haus, A Condominium Project; Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. of Idaho; Federated Insurance Co.; General Motors; Hartford Insurance Co.; Home Insurance Co.; Houston General Insurance Co.; International Surplus Lines Insurance Co.; Laurentian Bank, Canada; Lennox Industries Inc.; Mark Miller Pontiac/Subaru; Monsanto Co.; Montgomery Elevator; National Casualty Co.; National Farmers Union Ins. Co.; National Union Fire Insurance Co.; Noble Insurance Co.; Northbrook Indemnity Co.; Northland Ins. Co.; Norwest Financial Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Pre Fab Transit Co./Roberson Corp.; Reliance Insurance Co.; Republic Insurance Inc.; Salt Lake County; Seaboard Underwriters; Skivations, Condominium and Land Developers; State of Utah; Stuart W. Turner & Co.; Twin City Fire Ins. Co.; United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.; Utah Medical Insurance Association (UMIA); Utah State Bar. | Reference:
BankOne of Utah. | | Carman E. Kipp (1927-2002). | | J. Anthony Eyre (Member) born Escalante, Utah, February 17, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, Utah. Education: Utah State University (B.S., 1962); University of Utah (J.D., 1965). Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1995-1997); American Inn of Court II. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Law; Financial Transactions Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: J. Anthony Eyre | | Gregory J. Sanders (Member) born Palo Alto, California, December 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Weber State College (A.S., 1972); University of Utah (B.S., 1974); Brigham Young University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Deputy Attorney, Salt Lake County, 1980-1984. Member: Utah State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Federal Bar Association. [Capt., JAG, U.S. Army, 1977-1980; LTC., JAG, U.S. Army Reserves]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law; Professional Malpractice. Email: Gregory J. Sanders | | Heinz J. Mahler (Member) born Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany, November 23, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah Ute Indian Tribal Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States Supreme Court. Education: University of Utah (B.A., cum laude, 1979); University of Utah College of Law (J.D., 1982). Administrative Editor, Journal of Energy Law and Policy/Journal of Contemporary Law, 1981-1982. Member: Salt Lake County and Davis County Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Languages: German and Thai. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Insurance Litigation; Environmental Law; Transportation Law. Email: Heinz J. Mahler | | Michael F. Skolnick (Member) born Ithaca, New York, December 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Utah. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Author: "Understanding Legal Malpractice," Utah Bar Journal, Feb., 1998; "Considerations in Purchasing and Using Malpractice Insurance," Utah Bar Journal, Sep, Oct, 2005. Assistant Utah Attorney General, 1985-1988. Author of Utah Bar Journal article: http://webster.utahbar.org/barjournal/2008/01/lessons_from_recent_utah_legal.html#more. Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar; American Inn of Court II (President, 2004-2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation. Email: Michael F. Skolnick | | Shawn McGarry (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah, September 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1984; J.D., 1987). Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Insurance Defense Law. Email: Shawn McGarry | | Kirk G. Gibbs (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah, June 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1991). Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; General Civil Law. Email: Kirk G. Gibbs | | Nan T. Bassett (Member) born Cedar City, Utah; admitted to bar, 2000, Utah. Education: Utah State University (P.S., Philosophy, 1996); University of Utah College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Products Liability. Email: Nan T. Bassett | | —————————— | | Stephen Kelson (Associate) born Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., History, 1995; M.A., Modern European History, 1997); Brigham Young University (J.D., 1999). Author: "Ellis v. Estate of Ellis: The Unequivocal Death of Interspousal Immunity in Utah," 21 Utah Bar J.2, Mar/Apr 2008, available at http://www.utahbar.org/barjournal/pdf/2008_march_april.pdf; "Fighting for the Moral Highground: Civil Misconduct Within the Legal Profession," DRI (The Voice of the Defense): Lawyers' Professionalism and Ethics 2007 Spring Newsletter, available at http://www.imaknews.com/ethics/e_article000740210.cfm?x=b9h7cKF,b67MvQsc.; "Violence Against the Utah Legal Profession - a Statewide Survey," 19 Utah Bar J. 8. July/Aug 2006; "Violence in the Legal Profession: Methods of Protection and Prevention," 49-May Advocate (Idaho) 19, May 2006; "Going Judicial: Violence Against the Legal Profession and Preventive Strategies," Mun. Law, July/August 2005; "Judicial Independence and the Blame Game," 15 Utah Bar J., Jan / Feb 2002; "Violence Against Lawyers: The Increasingly Attacked Profession," 10 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 260, 2001; "The Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity: Does it Still Exist in Utah," 3 J.L. & Fam. Stud. 2, 2001; "An Increasingly Violent Profession," 14 Utah Bar J. 13, Mar. 2001; "The Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity in Utah: Does it Still Exist?" 13 Utah Bar J. 21, Dec. 2000; "Violence Against Lawyers," 23 J. Legal Pro., 197, 1998 / 1999. Member: Utah Council of Conflict Resolution (UCCR); Utah Dispute Resolution. Member: Utah State Bar. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Negligence; Transportation Law. Email: Stephen Kelson | | Gary T. Wight (Associate) born Salt Lake City, Utah, March 10, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Utah, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: College of Southern Idaho (A.A., English, magna cum laude, 2000); Brigham Young University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Utah (J.D., with honors, 2005). Sigma Tau Delta. William H. Leary Scholar, Fall, 2004 and 2005. Moot Court Competition, 3rd Place Overall. Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award in Federal Income Tax, Spring, 2005. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; General Practice; Commercial Law. | | Patrick C. Burt (Associate) born Brigham City, Utah, April 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Arizona and U.S. District Court; District of Arizona; 2006, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: Utah State University (B.S., Psychology, 2000); Arizona State University (J.D., 2004). Formerly with: Office of the Attorney General in Phoenix, Arizona, litigated juvenile-related matters for CPS; Wilson-Goodman & Fong, P.C. of Gilbert, Arizona, 2005. Practice included contract matters, employment disputes, real estate issues and all other forms of commercial litigation. Associate, Kipp & Christian, P.C., 2007. Member: State Bar of Arizona; Maricopa County Bar Association; Utah State Bar. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Law(10%); Family Law(10%); Employment Law(10%); Business Law(10%); Real Estate(10%); Insurance(10%); Litigation(20%); Legal Malpractice(20%). Email: Patrick C. Burt | | OF COUNSEL | | D. Gary Christian (Of Counsel) born Portland, Oregon, June 8, 1929; admitted to bar, 1959, Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 1956); University of Utah (J.D., 1959). Delta Theta Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar; American Inn of Court VII. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Law; Products Liability Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Environmental and Pollution Law. Email: D. Gary Christian | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Randee Rouse LLoyd (Legal Assistant) born Ogden, Utah, November 10, 1970; Education: University of Utah (B.A., 1994); Westminster College (Legal Assistant Certificate, 1995). Member: Legal Assistant Association of Utah; Education Chair, Legal Assistants Division of the Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Personal Injury; Family Law. | | M. Korinne Smith (Legal Assistant) born El Centro, California, October 23, 1969; Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1996); Westminister College (Legal Assistant Certificate, 1990). Member: Legal Assistant Association of Utah. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Professional Liability; Personal Injury. | | Jenny R. Ortiz (Legal Assistant) born Salt Lake City, Utah, January 2, 1980; (Admission pending). Education: Mountain West College (Associates Degree, Paralegal, 2005). Certified Utah Prosecutorial Assistant. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice. Email: Jenny R. Ortiz | | Susan A. Seder, CLA (Legal Assistant) born Alamosa, Colorado, January 3, 1969; (Admission pending). Education: Parks Business College (A.A., 1991). Member: Legal Assistant Association of Utah; National Association of Legal Assistants. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(10%); Insurance Defense(10%); Personal Injury(10%); Medical Malpractice(70%). Email: Susan A. Seder, CLA | | Jan Chase Tabish (Legal Assistant) born Salt Lake City, Utah; Education: University of Utah; Westminster College; Arizona State University. Paralegal Certification since 1988. Extensive experience in civil and complex litigation; including Personal Injuries; Environmental and Toxic Tort Claims; Antitrust Utility Claims; and Construction Defect cases. Freelance writer and co-owner of the Bertab Foundation and Bertab Technologies. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(25%); General Liability Defense(25%); Litigation(50%); Personal Injury; Insurance Litigation; Environmental Law; Transportation Law. Email: Jan Chase Tabish | | Anne S. Gray (Legal Assistant) born Madera, California, August 24, 1958; Education: University of Colorado (B.S., Nursing, 1980). Nurse Paralegal, R.N., BSN. Member: Legal Assistant Association of Utah; Legal Assistants Division of the Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Surgeons Liability; Podiatric Malpractice; Physicians Rights; Physicians Professional Liability; Pediatric Malpractice; Obstetric Malpractice; Nursing Malpractice; Mental Health Professionals Malpractice; Medication Errors; Medical Negligence. Email: Anne S. Gray |
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