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| | Address | | 36 South State Street, Suite 1900, P.O. Box 45340 | | Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-1478 | | (Salt Lake Co.) | | | |
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| Reviser of the Utah Law Digest for this Directory. | VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial, Communications, Constitutional, Construction, Corporate Transactions, Eminent Domain, Employment Benefits, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Estate Planning, Family Law, Federal and State Taxation, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Zoning, Mining, Oil and Gas, Pension and Profit Sharing, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Utility, Real Estate Development, Securities, Tax, Toxic Torts, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition. | | Year Established: 1874 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1874, VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy is the oldest continuously practicing law firm in the state of Utah. While steeped in history, VanCott today is a vibrant, leading full-service law firm with offices in Salt Lake, Ogden and Park City, Utah. Our experienced practitioners share a creative, interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the complexities of today's business realities and anticipates the market opportunities of tomorrow. VanCott attorneys hold advanced degrees in a variety of disciplines, including business, accounting, education, mechanical and aerospace engineering, public policy, speech and geology. Several members of the Firm play leading roles in state and local bar organizations and hold prominent positions in government and community affairs. VanCott attorneys are licensed to practice in a number of states including California, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming and the District of Columbia. | | Firm Size: 53 | Languages:
Languages: Greek, French, Norwegian and Russian. | Law Firm Affiliations:
LEX MUNDI | Representative Clients:
Advanta Bank; American Express; BMW Bank of North America; Boart Longyear Company; CapMark Bank; Carlson Distributing; CIT Bank; DaimlerChrysler Bank, USA; Exante Bank; Farmers Insurance; G.E. Capital Financial; GMAC Commercial Mortgage; Holladay Bank & Trust Co.; HSBC; Kern River Gas Transmission; Key Bank, N.A.; Leucadia National Corporation; Marker Ltd.; Merrill Lynch Bank, USA; Overstock.com; Powdr Corp.; Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City; Schaeffer Industries; Sorenson Medical; Talisker Property Corporation; Tuhaye Land Company; United Park City Mines Company; US Bank, N.A.; Utah Association of Municipal Power Systems; Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. |
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| | Robert M. Anderson (Shareholder) born Logan, Utah; admitted to bar, 1963, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1960); University of Utah (LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Utah Law Review, 1962-1963. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" 1987-2007. Board of Directors, Utah Heritage Foundation (present). Board of Directors, United Way of Salt Lake City. District Advisory Board, Key Bank of Utah 1998-2007. American Inns of Court. President, Utah Legal Services. Member: Salt Lake County (Member, Executive Committee, 1967-1975; President, 1973-1974) and American (Member, Sections on: Corporations; Banking and Business Law; Forum on the Construction Industry; Litigation; Forum on Communications Law) Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Chairman, Banking and Finance Law Section, 1977-1978; Member, Courts and Judges Committee, 1992-1998); Associated General Contractors of Utah (Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, 1992-1995); Panel of Arbitrators of American Arbitration Association. Reported Cases: Lamb v. Bangart, 525 P. 2d 602 (Utah 1974); Andrews v. State, 843 P.2d 1027 (Utah 1992); Jensen v. United Television Inc., 130 P.3d 325 (Utah 2005); Youngs v. Behnken, 2006 U.S. Dist. Lexis 56292 (U.S. Dist. Utah 2006); Marble Point Energy v. Majestic Capital Group, 2:06-CV 487 (U.S. Dist. Utah 2006). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation(25%); Construction Litigation(15%); Media Law(5%); Real Estate Law(15%); Corporate Law(15%); Arbitration(15%); Mediation(10%). Email: Robert M. Anderson | | Stephen D. Swindle (Managing Partner) born Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1962; M.B.A., 1963); University of California at Berkeley (LL.B., 1966). Served as Chair, Young Lawyers Section, Utah State Bar. Former President and Member, Board of Directors, Legal Center for the Handicapped. Former Chair, Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Former Chair and Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Lex Mundi, a global association of over 158 independent law firms. Former Member, Board of Directors, University of Utah Alumni Association, the Utah Arts Festival (Chair, 1983), the Utah Endowment for the Humanities, the President's Club of the University of Utah, the Utah Tennis Association and Ballet West (Chair, 1987-1992). Served on the Holy Cross Hospital Planned Giving Executive Committee. Member, University of Utah National Advisory Council. Member, Board of Directors, Great Salt Lake Interpretive Trust. President, Utah Wetlands Foundation. Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Corporate Law. Email: Stephen D. Swindle | | Gregory P. Williams (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, April 22, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Utah. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Listed in "Best Lawyers in America". Recognized by Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Real Estate Attorneys. Chairman, Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining, 1983-1991. Member, Board of Directors, Utah Zoological Society, 2005—. Member: Utah State Bar (Chair, Real Property Section, 2006-2007); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Oil and Gas Law; Mining Law; Public Lands Law. Email: Gregory P. Williams | | John P. Ashton (Shareholder) born Provo, Utah, January 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Utah; 1972, District of Columbia. Education: Stanford University (B.A., Political Science, 1967); University of Utah (J.D., 1971). Associate Editor, Utah Law Review, 1971. Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1971-1974. President, University of Utah Law School Alumni Association, 1989-1990. Attorney, Prince Yeates & Gelzahler, 1974-2005. A member in good standing of the following courts: U.S. Supreme Court (1988); U.S. Court of Appeals for 1st Circuit (2000), 3rd Circuit (1984), 10th Circuit (1975), 11th Circuit (1987), D.C. Circuit (1972) and Federal Circuit (2000); U.S. Tax Court (1983); U.S. District Court for the Districts of Utah (1971), D.C. (1972), Illinois (1984), Georgia (1985), and Colorado (1997). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Utah State Bar; American Bar Association; Utah State Judicial Council (Chairman, Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee, 1995-2007); Sutherland Inns of Court (Barrister & Emeritus (1993—); President, 1993-1994). Fellow: American Bar Foundation. (Member, Firm's Board of Directors; Chair, Firm's Litigation Practice Section). Reported Cases: Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. v. Amoco Steel Co., 601 P.2d 152 (Utah 1979); Jack B. Parson Construction Co. v. State of Utah, 725 P.2d 614 (Utah 1986); Culp Construction Co. v. Buildmart Mall, 795 P.2d 650 (Utah 1990); Marker International v. DeBruler, 844 F.2d 763 (10th Cir. 1988); Johnson v. Investors Life Insurance Company of America, 98 Fed Appx. 814 (10th Cir. 2004); Ballard Medical Products v. Allegiance Healthcare Corp., 268 F.3d 1352 (Fed.Cir. 2001); Carpenter v. Riverton City 103 P.3d 127 (UT 2004); Ford v. American Express Financial Advisors, Inc., 98 P.3rd 15 (UT 2004); Carlson Distributing Company v. Salt Lake Brewing Company, 95 P.3rd 1171 (UT App. 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Practice; Federal Practice; Intellectual Property. Email: John P. Ashton | | Loren E. Weiss (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1983, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., with honors, 1969); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Associate Editor, San Diego Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 1990-1999. Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy. CJA Panel Lawyer, CLE Training Coordinator, District of Utah. Liaison, Committee on Defender Services, United States Judicial Conference, 1992-1996. Member, Advisory Committee on Defender Services, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 1991-1997. Member, The Utah Judicial Conference, Commission on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 1995—. Member, The Utah Judicial Conference, Citizen Committee on Judicial Compensation, 1995—. Member, Practitioners Advisory Group, United States Sentencing Commission, 1999-2002. Member: Utah State Bar (Member, Annual Convention Committee, 1984-1989; Chairman, Annual Convention Committee, 1995; Law Office Economics, Committee, 1988; Committee of Bar Examiners, 1987-1991; Litigation Section, CLE Committee, 1988); State Bar of California; Salt Lake County; American Board of Trial Advocates; Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Co-Chair, Indigent Defense Committee; Co-Chair, 1995-1999; CLE Subcommittee on Federal, Panel Attorney Training, 1995-1997; Legislative Liaison Committee). Practice Areas: Criminal and Civil Trials and Appeals. Email: Loren E. Weiss | | Rand L. Cook (Shareholder) born Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (A.B., cum laude, 1970); University of Chicago (J.D., 1973). Phi Kappa Phi. Recognized by Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Real Estate Attorneys, 2003. Associate Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1972-1973. Member: Utah State Bar (Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1984-1985); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Finance; Banking; Commercial Transactions. Email: Rand L. Cook | | Timothy W. Blackburn (Shareholder) born Ogden, Utah, April 24, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Weber State University (B.S., 1970); University of Utah (J.D., 1973). Member: Weber County and American Bar Associatons; Utah State Bar. (Resident, Ogden, Utah Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Property Law; Domestic Law; Litigation. Email: Timothy W. Blackburn | | John A. Snow (Shareholder) born Whittier, California, June 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Utah; 1990, Nevada; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1970); Arizona State University (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Comment Editor, Arizona State Law Journal, 1971-1973. Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of Nevada; American Bar Association. (Also Practicing in Nevada). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Environmental Litigation; Natural Resources Law; Insurance Defense; Intellectual Property Law; Construction Litigation. Email: John A. Snow | | Thomas T. Billings (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, May 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Utah. Education: Brown University (A.B., honors, 1973); University of Utah (J.D., 1976). Listed Best Lawyers in Utah: 2006, 2007. Listed Best Lawyers in America: 2007, 2008. Executive Editor, Journal of Contemporary Law, 1974-1976. Author: "Current Issues in Banking Law in Utah," 1992; "Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy," National Business Institute, 1987; "Basic Bankruptcy in Utah," National Business Institute, 1987; "Banking Law in Utah," National Business Institute, 1992. Contributor, Norton Bankruptcy Advisor, 1985. Member, Brown University Associated Alumni Board of Directors, 1982-1985. Member, Governing Board, Conference on Consumer Finance. Member, Board of Trustees, Utah Heritage Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, GE Capital Financial. Member, Board of Directors, Exante Bank. Member: Park City (President, 1997-1998) and American (Member: Business Bankruptcy Committee; Subcommittee on Section 362-365, 1983—; Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Courts, 1989—; Committee on Savings Institutions; Committee on Consumer Financial Services; Chairman, Committee on Consumer Litigation; Member, Subcommittee on Deposit Accounts and Interstate Delivery) Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Chair, Committee on Character and Fitness, 1989-1999; Chair, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1995-1998; Chair, Bankruptcy Section, 1986-1987); American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1997); The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Member, Governing Board, 1995—). (Also at Park City, Utah Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Finance; Commercial Transactions; Related Litigation. Email: Thomas T. Billings | | Dale F. Gardiner (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, January 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1973); J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Associate Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 1975-1976. Lecturer: "Groundwater Remediation," 1993 Utah Water Law Conference; "Ethics for Natural Resource Practitioners," Utah Water Law Conference, 2001. Chairman of the Board, Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, 2005—. Mayor, Riverton City, 1981-1989. Chairman, Salt Lake County Boundary Commission, 1986-1989. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Governmental Relations; Water Law; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals. Email: Dale F. Gardiner | | H. Michael Keller (Shareholder) born Peoria, Illinois, February 5, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Utah. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973; A.M., Geology, 1975); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1978). Listed in: "The Best Lawyers in America," 2007 edition, and "Mountain States Super Lawyers 2007"; Lawyer of the Year, 1991-1992, Utah State Bar Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section. Recipient, Utah Bar Foundation Achievement Award, 1990. Author: Contributor, Regulated Activities Chapter, "Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404," Douglas R. Williams, et al., Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, ABA, 2005; "Look Before You Fill! Dredge and Fill Permitting under § 404 of the Clean Water Act," Utah Bar Annual Meeting, 2004; Contributor, Utah Chapter, "Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property," Todd S. Davis, editor, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, ABA, 2nd ed. 2002; "Waters of the United States (How Many Drops Does It Take)," Spec'l Inst. on Water Quality and Wetlands Regulation and Management in the Development of Natural Resources, Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fdn. 2002; "Lode or Placer-Locating the Distinction," 31 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Annual Institute 12-1, 1985. Trustee, Board of Financial Trustees of Judge Memorial Catholic High School. Trustee, Board of Trustees, Law Related Education, Inc. Member: Utah State Bar (Chairman, Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, 1990-1991); American Bar Association; Air and Waste Management Association; Environmental Law Institute. Reported Cases: Hegarty v. Bd. of Oil, Gas, and Mining, 2002 UT 82, 57 P.3d 1042; Magnesium Corp. of America v. Air Quality Bd., 941 P.2d 653 (Utah App. 1997); Adkins v. Bd. of Oil, Gas & Min., 926 P.2d 880 (Utah 1996). Practice Areas: Environmental(70%); Natural Resources Law(30%). Email: H. Michael Keller | | Gerald H. Suniville (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, January 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1993, U. S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction and honors, 1976); University of Utah (J.D., 1980). Staff Member, 1978-1979 and Associate Editor, 1979-1980, Journal of Contemporary Law. Member: Utah State Bar (President, Bankruptcy Section, 1993-1994); American Bar Association. Reported Cases: In re Rex Montis Silver Co., 87 F.3d 435 (10th Cir. 1996); In re Weston, 18 F.3d 860 (10th Cir. 1994); Cascade Energy & Metals Corp., 956 F.2d 935 (10th Cir. 1992) Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Foreclosures. Email: Gerald H. Suniville | | Matthew F. McNulty, III (Shareholder) born Mobile, Alabama, June 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Utah. Education: University of Alabama; Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Georgetown University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member, United States Catholic Conference National Diocese Attorneys Association. Past Chair and Member, Board of Trustees, Holy Cross Ministries of Utah. Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law; Public Utility Law; Family Law. Email: Matthew F. McNulty, III | | Scott M. Lilja (Shareholder) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Minnesota; 1984, Utah. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1979; J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Utah State Bar; Salt Lake County Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Utah Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Antitrust; Securities Litigation; Real Estate; Environmental Law; Construction Litigation. Email: Scott M. Lilja | | Clark K. Taylor (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, June 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1982); Brigham Young University Law School (J.D., 1988). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, 1986-1987 and Note and Comment Editor, 1987-1988, Brigham Young University Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Business Law, University of Utah, 1990—. Law Clerk to Justice Robert E. Jones, Oregon Supreme Court, 1988-1990. Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate and Business; Family Law. Email: Clark K. Taylor | | David E. Sloan (Shareholder) born Berkeley, California, September 29, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1987; M.B.A., 1990); University of Utah College of Law (J.D., 1990) Order of the Coif. Phi Kappa Phi. Member, University of Utah Law Review, 1989-1990. Law Clerk to the Honorable I. Daniel Stewart of the Utah Supreme Court, 1990-1991. Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Tax; Estate Planning; Probate; Business Planning; Charitable Organizations; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: David E. Sloan | | Thomas W. Clawson (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, April 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1990, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., magna cum laude, 1982; J.D., 1990). Phi Kappa Phi. William Leary Scholar, 1988-1990. Articles Editor, Journal of Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law, 1989-1990. Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association; American Geophysical Union; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Utah Association of Professional Landmen. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Real Estate; Water Law; Environmental Law. Email: Thomas W. Clawson | | Mark A. Wagner (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1992, Utah; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Utah (B.S., cum laude, 1988; J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Utah Law Review, 1991-1992. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Toxic Torts and Commercial Law, 1990. Judicial Extern to Chief Justice Michael D. Zimmerman, Utah Supreme Court, 1992. Law Clerk to Chief Judge David K. Winder, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1993. Member: Board of Directors, Salt Lake Society for Human Resource Management; Community Advisory Board, KCPW 88.3/105.3 FM and 1010 AM; Board of Trustees, Grace Lutheran Church and School; Board of Trustees, Holy Cross Ministries. Member: Utah State Bar; Federal and American Bar Associations. (Chair, Labor and Employment Law Practice Group). Reported Cases: Utahns for Better Transp. v. United States DOT, 295 F.3d 1111 (10th Cir. 2002); Healthcare Servs. Group v. Utah Dep't of Health, 2002 UT 5; 40 P.3d 591 (2002); Colosimo v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City, 2007 UT 25; 156 P.3d 806; Living Scriptures v. Kudlik, 890 P.2d 7 (Utah Ct. App. 1995). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Disabled Access; Local Government Law; Charter School Law; Employer Rights; Employment Discrimination; Employment Practices Liability Insurance. Email: Mark A. Wagner | | Stephen K. Christiansen (Shareholder) born Laramie, Wyoming, September 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Arizona State University; Brigham Young University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. BYU Law Review: Member, 1991-1993, Executive Editor, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to Hon. Stephen H. Anderson, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995-1996 and to Hon. Dee Benson, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1994-1995. Author: Note, "Inherent Sanctioning Power in the Federal Courts After Chambers v. NASCO, Inc.," 1992 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1209. Chair, Appellate Practice Group. Member: Utah State Bar (Member, Appellate Section); Federal and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. (Chair of Appellate Practice Group; Member of Board of Directors). Reported Cases: Jackson v. Volvo Trucks North America, 462 F.3d 1234 (10th Cir. 2006); Vestin Mortgage, Inc. v. First American Title Insurance Co., 139 P.3d 1055 (Utah Sup.Ct. 2006); View Condominium Owners Ass'n v. MSICO, L.L.C., 127 P.3d 697 (Utah Sup. Ct. 2005); Lifetime Products v. Correll, Inc., 323 F.Supp.2d 1129 (D. Utah 2004); Stillman v. TIAA-CREF, 343 F.3d 1311 (10th Cir. 2003); PurCo Fleet Servs., Inc. v. Towers, 38 F.Supp.2d 1320 (D. Utah 1999); In re Ricci Inv. Co., 217 B.R. 901 (D. Utah 1998); United States v. Rohde, 159 F.3d 1298 (10th Cir. 1998); Dahl v. United States, 155 F.Supp.2d 1298 (D. Utah 2001) aff'd, 319 F. 3d 1226 (10th Cir. 2003); Cherry v. Utah State University, 966 P.2d 866 (Utah App. 1998). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Federal Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Stephen K. Christiansen | | Jennifer Anderson Whitlock (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, July 10, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon; 1996, Utah. Education: Columbia University (B.A., Economics, 1989); University of Michigan (J.D., 1992). Board of Trustees: Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake; And Justice for All. Member: Oregon State Bar; Utah State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Jennifer Anderson Whitlock | | Thomas R. Barton (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Utah; 1998, U.S. Tax Court; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1990); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Salt Lake County Bar Association; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Thomas R. Barton | | Bart J. Johnsen (Shareholder) born Brigham City, Utah, August 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, California; 1995, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., 1987); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Burton v. Exam Center, 994 P.2d 1261 (Utah 2000); Greaves v. Baker, 28 P.3d 668 (Utah 2001); D.H.S. v. B.R., 42 P.3d 390 (Utah App. 2002). Practice Areas: Family Law(100%). Email: Bart J. Johnsen | | Tacy A. Hartman (Shareholder) born Schenectady, New York, October 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1995, Utah. Education: Tufts University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.Pub.Pol., 1987); University of Utah (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Recipient; Edward W. Clyde Merit Fellowship; American Jurisprudence Awards in Administrative Law and Property. William H. Leary Scholar. Member, 1993-1994 and Board Member and Articles Editor, 1994-1995, Utah Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Michael D. Zimmerman, Utah Supreme Court, 1995-1996. Judicial Intern to Hon. Judith M. Billings, Presiding Judge, Utah Court of Appeals, 1993. Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association (Member: Joint Task Force on Deposit Account Control Agreements; Filing Office Operations and Search Logic, Business Law Section). Reported Cases: Colosimo v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City, 2007 Utah 25 (156 P.3d 806). Languages: Greek, French. Practice Areas: Finance; Corporate Law; Property Law; Banks and Banking; Commercial Finance; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Tacy A. Hartman | | Kim S Colton (Shareholder) born Lewistown, Montana, January 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1987; M.A., 1989); Carnegie Mellon University (M.A., 1990); University of Utah (J.D., 1995). Member, 1993-1995 and Articles Editor, 1994-1995, Utah Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Norman H. Jackson, Utah Court of Appeals, 1995-1996. Jordan Education Foundation Board of Trustees, 2002-2005. Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Utah, 2001. Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Chair, Courts and Judges Committee, 2006-2009; Member, Governmental Relations Committee, 2000-2003). Practice Areas: Corporations; Public Utilities; Real Estate; Municipal. Email: Kim S Colton | | Stephen R. Sloan (Shareholder) born Salt Lake City, Utah, January 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Utah; 2003, Wyoming. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1993; J.D., 1996). Staff Editor, Utah Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: American Bar Association; Utah State Bar; Wyoming State Bar. Languages: Norwegian. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Probate; Taxation. Email: Stephen R. Sloan | | Cassie Medura (Shareholder) born Bountiful, Utah, May 13, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1994; J.D., 1998). William H. Leary Scholar. Listed, Utah Legal Elite in the Area of Family Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2007. Member, Utah Law Review. Law Clerk for the Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood, Utah Court of Appeals. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Cassie Medura | | Angela E. Atkin (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 2002, Utah; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Utah (B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1997); J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Trust Law; Probate. Email: Angela E. Atkin | | —————————— | | Nicole M. Deforge (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 1993); University of Utah (J.D., 1996). Managing Editor, University of Utah Law Review. Member: Salt Lake County Bar Association; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Licensing; Trademark; Copyright; E-Commerce; Privacy. Email: Nicole M. Deforge | | Jacob S. Taylor (Associate) born Calcutta, India, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida; 2005, Utah. Education: University of Miami (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001). Member, International Moot Court, 2001. Member, International & Comparative Law Review. Assistant State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jacob S. Taylor | | Chandler P. Thompson (Associate) born Winterpark, Florida; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2007, Utah. Education: University of Montana (B.S., high honors, 1997); University of Georgia (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Editorial Board, University of Georgia Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher, Supreme Court of Georgia, 2003-2005; Law Clerk to Chief Justice Leah W. Sears, Supreme Court of Georgia, 2005-2007. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Chandler P. Thompson | | Mary Jane E. Wagg (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2008, Utah. Education: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (Irish Literature History, 1996); University of Michigan (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998; J.D., 2001). Managing Editor, Vol. VII and Associate Editor, Vol. VI, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice; Labor and Employment; Creditor Bankruptcy; Business Law; Contracts; Copyrights. Email: Mary Jane E. Wagg | | Sam Meziani (Associate) born Rabat, Morocco, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., English Literature, 1999); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 2003). Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel, United States District Court for the District of Utah. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: Sam Meziani | | Robert H. Scott (Associate) born Columbia, Tennessee, September 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. (Not admitted in Utah). Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1997); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2003). Member Tennessee Bar Association; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Robert H. Scott | | Lisa B. Bohman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., magna cum laude); University of Utah (M.P.A.); J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (J.D., magna cum laude). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. Email: Lisa B. Bohman | | Richard Kenneth Gardner (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Idaho; 2008, Utah. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002; M.Acct. 2003); passed C.P.A. examination, 2005; University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2006). Managing Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, 2005-2006. Extern to Hon. Larry M. Boyle, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, 2004. Judicial Clerk to Hon. Gerald F. Schroeder, Chief Justice, Idaho Supreme Court, 2006-2007. Law Clerk, Holden, Kidwell, Hahn & Crapo, PLLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 2005. Member: Idaho State Bar. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Taxation. Email: Richard Kenneth Gardner | | Heidi K. Gordon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Utah. Education: Weber State University (A.S., Applied Science, Interior Design, 1994); University of Utah (B.A., English, 2003); S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah (J.D., 2007). William H. Leary Scholar. Arvo Van Alstyne Distinguished Fellowship Merit Scholar, 2004-2007. Recipient, CALI Award, high score in First Year Perspective course, 2005. Staff Member, 2005-2006 and Executive Text Editor, 2006-2007, Utah Law Review. Extern to Justice Ronald Nehring, Utah Supreme Court, 2006. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Organization. | | Florence M. Vincent (Associate) born Provo, Utah; admitted to bar, 2003, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; 2007, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S.N., 1995); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). University of Toledo Law Review; Order of the Coif. Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Employee Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; ERISA Compliance; Administrative Adjudications; Municipal Pension Law. Email: Florence M. Vincent | | Patrick L. Moench (Associate) born Salt Lake City, Utah, July 29, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., with honors, 2002); University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D., 2007). Intern, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Chief Counsel's Office. Member: Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Creditors Rights; Construction Law. Email: Patrick L. Moench | | OF COUNSEL | | David E. Salisbury (Of Counsel) born Provo, Utah, August 27, 1927; admitted to bar, 1952, California and Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1949); Stanford University (LL.B., 1952). Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1951-1952. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America". Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax; Corporate; Banking Law. Email: David E. Salisbury | | M. Scott Woodland (Of Counsel) born Logan, Utah, July 27, 1927; admitted to bar, 1952, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., 1949; J.D., 1951). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Property Law; Finance; Banking. Email: M. Scott Woodland | | Robert S. Campbell (Of Counsel) born Boise, Idaho; admitted to bar, 1958, Idaho; 1959, Utah; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: University of Idaho (B.A., 1955); University of Colorado and Idaho (J.D., 1958); Oxford University, Oxford, England (Dipl. L., 1980). Utah Trial Lawyer of the Year 1992. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America." Member: Utah State Bar (Chm., Supreme Ct. Comm. on Rules of Civ. Proc., 1969-1987; Chm., U.S. Dist. Ct. Comm. on Fed. Rules of Prac. and Proc., 1989-1998; Chm., State Comm. on Ethics and Discipline, 1976-1981; Chief Spec. Counsel to Utah Bar on Watergate Trial, 1975-1976; Utah State Executive and Judicial Compensation Comm., 1988-1992). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Chmn., Comm. on Fed. Rules of Civ. Proc., 1996-2000); Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Business; Fraud; Eminent Domain; Trademark; General Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert S. Campbell | | Franklin N. Smith (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, July 22, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Utah; 1970, Idaho; 1992, Nevada. Education: University of Utah (J.D., 1965); University of Maryland (M.A., 1970). Co-author: "Union Discipline Under the Landrum-Griffin Act," Harvard Law Review 727 (1969). Former General Counsel, Ormat Energy Systems, Inc. and OESI Power Corporation. Member: Utah State Bar (Member: Construction Law Section); Idaho State Bar; State Bar of Nevada; American Bar Association (Member: Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; Public Contract Law Section); National Contract Management Association; Geothermal Resources Council (President, Nevada Section, 1992). (Also Member of Pike and Smith, Idaho Falls, Idaho). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contracts Law; Alternative Energy Development Law. Email: Franklin N. Smith | | Arthur B. Ralph (Of Counsel) born Salt Lake City, Utah, January 5, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Utah; 1971, District of Columbia; 1972, New York. Education: University of Utah (B.S., 1964; J.D., 1967); University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1969). Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1969-1972. Assistant General Counsel, Gannett Co., Inc., 1972-1976. Member: Utah State Bar (Chairman: Securities Section, 1980-1981; Securities Advisory Committee, 1985-1996). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Health Care Law. Email: Arthur B. Ralph | | J. Robert Nelson (Of Counsel) born Santa Monica, California, April 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, California; 1985, Utah. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of California (inactive); Financial Lawyers Association of Southern California; Southwest Law Institute (former board member). [JAG Corps, USN Lieutenant, 1972-1975]. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights. Email: J. Robert Nelson | | Fredrick (Buck) Froerer, III (Of Counsel) born Logan, Utah, August 1, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Utah. Education: University of Utah (B.A., Finance, 1968; J.D., 1972). Assistant Corporate Counsel, Civil Division, Ogden Corporation. Member: Utah State Bar. (Resident, Ogden Office and Of Counsel to Ogden City Corporation). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Organizations; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Wills; Municipal Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Fredrick (Buck) Froerer, III | | Robert P. Lunt (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1975, Utah, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Utah and Arizona State University (B.A., with distinction, 1972); University of Utah (J.D., 1975); New York University (LL.M., 1976). Member: Utah State Bar. [Pilot, Arizona and Utah National Guard, 1970-1975, 1st Lt.]. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Trusts and Estates; Probate. Email: Robert P. Lunt | | J. Scott Buehler (Of Counsel) born Ogden, Utah, September 25, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1977, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern California; University of Utah (B.S., cum laude, 1971); University of the Pacific/McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1976). Member: Weber County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Utah State Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Construction; Member and Chair, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1984-1989; Member and Chair, Character and Fitness Committee, 1998; Member, Admissions Committee, 1996-1998). (Resident, Ogden, Utah Office). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Property Law; Business Law. Email: J. Scott Buehler | | Gabrielle Lee Caruso (Of Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan; 1996, Utah. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1975); Michigan State University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Author: "Survey of Michigan Law: Employment and Labor Law," Wayne Law Review, 1993; "Survey of Michigan Law: Workers Compensation" Wayne Law Review, 1992; "Twelve Steps to Remember When Termination is the Only Option," Enterprise May 2006; "In the Trenches," HR Views Journal, January 2006. Speaker: "Non-Competition Agreements," Entrepreneur's Law School, 2005; "Discrimination in Employment," Utah Society of Human Resource Managers, Bridgerland Annual Conference, 2005; "Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment," Utah Associated General Contractors, 2005; "Hiring Employees," Utah SHRM Annual Conference, 2006. Director, Park City Chamber of Commerce, 2006—. Member, Park City Women Business Network, 2005—. Member: Park City and Federal (Member Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Member Character and Fitness Committee; Member Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Gabrielle Lee Caruso | | David J. Smith (Of Counsel) born Salt Lake City, Utah, June 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Utah and U.S. District Court, Central District of Utah; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Utah (B.S., Finance, magna cum laude, 1982); George Washington University (J.D.; M.B.A., with distinction, 1985). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma. Adjunct Professor of Business Law, University of Utah, 1987—. Adjunct Professor of International Law, Westminster College, 2002—. Legal Staff, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1983-1985. Member: Utah State Bar; State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Executive Council Member and Officer, Young Lawyers Section, Utah Chapter, 1988-1990). Practice Areas: Business; Corporate Law; Business Planning; Municipal Law; Real Estate. Email: David J. Smith | | Mara A. Brown (Of Counsel) born Hartford, Connecticut, January 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Utah. Education: Smith College (B.A., cum laude, 1987); Oregon State University (M.S., 1992); University of Oregon (J.D., 1995). Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, 1993. John A. Knauss Federal Sea Grant Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, 1994. Law Clerk to Justice Leonard H. Russon, Utah Supreme Court, 1995-1997. Member: Utah State Bar; American Bar Association; Women Lawyers of Utah. (Resident, Ogden, Utah Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Energy; Natural Resources; Real Estate; Civil Litigation. Email: Mara A. Brown | | James R. Farmer (Of Counsel) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1999, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000. Education: University of Vermont (B.S., Mechanical Engineering); Princeton University (Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1993); University of Utah (J.D., 1999). Member: Salt Lake County, Federal and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Electrical Patent Prosecution; Mechanical Patent Prosecution; Computer and Software Patents; Chemical Patent Prosecution. Email: James R. Farmer | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Ogden, Utah Office: 2404 Washington Boulevard, Suite 900. Telephone: 801-394-5783.
Park City, Utah Office: 1790 Bonanza Drive, Suite E-250. Telephone: 435-649-3889.
Las Vegas, Nevada Office: 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 800. Telephone: 702-436-0008. Fax: 801-237-0806.
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