Mark A. Larsen has practiced commercial litigation for over 41 years, representing individuals and businesses across Utah and nationwide. As a partner at Larsen & Rico, he has tried numerous complex cases—from local disputes to multi‐jurisdictional claims—on behalf of local, national, and international companies as well as leading insurance carriers. His peers have honored him with selection to the Mountain States edition of Super Lawyers® and awarded him an AV® Distinguished™ Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell® in recognition of his ethics and professional ability. In June 2009, he secured a $20.7 million jury verdict in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County on behalf of a developer against the City of Tooele. Over the years, Mr. Larsen has achieved multiple seven- and eight-figure settlements, verdicts, and judgments, as well as defense summary judgments in high-stakes commercial lawsuits.
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Leave a review about your experience with this lawyer.During Litigation Mark Larsen was focused on one thing, winning our case. He did this successfully with the highest level of professional and ethical conduct.
I have been working with Mark and his firm for 2 years on a variety of litigation and he has been great. He is a strong advocate when needed and an able negotiator when the situation calls for it. We plan to continue our relationship with this firm into the future.
Mark is amazing and helped us get out of a terrible complex situation that I do not believe anyone else could have helped with. In our case we saved over $1M through engaging Mark. Highly recommended.
Mark is an excellent trial lawyer who I hired to handle the most dangerous, difficult and complicated litigation problems we faced as a company, for about 25 years while I served as Chief Legal Officer.
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Payment InformationPayment & Cost FeaturesFixed hourly rates: $165 - $375/hr
Fixed fees available
Contingency Fee: 33% - 40%
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Firm InformationPositionMemberFirm NameLarsen & Rico, PLLC
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesBel Canto Design, Ltd. v. MSS HiFi, Inc., No. 11 Civ. 6353 CM
2012 WL 2376466 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)(dismissing antitrust Counterclaim)
Bel Canto Design, Ltd. v. MSS HiFi, Inc., 837 F.Supp.2d 208 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)(entry of preliminary injunction for Lanham Act violations)
Kealamakia, Inc. v. Kealamakia, 213 P.3d 13 (Utah App. 2009)(affirming fraud award against shareholders, including attorney fee award for violation of fiduciary duty)
Bradshaw v. Harker, No. 2:03–CV–00714 PGC
2006 WL 538201 (D. Utah 2006)(U.S. District Court confirmation of complex arbitration award)
Chen v. Stewart, 123 P.3d 416 (Utah 2005)
Chen v. Stewart, 100 P.3d 1177 (Utah 2004)
Estate of Berkemeir v. Hartford Ins. Co. of Midwest, 106 P.3d 700 (Utah 2004)
Jones v. R.L.K Enterprises, 2001 WL 587140 (Utah App. 2001)
Worthen v. Walter, 2001 WL 422940 (Utah App. 2001)
Mackay v. 7-Eleven Sales Corp., 995 P.2d 1233 (Utah 2000)
Maack v. Resource Design & Const., Inc., 875 P.2d 570 (Utah App. 1994)
Utah Dept. of Transp. v. 6200 South Associates, 872 P.2d 462 (Utah App. 1994)
Equitable Life & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Ross, 849 P.2d 1187 (Utah App. 1993)
Wade v. Burke, 800 P.2d 1106 (Utah App. 1990)
Scheller v. Dixie Six Corp., 753 P.2d 971 (Utah App. 1988)
Frontier Federal Sav.
Loan Ass’n v. National Hotel Corp., 675 F.Supp. 1293 (D. Utah 1987)(defeated jurisdiction challenge on $14.2 million fraud case
eventually obtained judgment
repossessed three hotels)
John Price Associates, Inc. v. Warner Electric, Inc., 723 F.2d 755 (10th Cir. 1983). -
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1979, Pennsylvania
1980, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
1982, Utah
1982, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1983, United States District Court for the District of Utah
2014, United States District Court for the District of Colorado
MembershipsSalt Lake County and Utah State Bar Associations
American Bar Association
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolState University of New York at Buffalo
Class of 1979
J.D.
cum laude
Other EducationUniversity of Utah
Class of 1976
B.S.
Accounting
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230 South 500 East, Suite 260Salt Lake City, UT 84102U.S.A.
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Is this attorney admitted to the bar in more than one state?Yes, Mark A. Larsen is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Utah.
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Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?Yes, Mark A. Larsen has a 4.6 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Client Review rated?Yes, Mark A. Larsen has a 5.0 Client Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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What law school did this attorney attend?Mark A. Larsen attended State University of New York at Buffalo.