Practice Areas
Appellate Practice, Insurance Defense, Commercial Real Estate, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Corporate Law, Partnership Law, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Antitrust and Trade Regulations.

Admitted
1990, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah
1991, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Law School
University of Utah, J.D., 1990

College
Weber State University, B.A., 1986

Biography

• The Insurance Bar, 2005-06
• William H. Leary Scholar
• Managing Editor, Journal of Contemporary Law/Journal of Energy Law & Policy, 1989-1990

Member

• Utah State Bar

Select Reported Cases

• Toomer v. City Cab Company, Inc., 2005 WL 67091 (D. Utah)
• Brailsford v. Fetter, 2005 WL 552818 (Utah Ct. App.)
• Delta Western Group, LLC v. Ruth's Chris Steak Houses, 2001 WL 1612059 (10th Circuit)
• Child v. Newson, 692 P.2d 9 (Utah 1995)

Publications

• Comment, "Protecting America's Youth: Can Rock Music Lyrics Be Constitutionally Regulated?," 16:1 J. Contemp. Law 53 (1990)
• Note, "Thomas v. Debois: The Nature of the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator's Investigatory and Enforcement Duties Under the Federal Water Pollution Act," 10:1 J. Energy Law & Pol. 119 (1989)

Transactions
Purchase and sales of businesses, including automobile dealerships and automobile rental franchises.

Languages
Japanese

• Donald J. Winder
• John W. Holt
• Linette Bailey Hutton, R.N.
• Holly A. Petrik
• Marshall Blake Hill
• Dennis Flynn
• Lance Sorenson
• Jerald V. Hale
• Robert K. Rothfeder, M.D., of counsel
• Jennifer L. Falk, of counsel
• Dennis V. Haslam, of counsel
• David J. Weissman, of counsel