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Timothy C. Houpt


Phone: 801-534-7250
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FIRM:

Shareholder

Chair, Litigation Department

Leader, Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group

Leader, Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group

PRACTICE FOCUS:

Litigation

EXPERTISE:

More than 30 years of experience representing individuals and businesses in lawsuits before administrative agencies, federal and state courts, and in mediations and arbitrations.

Litigation experience in the areas of franchising, insurance and personal injury, intellectual property, securities fraud, employment law, ERISA and commercial disputes.

Mediation, assisting others in reasonably resolving their disputes and, in turn, enhancing his skills at representing his own clients.

CAREER:

Law Clerk to Chief Judge Willis Ritter, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1977-1978

Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, University of Utah College of Law, 1990-1997

President, Watkiss Sutherland Inn of the American Inns of Court

EDUCATION:

University of Utah, J.D., 1977

Northwestern University, B.A., 1972

COMMUNITY:

Salt Lake County Bar Association

Utah State Bar

PERSONAL:

Born, Danville, Illinois, 1950

Industry Awards

HouptAV

Houpt Best

Chambers 2011 Attorney

American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2010

Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2012

Chambers USA, General Commercial Litigation, 2009-2011

Super Lawyers, Personal Injury, 2007-2008, 2010-2012

Utah Business Magazine, Legal Elite, 2007-2012

Bar Admittance

1977, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits