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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 federal and state courts, administrative agencies and in mediations and arbitrations.
  • Litigation experience including commercial disputes, franchising, securities, insurance, intellectual property and  ERISA.
  • 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

EDUCATION:

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, J.D., 1977

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, B.A., 1972

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Past President, Watkiss Sutherland Inn of the American Inns of Court

Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association

Member, Utah State Bar

PERSONAL:

Tim was born in Danville, Illinois in 1950

Industry Awards

American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2010

 

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Houpt Best

 Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2012

 Chambers USA, General Commercial Litigation, 2009-2011

Super Lawyers, 2007-2008, 2010-2012

Utah Business magazine, Legal Elite, 2007-2013

Bar Admittance

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

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