
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



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