FIRM:
Shareholder
Leader, Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
PRACTICE FOCUS:
Litigation (commercial, contract, construction, domestic, real estate, unfair competition).
EXPERTISE:
More than 18 years experience providing clients with aggressive, effective representation tempered by an understanding of the personal and financial costs associated with adversarial dispute resolution.
Represents individuals, businesses and governmental entities in administrative, arbitral and judicial proceedings involving ordinary and complex business, commercial, contract, construction, domestic/family-law, real estate development or real property disputes.
Counsels contractors, subcontractors and developers, and represents those clients in all manner of construction-related matters.
Represents clients in matters involving significant allegations of unfair competition, mismanagement, embezzlement and breaches of fiduciary duties by partners, directors and majority shareholders.
Represents clients in all aspects of contested and uncontested domestic/family litigation, with a special emphasis in representing clients in cases involving the valuation and division of closely held companies.
Represents small and mid-size companies, including startups, in a variety of transactional matters, including: entity formation, asset purchases, stock purchases, distribution contracts, manufacturing contracts, and various joint venture agreements.
CAREER:
2004-2009: Partner, Rooker Rawlins LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1994-2004: Partner, Hanks, Rooker & Denning P.C., Salt Lake City, Utah.
1993-1994: Associate, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware.
EDUCATION:
Brigham Young University, J.D., cum laude, 1993.
Brigham Young University, B.A., 1990.
Member of the staff and Managing Board of Editors (Executive Editor) of the BYU Journal of Public Law, 1991-1993.
John Welch Award for Outstanding Legal Writing, 1993.
BYU Journal of Public Law, Member, 1991-1992 and Executive Editor, Board of Managing Editors, 1992-1993.
Stewart L. Grow Scholar, 1992-1993.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Utah State Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Construction Law; Corporate Counsel; Family Law; Litigation; Real Property Law).
Aldon J. Anderson Inn of Court.
COMMUNITY:
John served (2002-2005) as a Judge Pro Tempore of the Third Judicial District Court, Small Claims Division, State of Utah, he presently serves as a volunteer advisor to various nonprofit organizations, and he has and continues to serve his local community by coaching various little league sports and volunteering in various capacities in his church.
PERSONAL:
Born, Salt Lake City, Utah.
John and his family are avid golfers.
