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Stephen Christiansen tries jury and bench trials and litigates appeals in the state and federal courts. No subject matter is off limits. He represents companies and individuals as plaintiffs and defendants in securities, contracts, intellectual property, real estate, personal injury, property damage, eminent domain, commercial, corporate, LLC, partnership, products liability, insurance, criminal defense, negligent and intentional torts, energy, tax, employment, bankruptcy, and any other matter tried in the courts. He is recognized as one of the top lawyers in Utah and the Mountain States.

Spencer Critchett is an associate in the Durham Jones & Pinegar's Salt Lake City office. His practice focuses on business & finance. Mr. Critchett is admitted only in California, he is not yet admitted in Utah.

S. Robert Bradley is a member of the Durham Jones & Pinegar's Estate Planning and Business & Finance sections. Before entering the practice of law, he was a university professor of zoology for nine years. His practice focuses primarily on business planning, including acquisitions and other business transactions, structuring tax aspects of business transactions, formation of business entities, licensing, and distribution agreements, as well as sophisticated estate planning. Mr. Bradley maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

Russell K. Smith is a shareholder and chair of Durham Jones & Pinegar's Business & Finance Section. Mr. Smith represents private companies in a broad range of industries and sectors, including venture capital, life sciences, software, internet, real estate, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and energy (including oil and gas).. Mr. Smith regularly advises start-up and emerging-growth companies from formation through liquidity event in matters including governance, debt and equity financing, equity incentive compensation, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Smith also represents venture capital firms, strategic corporate investors, and angel investors in their investments in start-up companies. Many of his clients are partnership and LLCs for whom he provides sophisticated management, capital strategy, and partnership tax advice.. Mr. Smith has been directly involved with LLC and partnership legislation in California and Utah. Most recently, Mr. Smith played a prominent role drafting and helping to pass Utah’s version of the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. The Business Section of the Utah Bar Associate honored Mr. Smith as the 2012-2013 Distinguished Business Law Practitioner of the Year.

Paul Durham was named Salt Lake City “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation – Real Estate for 2014 by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Durham began practicing law in 1980 and founded Durham Jones & Pinegar in 1991. He has helped grow the firm from two lawyers in 1991 to more than 90 lawyers today. Mr. Durham is recognized nationally as a leading attorney in the areas of real estate law, corporate law and litigation. Mr. Durham is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

P. Christian Anderson is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Salt Lake City office. His practices focuses on M&A, Business and Finance, Private Equity, Securities, International and Life Sciences Technology.

Nora is a partner at Fabian VanCott, practicing primarily in the areas of business transactions, corporate management, and venture finance. She assists clients with entity formation, incentive equity arrangements, management structuring, buy-sell arrangements, corporate reorganizations, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, debt and equity financing transactions, private placement offerings, and all levels of deal-making, from negotiation of the terms of a letter of intent through closing. She advises companies on all manner of commercial transactions, including the negotiation and drafting of licensing agreements, joint venture arrangements, and managed services arrangements. Nora counsels companies in a variety of industries but works regularly with biotechnology, logistics, managed services, and software companies. Her focus is on providing targeted, efficient legal counsel with the aim of avoiding unnecessary litigation and maximizing company value. Nora graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah law school, where she founded and served as president of the Business Law Society and was Managing Editor of the Utah Law Review. She currently sits on the board of directors of Fabian VanCott.

Naz Scott is an associate attorney at Richards Brandt Miller Nelson with experience across several areas of law including business and commercial litigation, entity formation, real estate law, family law, trusts, and estate planning. Ms. Scott earned her law degree with honors from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Her previous work includes serving as a fellow at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Center where she researched commercialization opportunities for a surgical device used by breast cancer surgeons and as a legal intern in the Misdemeanors Division at the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Office. Naz's legal experiences range from family law matters, state/local/federal regulatory law, real estate transactions, estate planning, contracts, licensing, permission and representation agreements, and more. Naz was published in the University of Denver Sports and Entertainment Law Journal in Fall 2013 where she discussed Copyright Termination rights that began taking effect in 2013. Naz is also extensively involved in the community, serves on the board of the Utah Lawyers for the Arts, Utah Cultural Alliance and is the founding chair of the Emerging Legal Leaders Board of And Justice For All.Prior to her legal career, Naz worked professionally in the marketing, broadcast and events industries. Naz's experiences have given a variety of skills including working with various parties, address their differing needs and working toward a goal. She is excited about any future opportunities that await her.

Nathan Morris joined Eisenberg, Gilchrist & Cutt in 2017. Nathan is an experienced trial attorney with a diverse personal injury practice and a background that includes both plaintiffs and defense work. Nathan has recovered six and seven figures for his clients both in settlements and verdicts and in matters ranging from wrongful death and trucking accidents, to dram-shop claims and “bad-faith” claims.. Until 2015, Nathan was a defense lawyer and board member at Richards Brandt Miller Nelson where he served as lead counsel in numerous trials including cases for complex canal flooding cases, a catastrophic oil-field injury case which was tried in Wyoming Federal Court, and a two-week medical malpractice case arising from a fatal methadone overdose. His defense experience has given him invaluable insight into the aggressive tactics often employed by insurance companies and corporate America during litigation and when evaluating your claim. This detailed understanding allows him to help navigate your case and maximize your recovery through experience possessed by few other attorneys in Utah.. Nathan received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. During his study there he was the moot court chairperson and a member of the UALR Law Review. Nathan has been recognized for his professional excellence and dedication to his clients by Mountain States Super Lawyers and has been named to the Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite.. Nathan is happily married to his wife of 20 years, Kristen, who together have five wonderful children. He enjoys golf, cooking for his family, reading historical biographies, and is currently serving as an LDS Bishop.

Ms. Boettcher works on a variety of corporate and securities law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formations, debt and equity financings, corporate governance, and other general matters of business law.

Mr. Jones is a founder of Durham Jones & Pinegar and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. His high-energy, intense representation of his clients is unsurpassed. Mr. Jones’s practice concentrates on corporate and securities matters, although he was a dynamic litigation attorney in earlier days. He regularly represents public and private companies in a broad range of matters, including:. Mr. Jones maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale/Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

Michael S. Malmborg is a shareholder of Durham Jones & Pinegar and a member of the firm’s Trust, Wills and Estate Planning and Litigation sections.. Mr. Malmborg has extensive experience representing clients with respect to tax and estate planning, asset transfer and preservation planning, probate, trust, and estate administration, guardianship, and business administration, succession, and transfer planning. Mr. Malmborg represents individuals, families, business owners, charitable foundations, and business entities in a wide variety of complex legal matters.. Mr. Malmborg also has experience representing clients in business and contract disputes, probate litigation, real estate litigation (including boundary disputes and foreclosure), collections, mechanic’s liens, and landlord/tenant disputes, in both state and federal courts.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Malmborg served as a law clerk to Associate Chief Justice Michael J. Wilkins of the Utah Supreme Court.

Karma French is a licensed Utah attorney who brings knowledge, creativity, and compassion to her pactice of law. Ms. French specializes in business law, real estate law, estate planning, and probate. Outside of her law practice, Ms. French enjoys volunteering at the SJ Quinney College of Law Legal Clinics, yoga, hiking, and snowboarding.

Jonathan W. Heaton joined Heaton Fontano in April 2017 and started the firm’s Salt Lake City office. Having grown up in Las Vegas and attended school in Provo, Jon has spent most of his life between Nevada and Utah and enjoys many friendships and associations in both states.

Joe was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 2013 after graduating from the University of Nebraska College of Law. His practice focuses on business law and litigation, real estate, and employment.  During law school, Joe was a finalist in the Allen Moot Court Competition, and participated in the College of Law Civil Clinic Program representing low-income individuals in civil and administrative matters.

I  practice in the areas of Business and Corporate Governance, Trademark and Copyright, Cybersecurity, Media law, Nonprofit law, Technology law, and Real Estate. I represent and advise clients in the areas of high tech, construction, healthcare, non-profit, the arts, advertising, technology, publishing, hospitality, and retail, among others. I have negotiated, drafted, reviewed, and revised scores of business and personal contracts and related agreements, including corporate and LLC documents, purchase contracts, assignments, commercial leases, HOA documents, technology licenses, IP agreements, service contracts, and loan documents, among many others. As a former communications professional, I focus on accessibility and providing exceptional personalized service to each client.. I began my career as a journalist and magazine editor.  As such, I had the opportunity to ask a lot of questions.  That background provides me with invaluable experience in carefully listening to clients as a means of seeking to understand their issues. I have also been a small business owner, which gives me insights into the issues entrepreneurs face as they attempt to juggle multiple responsibilities, including management, employee relations, intellectual property and trade secrets, and regulatory requirements.. I seek  to collaborate with clients and remain in close contact as we undertake a project.  By working together, we can effectively identify issues and weigh possible solutions. I have found that when a client is fully informed and has an opportunity to consult with his or or her lawyer, some of the anxiety  that the legal system inspires dissipates and problems seem less overwhelming. I'm also a firm believer in the old adage that the only stupid question is the one left unasked.. My hobbies include hiking and backpacking with my wife, daughter, and two golden retrievers, collecting first edition books about the Southwest, and playing bluegrass music on the guitar and dobro.

I focus on estate planning, trust administration, probate administration, business organization set up and succession planning, tax planning and asset protection planning. I enjoy working with families to ensure their estate planning goals are met and properly administered.

I am an accomplished litigator and trial attorney with nearly twenty years of litigation and business experience.  I have worked for and with both small businesses and large companies in the banking, sales, and service industries.. Over the course of my legal career, I have successfully represented clients in product liability matters, antitrust matters, commercial matters, contract disputes, business disputes, eminent domain proceedings, and civil appeals.. I work with a diverse set of clients including high tech companies, manufacturers, distributors, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investors, small businesses, and individuals.. I am admitted to practice in California and Utah, as well as numerous Federal Courts across the United States.

I am an associate at Fabian VanCott, with a practice focused on corporate law, tax and estate planning, and employment law. As a corporate attorney, I have experience ranging from forming successful startup companies to complex business restructuring and domestic and international tax planning. In the employment sector, I have a dedicated focus on matters related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).. During law school, I served as Executive Footnote Editor on the Utah Law Review. I was also an active member of the Student Litigation Society, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Women’s Law Caucus, and Minority Law Caucus. During my final year in law school, I competed in the 2016 National Trial Competition and also served as a Legal Methods writing course teaching assistant. Also during my final year, I was awarded the Certificate of Service for Pro-Bono Work and was chosen to speak at my law commencement ceremony.. I have volunteered at the Hartland Clinic, teaching American civics to refugees and immigrants in preparation for the USCIS naturalization exam. I also volunteer at the Family Law Clinic, Street Law Clinic, and Tuesday Night Bar, where I advise clients on matters ranging from child custody and protective orders to landlord-tenant disputes and discrimination. I am licensed to practice in Utah’s state and federal courts.

Gretta C. Spendlove serves as the Chair of the Durham Jones & Pinegar's Real Estate Section. Her practice focuses on real estate, corporate law, and business transactions. Her experience includes representation of buyers and sellers in purchasing, selling, leasing, and developing real estate; creating legal entities such as joint ventures, corporations, and limited liability companies; in buying and selling businesses; and handling intellectual property issues such as trademarks and copyrights.

Elisabeth Calvert is a shareholder in Durham Jones & Pinegar's Salt Lake City office’s Business and Finance section.  Ms. Calvert works on a wide variety of corporate and securities law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance, and general matters of business and finance law.. Ms. Calvert also worked as an attorney and administrator in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Governor’s Office and in the Departments of Labor and Workforce Development, where she counseled elected officials on issues related to labor and employment laws, including employment discrimination, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, and wage and hour laws.

David W. Tufts is an experienced trial attorney who has handled a broad array of business litigation matters, including state and federal trials as first chair and appeals before the Utah Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.. Mr. Tufts has served as an advocate in the courtroom on behalf of his clients’ business interests for almost 20 years. In so doing, Mr. Tufts has acquired substantive courtroom experience and achieved successful results in a broad array of commercial and business matters. This includes such areas as contract disputes, enforcement of security interests in real and personal property, defending allegations of commercial fraud, securities fraud, and defamation, enforcement of trademarks, patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, technology disputes, construction matters, mechanics lien enforcement, employment disputes, and real property matters.. Mr. Tufts regularly represents institutional lenders and others in regards to the enforcement of their contractual rights under commercial loan agreements or similar transactions involving real and personal property. Mr. Tufts is known for his expertise in obtaining successful results in cases involving the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act (and Regulation Z), the Federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (and Regulation X), the Utah One-Action Rule, the Utah Trust Deed Act, and similar laws that govern the relationships between lender, borrower and guarantor.  By way of example, Mr. Tufts was first chair trial counsel and lead appellate counsel in the case of Machock v. Fink, 2006 UT 30, 137 P.3d 779 (Utah 2006), in which the Utah Supreme Court clarified the application of Utah’s One-Action Rule between lender and guarantor.. In addition to trial work, Mr. Tufts has significant experience in successfully obtaining pre-judgment relief and related remedies, including obtaining summary judgments for clients, writs of replevin, writs of attachment, and preliminary injunctions.

DAVID P. HIRSCHI is a manager and owner of Hirschi Steele & Baer, pllc.  Mr. Hirschi’s practice emphasizes general business transactions, residential and commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, and land use planning; negotiation and documentation of project, construction, permanent and lease financing; the preparation and interpretation of commercial, industrial, office and retail leases; title insurance litigation; foreclosures and workouts of troubled loans and developments; real estate investment and land use planning strategies; and general estate and trust planning.  Mr. Hirschi is the current Chair and member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Land Use Institute.  He is also currently serving as the Chair of the Business Section of the Utah State Bar.  He has formerly served as Chair of the Real Property Section of the Utah State Bar, Commissioner of the Centerville, Utah, Planning and Zoning Commission, general counsel for a national publicly traded company and manager and general counsel of a real estate development and mortgage brokering company.  Mr. Hirschi received his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Utah State University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.  He is a member of the Utah State Bar, the Idaho State Bar, the Washington State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.  Mr. Hirschi is also admitted to practice before the Federal Courts in Utah, Idaho and Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.  In his spare time, Mr. Hirschi enjoys skiing, scuba diving, and spending time with his family.