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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.

Bill Beesley’s law practice centers in business law, real property law, and commercial litigation with particular emphasis in the areas of commercial and heavy construction, insurance defense, commercial real estate and intellectual property.. Over the span of his career, Mr. Beesley has represented a wide range of clients, including general contractors, subcontractors, owners, bonding companies, surety companies, architects, title companies, banks, restaurants, commercial real estate brokerages, and developers.. Mr. Beesley has litigated and handled matters ranging from complex mechanic’s lien and construction defect cases to multi-million dollar construction disputes with the Utah Department of Transportation, Wyoming Department of Transportation, and the North Dakota Department of Transportation.. Mr. Beesley has significant experience in contract drafting and negotiation with emphasis in commercial construction contracts, federal and state construction contracts, and commercial leases. Mr. Beesley also represents clients in intellectual property matters involving trademarks, copyright, and artist representation as well as media/public relations consulting.. Mr. Beesley represents several clients in the capacity as outside corporate counsel where he handles all aspects of the companies’ legal affairs.

Areas of practice include tax and estate planning, corporate law and business transactions.  Mr. Bennett serves as an advisor to numerous entrepreneurs and various sized business enterprises.  He serves on the board of trustees of various charitable and philanthropic organizations. Mr. Bennett was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1990.  He is the founding partner of Bennett Tueller Johnson & Deere.. Mr. Bennett was the principal draftsman of the Utah Limited Liability Company Act and the co-draftsman of the Utah Limited Liability Partnership Act.  He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Areas of practice include limited liability company, corporate, real estate, and business law. Mr. Johnson assists individuals and entities with the negotiation and documentation of commercial financing, real estate transactions, and other business transactions. He also assists early stage companies with formation and structure.

Areas of practice include general civil litigation, appellate litigation, condominium and association law, real estate litigation, construction litigation, commercial litigation, product liability litigation, patent, trademark litigation and trade secret litigation.

Areas of practice include estate planning, estate administration and probate, taxation, exempt organizations and business law. Mr. Margetts counsels and assists clients with the design and implementation of comprehensive estate plans, utilizing simple and sophisticated techniques to meet their unique objectives. He also assists clients in all phases of estate and trust administration, including the appointment of guardians and conservators for incapacitated individuals, probate of decedents' estates, preparation and review of fiduciary accountings, and will and trust contests.. Mr. Margetts also advises and assists individuals and businesses in various state and federal tax matters and represents them in the resolution of tax controversies before the IRS and the Utah State Tax Commission. His business practice involves entity selection, formation, and acquisition, as well as the negotiation and drafting of related business agreements, including limited liability company operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, and deferred compensation plans.. Mr. Margetts assists clients in the formation of public charities and private foundations, including applications to the IRS for recognition of tax-exempt status. He also advises existing exempt organizations in matters of compliance with applicable state and federal laws.

Areas of practice include corporate, real estate and employment law. Mr. Anderson assists emerging and mature companies with formation, structure, financings, private offerings, recapitalizations, acquisitions, mergers and other commercial transactions. He also assists clients with various real estate, employment and business issues, transactions and agreements, including commercial leasing, employment law compliance and general contract drafting and negotiation.

Areas of concentration include securities and private placement, joint ventures, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, recapitalizations, rollups and consolidations; commercial loans and other financings and general corporate matters.  Mr. Hawkins works with emerging and mid-size companies, commercial and investment banks, and venture capital funds.. Additional expertise in intellectual property, employment, and executive compensation matters.

Andrew L. Howell, Cofounder & Managing Partner of law firm York Howell & Guymon, advises on estate & asset protection, & business structure. He is AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is co-author of Entrusted: Building a Legacy That Lasts and Riveted: 44 Values That Change the World.

A former attorney for the Social Security Administration, Glen Cook is an AV rated attorney who represents Social Security and SSI Disability benefits clients throughout the Intermountain West.