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Phase 1, in which, after 10 years as a lawyer in one of the country's preeminent employment law firms, culminating in making partner in 2007, I looked around at what I had achieved and realized it wasn’t for me.. Phase 2, in which I decided to take a break from practicing law to explore another path. I spent two years as a certified personal trainer, loving the work, but eventually missing many things about practicing employment law and looking for the right way to get back to it.. Phase 3, in which fate stepped in at just the right moment and I began working at Employers Council. There, for 11 years, I worked with the most dedicated and talented group of employment lawyers, HR professionals, and administrative staff, in our small Utah office, helping the most caring and hard-working companies in Utah and beyond become the best employers they could.. Phase 4, in which I take all of the professional and personal growth I've experienced over the last 25+ years to create the kind of company that I would want to work with if I had an employment law need. I'm committed to standing out and providing something better than you're used to.. I am an employment lawyer and HR advisor for three reasons: (1) I love the intellectual stimulation and challenge of this crazy area of law; (2) I love working with my clients to help them solve their companies' employment law and HR challenges; and (3) I know that what I do makes workplaces more fair, equitable, and tolerant. I consider myself very lucky that I am able to do what I do.. Specialties: all aspects of employment law and human resources, including discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, employment contracts, employee handbooks and other policies, leaves of absence, discipline and terminations, RIFs, social media challenges, LGBT+ issues, substance abuse and addiction in the workplace, privacy, restrictive covenants, torts, COVID-19 challenges, etc.

Peter Summerill is an award winning and peer-recognized lawyer focusing on personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice. Mr. Summerill also handles appellate work and is regularly hired by other attorneys to assist with their appeals through ghost-writing briefs, appearing as appellate counsel or simply consulting on the appellate process.

Paul T. Moxley is a shareholder in the Durham Jones & Pinegar's litigation section. Mr. Moxley has been engaged in the practice of law since 1973 and handles all sorts of complex matters including securities litigation, civil and criminal, products liability matters, intellectual property and a wide array of commercial litigation. Following law school, he was a law clerk to David Lewis who was Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit for the United States Circuit Court.. Paul Moxley was “Distinguished Lawyer of the Year” by the Utah State Bar for 2009-2010.  Paul Moxley is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. He is a past President of the Utah State Bar, the National Conference of Bar Presidents and has served in the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association.

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.

Patrick Johnson specializes in civil litigation and bankruptcy law.  His litigation practice includes all aspects of civil litigation, including breach of contract claims, construction defects and disputes, and collections.  He has also defended products liability, wrongful death and personal injury actions, and he has experience in patent and trademark infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases.  Other areas of experience include enforcing license agreements and non-compete agreements, complying with administrative or regulatory procedures, including government contracts and workplace safety, and addressing various issues relating to business acquisitions and contract interpretation.. Mr. Johnson’s bankruptcy practice focuses on representing Chapter 11 creditors and debtors, Chapter 7 trustees, as well as debtors and creditors in out-of-bankruptcy workouts.. Additionally, Mr. Johnson has represented clients before the Department of Labor and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.  Mr. Johnson appears on behalf of clients in all of Utah’s civil courts, including state and federal district court, bankruptcy court and small claims court.

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.

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.

N. Todd Leishman’s practice concentrates on corporate and business law with emphasis on representing sellers in sales of privately owned companies to financial and strategic buyers; acquirers in mergers and acquisitions; and companies in debt and equity financing transactions. Mr. Leishman also acts as an outside general legal advisor to emerging and established companies. Mr. Leishman frequently negotiates and drafts complex commercial contracts such as manufacturing, licensing, lending and distribution agreements. He also advises clients about governance issues in privately held entities, and he often works closely with the firm’s litigation department in connection with corporate-governance lawsuits.

My practice focuses on the resolution of complex civil litigation matters including personal injury, construction, insurance coverage analysis and bad faith litigation, product liability, professional liability, and transportation claims.. I am currently licensed to practice before the State and Federal courts in Utah and Arizona.

My work is helping clients solve complicated problems. Individuals and corporations hire me to investigate and represent them on significant and potentially devastating matters, often in crisis or on an emergency basis. I handle a broad range of matters, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, insurance, business disputes, corporate negotiations, commercial litigation, product liability suits, professional issues, administrative and regulatory crises, trademark/tradedress, and wage & hour concerns, among others. I have been recognized for my work in mediation, arbitration and trial. My work has expanded beyond Utah to serve clients on a regional and national basis.I appreciate the recognition of my peers, including the highest rating, AV Preeminent, from Martindale-Hubbell; being honored as one of the "Top 25" lawyers in Salt Lake City, and as one of the "Top 100" lawyers in our five-state Intermountain region (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming -- Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters); as well as "Legal Elite" by Utah Business magazine (since 2005). In 2012 and 2016, Utah Business recognized me as one of the top mediators in the state. I have been afforded opportunities to serve and lead.  I have been president of the National Caucus of State Bar Associations, the Western States Bar Conference, the Utah State Bar, and Utah's Young Lawyer's Division, and I have chaired the Personal Injury Section of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, and the Dispute Resolution Section of the Utah State Bar.  I serve on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, (currently as Treasurer) and have chaired two NCBP committees -- 21st Century Lawyer, and Diversity & Inclusion.  I serve in the ABA's House of Delegates.  I am president of the National Legal Mentoring Consortium.  Governor Herbert has re-appointed me to another term on Utah's Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission.  I have served on three Utah Supreme Court advisory committees, an ABA standing committee, and several other industry, professional, nonprofit, university and community boards and committees. I am currently on the governing council of the ABA's Center for Innovation.. Our firm, Christensen & Jensen, is talented, energetic and devoted to clients. Since 1949 we have successfully served clients throughout Utah and other states. We have a rich tradition of trial and appellate work, complex cases and dispute resolution. It is an honor to be a shareholder at this firm.

My practice includes general patent prosecution and IP counseling with respect to building and managing IP portfolios for major companies, as well as building IP portfolios for newer companies in the initial stages.  My practice includes preparation and prosecution of various patent, trademark, and copyright applications in the computer/software, architectural, chemical, mechanical, and medical arts, and related strategic counseling.  I also prepare patent opinions, and provide general strategic advice and support in litigation matters in the U.S. and internationally.. I represent clients ranging from large fortune 500 companies to small local companies and inventors.  Representative clients are located in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Asia, and include, for example, 3form, Hunter Douglas, DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Microsoft, Clorox Company, Glad Company, Miche Bag, and Traeger Grills.  I have advised fortune 500 companies on general IP strategy, and have been the primary point of contact in building a company’s IP from the stage of no intellectual property through to the first major financing round, and/or to the IPO.  I am registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.. Prior to law school, I worked as a genetic sequence analyst for Myriad Genetics, Inc., aiding in the discovery of the Human Coronary Heart Disease gene (CHD1). My work included analyzing gene sequences, as well as writing various computer scripts and programs in the GDE environment.  I also performed published research as an undergraduate while helping to develop a genetic mouse model for Multiple Sclerosis.

My name is Catherine Cleveland. As a former judge and a Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer, I represent clients accused of serious felonies in Utah State, Federal, and Juvenile Courts.. A large part of my practice is devoted to representing both juveniles and adults accused of committing a sex offense. Being charged with a sex crime is serious and the penalties are harsh. For example, offenders found guilty of a first-degree felony sex crime are facing a sentence of 15 years to life in prison and being placed on the lifetime sex offender registry. Offenders may be prosecuted under federal or state law (or both).. I use 20 years of experience as a lawyer to achieve extremely favorable results for my clients. Over the years, I have seen thousands of criminal defense cases handled in Utah Courts, so I know what results others have received in situations like yours.. I have an in-depth knowledge of local Courts and procedures to help you understand what to expect. I can then work with you to develop an effective criminal defense strategy designed to achieve the best possible results in negotiations with prosecutors or at trial.. I will aggressively fight for you with any criminal charge you are accused of to obtain the best possible outcome.

Ms. Tran-Layton immigrated from Vietnam when she was a year old and has lived in Utah since that time.  She graduated from the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law.  After law school, she practiced intellectual property litigation at a reputable law firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. Currently, she is practicing in the areas of immigration law, bankruptcy, and family law.. Ms. Tran-Layton understands the importance of having an attorney who will communicate and respond to a client’s legal questions and concerns in a timely manner, especially since legal issues can cause a great deal of stress. As well, she aims to handle each of her client's cases in a timely and efficient manner, while maintaining a high level of integrity and compassion.  Many of Ms. Tran-Layton's clients can attest to her ability to provide honest answers, to handle their cases in a timely manner, as well as her ability to respond quickly to any of her clients' inquiries. Ms. Tran-Layton has had high levels of success in assisting clients acheive their goals.. While Ms. Tran-Layton was in law school, she received her Pro Bono Certificate of Service, was a member of the Global Justice Think Tank at S.J. Quinney, and completed a law study abroad program in China at Peking University.  She was also one of four students chosen to compete in a regional negotiation competition.

Mr. Williams' practice of law is focused on most areas of civil litigation, but particularly medical malpractice defense, product liability, personal injury defense, and adoption law. Mr. Williams represents doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers involving regulatory, insurance, and professional liability matters. Mr. Williams also defends multiple large national retailers against personal injury and premises liability lawsuits. Before joining Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Mr. Williams worked for the Utah Attorney General's Office, where he was significantly involved in the complex litigation and subsequent settlement between the state and numerous tobacco companies.. Mr. Williams is also experienced in the practice of adoption law, representing adopting parents, agencies, and birth parents. Mr. Williams has repeatedly stated that some of his most enjoyable moments as an attorney are when he "appears before a judge and finalizes an adoption for a couple trying to build their family."

Mr. Wheelwright handles routine and complex immigration matters for companies and individuals with particular emphasis on the following:. Temporary and Permanent Work Visas – Secures work visas for United States companies in the high tech, medical, academic, research, hospitality, agriculture, construction, and other sectors that need to employ foreign workers temporarily and permanently in the United States.  Advises companies about how to comply with obligations related to employing foreign workers.. Worksite Enforcement – Advises companies about all aspects of complying with federal and state employment eligibility verification laws (Form I-9 and E-Verify), employer sanctions, and Social Security “No-Match” letters.  Conducts internal and independent audits for companies, evaluates their compliance with such laws, and helps them develop and implement workable compliance plans, training programs, and “Best Practices” to employ a legal workforce.  Represents companies that are being investigated and targeted by the United States government for compliance audits and other worksite enforcement actions, including administrative, criminal, and federal contractor debarment proceedings.  Has successfully negotiated lower administrative and criminal fines, lower criminal penalties, and alternatives to debarment.. Foreign Investors – Secures temporary and permanent visas for foreign investors through their investments in the United States.  Collaborates with other attorneys in the firm who have expertise in those areas of law that a foreign investor is likely to confront when investing in the United States, such as intellectual property, banking, corporate & securities, employment, real estate, tax & estate planning, etc.. Educational Institutions – Advises charter schools, school districts, colleges, universities, and foreign students regarding immigration-related issues.. Individuals – Helps individuals and their family members who are seeking immigration benefits through family, those who are facing deportation, and those who need special waivers to return to or remain in the United States, including United States citizenship.. International and Domestic Adoptions – Helps United States citizens adopt children internationally and secure immigration-related paperwork for their adopted children.  Also represents clients in private-placement, agency, and step-parent adoptions before the Utah State Courts.

Mr. Todd has participated as counsel in over 25 patent appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in a number of patent actions in federal trial courts.  His practice focuses primarily on the summary judgment and appellate phases of patent litigation, and on client counseling matters requiring an analysis of patent infringement and validity.. Mr. Todd served from 1997-1998 as a law clerk to the Honorable Randall R. Rader at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which resolves patent appeals from all U.S. district courts as well as all appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Todd has participated in authoring a number of publications on patent law issues, has lectured on intellectual property issues, and currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at Brigham Young University where he teaches courses in patent law. He has also served as the principal author in amicus briefs filed on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association in cases pending before the United States Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Taylor’s philosophy for practicing law is based on cost effective problem solving while utilizing his experience as a negotiator, litigation strategist, and successful courtroom trial attorney to achieve the most desirable outcome for his clients.

Mr. Randall is the Chair of the Durham Jones & Pinegar's Environment, Energy and Resources Practice Group and practices in the Salt Lake City office.. Mr. Randall’s practice includes managing industrial facility siting, permitting, and compliance issues under federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. He also regularly represents clients in matters involving Superfund liability, Clean Water Act permitting and compliance, wetlands permitting, worker health and safety, pipeline health and safety laws and regulations and environmental management programs. He has a sound working knowledge of energy law issues and intrastate and interstate public utility practice areas, including state PSCs and FERC. Mr. Randall has particular expertise in site investigation, remediation, and redevelopment, having assisted in the acquisition, management and redevelopment of numerous environmentally sensitive properties, including many NPL-listed Superfund sites.. Mr. Randall has been directly involved in the redevelopment of thousands of acres of properties that now support residential, industrial, commercial and recreational uses. He also has substantial experience in prosecuting and defending Superfund cost recovery and contribution matters, including the development of cost allocations involving complex, multi-party sites.. Mr. Randall’s practice also includes assisting regulated and non-regulated municipal and investor-owned utilities, regulated petroleum and natural gas pipelines, independent power producers with coal mining joint ventures, purchase and transportation of coal and other energy resources, management of coal combustion byproducts, transmission access, siting and rights-of-way acquisition, water rights and state and local taxation matters.. His experience includes work on significant operational-level issues for large municipal and investor-owned electric generators in Utah, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Montana. His work included coal mining joint venture issues, short and long term coal purchase and sales and transportation contracts (as well as dispute resolution), management of coal combustion byproducts, interconnection, transmission, and other operational-level environmental, utility and regulatory matters.. In addition to his full-service environmental practice, Mr. Randall has had tremendous opportunities to provide substantive transactional support for dozens of prominent energy sector transactions, some of which ranged into multiple billions of dollars of value.. Mr. Randall has a strong and active litigation background, starting with his trial-court level clerkship in federal court with Judge Larry M. Boyle of the United States District Court of Idaho.

Mr. Orme is a trial attorney at Durham Jones & Pinegar who represents clients in disputes involving a variety of legal issues including contracts, business torts, real estate, business organizations and employment law.

Mr. Nixon is a shareholder in Durham Jones & Pinegar’s Intellectual Property Section. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent preparation and prosecution, trademarks and copyrights. Prior to becoming an attorney and joining D|J|P, he worked as an electrical engineer.. As an engineer, Mr. Nixon performed algorithm development, signal processing and network analysis; assisted with software design and implementation; performed technical writing for proposals, reports and user manuals; assisted with scientific research and development; and performed software development.

Mr. Lunt’s practice currently focuses on preparing and prosecuting foreign and domestic patent applications in a variety of areas. He has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the areas of computer hardware, computer software, medical devices, fiber optic devices, automotive technologies, exercise equipment, portable touchscreen devices, semiconductor devices, RF devices and others. He regularly works with small businesses, large corporations and educational entities to provide U.S. and foreign patent filing strategies. Mr. Lunt has also developed strong relationships with many of the patent examiners at the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office, having conducted hundreds of in-person examiner interviews.

Mr. Lebrecht represents company clients primarily in the areas of corporate finance (including private placements, public offerings, and Securities and Exchange Commission and blue sky compliance), public company disclosure (including ’33 Act registrations and ’34 Act reporting requirements), and mergers and acquisitions (including asset and stock purchases and restructurings). He also represents individual directors, and boards of directors, with respect to corporate governance, fiduciary duties, internal investigations, and risk management. He practices before the SEC and FINRA on matters involving issuers, broker-dealers, and other service professionals. He has served as a director of both for-profit and non-profit entities, been named one of the Best Lawyers in America for Mergers & Acquisitions each year since 2006, presented at the SEC’s Roundtable on Microcap Securities in 2011, been named one of Orange County’s top lawyers, been active in the corporations and securities law committees of the California and Utah state bars, and maintains active blogs on securities, board, and M&A topics .

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.

Mr. Johanson is a shareholder at Durham Jones & Pinegar who specializes in patents, trademarks, copyright and technology law.  He chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property Section.  He provides patent-related services involving the electronics arts, especially wireless communications, computer technology, software and other technologies. He focuses on all phases of intellectual property management, including domestic and foreign patent procurement, post-issuance administrative proceedings, portfolio management, preparation of noninfringement and invalidity opinions, product clearance analysis, due diligence evaluations, and pre-litigation evaluations and strategic counseling for asserting patent rights or responding to patent infringement allegations. He provides comprehensive counseling for defending the validity of clients’ patents and challenging the validity of patents owned by clients’ competitors.

Mr. Handy is a shareholder at Babcock Scott & Babcock. He practices design and construction law. He has represented owners, architects and engineers, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Handy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2006 from Brigham Young University where he was inducted into the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society. Mr. Handy also received a Master of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University in working on his Master’s degree, Mr. Handy worked as a consultant and engineer-in-training for a water resources engineering firm that specializes in computer modeling of groundwater, watershed, and surface water.