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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.

Before joining Durham Jones & Pinegar, Ms. Jones worked for the firm of Lewis and Roca in Phoenix and was in-house counsel to WordPerfect Corporation and Novell, Inc. from 1992 to 1996. She has a rich background in technology law and licensing. Ms. Jones’s practice emphasizes software and technology transactions, particularly license agreements; development and distribution agreements; support agreements; supply agreements; Internet and e-commerce agreements and nondisclosure agreements. Her law practice also includes general contract and corporate law, trademark and copyright registration and licensing, and stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

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.

Leonard W. Burningham (AV). Leonard has over 54 years of legal experience involving securities laws and merger and acquisition transactions, and has been instrumental in the completion of well over 200 mergers or acquisitions involving publicly-held companies, while also serving as a consulting lawyer to a substantial number of other lawyers across the United States that were involved in similar securities transactions.  His expertise in rendering legal opinions on the resale of “restricted securities” of publicly-held companies is widely known and respected in the legal community and the broker-dealer and stock transfer agency industries, including Rule 144 legal opinions and Section 4(a)(1) legal opinions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  Leonard graduated from Westminster College, a private university in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1967, where he served as Student Body President in the Fall Semester of 1966; he went on to graduate from the University of Utah College of Law in 1970, before entering private practice.  In 1971, he was named the youngest partner in the law firm of Moffat, Welling, Taylor and Paulsen, a successor to the long established and highly respected law firm of Moffat, Iverson and Taylor, before returning to a private practice in 1978. From 1978 to the present, Leonard has limited his legal practice solely to matters involving securities laws, rules and regulations, primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and legal opinions regarding the resale of restricted securities.  He was admitted to the Utah State Bar Association in 1970, and is authorized to appear in all Utah courts, as well as the United States District Court for the District of Utah (1970) and the United States Supreme Court (2011), from which he resigned on May 13, 2024, in protest of the reversal of the Dobb's decision and the court's ruling on "Presidential Immunity." During his legal career, Leonard has served: (i) as an Arbitrator of securities disputes for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (now known as the “Financial Industry Regulatory Authority”); (ii) as an Expert Witness in state and Federal courts on matters relating to “reverse mergers,” securities law registration exemptions and the application and construction of federal and state securities laws in various situations and transactions; (iii) as a member and panelist of the Utah State Bar Association’s Securities Subsection; and (iv)  as the co-Chairman of the Bar’s Fall Forum on the use of wireless and paperless technologies (2004).  In his early years of litigation practice, he was trial counsel in the often quoted cases of Kerbs v. Fall River Industries, Inc., 502 F. 2d 731 (10th Cir. 1974) and Zabriskie v. Lewis, 507 F.2d 546 (10th Cir. 1974), which respectively held “Moreover, one who aids and abets a fraudulent scheme may be held accountable even though his assistance consists of mere silence or inaction” (p.741); and while favorably citing the language of Kerbs on aiding and abetting, found that the short term promissory note delivered in Zabriskie was a “security” that was not exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and that the issuance of the promissory note constituted a sale or disposition of a security in violation of 15 U.S.C. 78(c)(14) of the Securities Act.. Leonard served in the U.S. Military during 1961 and 1962 as a member of the Utah National Guard, which was called to active duty during the “Berlin Crisis,” when the Berlin Wall was built overnight on August 13, 1961.  He was honorably discharged in 1962.. He has been especially fortunate in having the continuing opportunity to practice law with two of his sons, Branden T. Burningham, Esq. (since 1994) and Bradley C. Burningham, Esq. (since 2003 [Bradley has presently taken an inactive status with the Utah Bar and is pursuing other business activities]).. Leonard was also the founder of the Utah Bar Association’s Annual Food and Clothing Drive for the Homeless and less fortunate members of our society in 1990, serving as its  Chairman for over 31 years, and continues to serve as its co-Chairman today.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

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.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

McKay Johnson is a shareholder and member of Durham Jones & Pinegar's Estate Planning section.  Prior to joining Durham Jones & Pinegar, Mr. Johnson was a director and principal at Hill Johnson & Schmutz, LC in Provo, Utah. His practice focuses on advanced estate and tax planning, asset preservation, business formations and operations, charitable giving, and business succession.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Jared L. Anderson is a partner at the firm and a member of the firm’s litigation practice. For the past three years, Mr. Anderson has been honored by his peers as one of the state’s top civil litigation attorneys in Utah Business Magazine’s annual Utah Legal Elite publication.. Mr. Anderson has represented large and small companies, financial institutions, developers, contractors, and physician groups. He is thoroughly familiar with the rules and procedures of Utah trial and appellate courts, and has handled many trials in the district court, as well as appeals to the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court.. Mr. Anderson’s practice centers primarily on:. Mr. Anderson received his law degree from the University of Utah. While at law school, he was designated a William H. Leary Scholar. Prior to law school, Mr. Anderson received a B.S. degree from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.. Mr. Anderson enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He has been involved in coaching youth football and baseball for many years.. To arrange for an initial consultation with Jared L. Anderson, call Robinson, Seiler and Anderson, LC, at or contact us online.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.