Attorneys

Mr. Butler is a shareholder who practices in the Litigation Section with a focus on construction and Employment law. Prior to joining the firm in 1994, Mr. Butler was a partner with Ballard Sphar Andrews & Ingersol and previously a partner with Watkiss & Saperstein. Mr. Butler also worked as Associate Solicitor for the Department of Interior from 1984-1986, and clerked from 1983 to 1984 for the Honorable Moody R. Tidwell, III, in the United States Federal Court of Claims. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Butler is a member of the Federal Bar Association and was President of the Utah Chapter for 2005-2006 and Vice President of the 10th Circuit from 2008-2010. He is also a member of the Salt Lake County Bar Association, Litigation and Employment Sections; Utah State Bar, Subcommittee, Model Utah Jury Instructions; Utah State Bar, Law & Technology Committee and Model Utah Jury Instruction Subcommittee; and the Federal Court Technology Committee. Mr. Butler has also been a member of the American Bar Association, Commercial Litigation and Tort & Insurance Sections; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Utah Trial Lawyers Association; and the Defense Research Institute.

PUBLICATIONS

• “Dream Home or Nightmare, When General Contractors Fail to Pay Subcontractors”, Community Magazine, March/April 2008 Read Article
• Electronic Discovery, Utah Bar Journal, 2002

PRESENTATIONS / SEMINARS

• Electronic Discovery, May 29, 2002

MEMBERSHIPS

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. 10th Cir. Court of Appeals
• U.S. 11th Cir. Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court, District of Utah
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. Federal Court of Claims
• Supreme Court of Utah
• Utah State Bar

EDUCATION

• Brigham Young University Law School (J.D. 1983)
• University of Utah,
  B.A., Finance, 1980

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation
Labor & Employment