Attorneys

PUBLICATIONS

• Legal Brief: In the Affirmative, Utah Business Magazine, August 2008, 48 (advising employers on proactive steps needed to defend against sexual harassment claims) Read Article
• SOX, Lies, and Backup Tapes: Document Retention in the 21st Century, Zions Bank, September 27, 2007 and October 23, 2007
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home: What USERRA Means for the Employment of our Returning Servicemen and Women, Zions Bank Community Magazine, July/August 2006, 70 Read Article
• Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Why Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome Should be Allowed as a Rehabilitative Tool in the Florida Courts, 55 U. MIAMI L. REV. 561 (2001)

PUBLISHED CASES / COURT DECISIONS

• Mauerhan v. Wagner Corp., 649 F.3d 1180 (10th Cir. 2011)(affirming summary judgment for employer accused of discriminating against recovering drug addict)
• West Charleston Lofts I, LLC v. R&O Construction Company, 2010 WL 4128144 (9th Cir. 2010) (reversing district court’s expungment of mechanic’s liens securing general contractor’s unpaid work totaling almost $700,000)
• Central Utah Clinic v. Reilly, 2009 WL 1507154 (D. Utah 2009) (granting summary judgment to oncologist whose former employer sought to make him personally liable for the costs of expensive radiation oncology equipment purchased by the clinic during his employment)
• Herriman v. Bell , 590 F.3d 1176 (10th Cir. 2010) (upholding summary judgment against claim that creation of new school district violated Fourteenth Amendment)
• SFR, Inc. v. Comtrol, Inc., 177 P.3d 629 (Utah Ct. App. 2008) (adopting joint check rule in Utah)
• Traco Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Comtrol, Inc., 222 P.3d 1164 (Utah 2009) (affirming trial court’s summary judgment and bench trial award of damages to general contractor incurred when subcontractor abandoned projects).
• Trace Minerals Research, L.C. v. Mineral Resources Int’l, Inc., 505 F.Supp.2d 1233 (D. Utah 2007) (granting summary judgment on trademark infringement claims)
• Brent Brown Dealerships v. Tax Com’n, Motor Vehicle Enforcement Div., 139 P.3d 296 (Utah Ct. App. 2006) (challenging, under the Excessive Fines and Due Process clauses of U.S. and Utah Constitutions, fines levied against car dealerships)
• U.S. ex rel. Told v. Comtrol, Inc., 2005 WL 2177225 (D. Utah 2005) (dismissing False Claims Act claims as barred by doctrine of res judicata and by statute of limitations),
• N.L. v. Dept. of Children and Family Servs., 770 So.2d 220 (Fla. Ct. App. 2000) (challenging juvenile court’s decision that it did not retain jurisdiction over a foster child over the age of eighteen who continued to receive services from the Department of Children and Family Services).

MEMBERSHIPS

• United State Supreme Court 2012
• Supreme Court of Nevada 2002
• Supreme Court of Utah 2005
• U.S. District Court of Nevada 2002
• U.S. District Court of Utah 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 2007
• U.S. District Court of Colorado 2008

EDUCATION

• J.D., magna cum laude,
  University of Miami School of Law, 2002
  Order of the Coif
• University of Miami Law Review, Articles & Comments Editor
• Deans Fellow-Contracts, Torts and Legal Research & Writing
• B.A.-Anthropology, University of Utah, 1999
• B.A.-German, University of Utah, 1999

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation
Labor & Employment