Mark L. Callister Shareholder
Mr. Callister is a Director of the Firm and has extensive experience in commercial and business litigation with an emphasis on antitrust, unfair competition, and complex contract disputes. After graduating from law school in 1984, Mr. Callister practiced in Los Angeles, California with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher before returning to Utah in 1993. He served as Vice Chairman of the State Action Immunity Committee of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section and on the Board of the Utah Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Montana in 1996 and has represented clients in antitrust investigations before the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Utah Attorney General’s Office. He was recently named one of Utah’s “legal elite” by the Utah Business Magazine. He is rated AV by Martindale - Hubbell.
PUBLICATIONS
- - Price Fixing - An Antitrust Trap for the Unwary, Zions Bank Community Magazine October 2005.
- - State Action Practice Manual, Co-author, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, Chicago, 2000.
- - Proving Antitrust Damages, Co-author, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, Chicago, 1996.
- - The Freedom of Information Act Attorney’s Fee Provision: Judicial Interpretation of the “Substantially Prevailed” Standard, 1984 Utah Law Review 573.
- - Chapman v. State: Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony - An Issue of Admissibility or Credibility, 1983 Utah Law Review 381.
PUBLISHED CASES / COURT DECISIONS
- - Orchard Park Care Center v. Utah Dept. of Health 2009 Ut App 284 (Utah App. 2009)(reversing agency denial of intervention)
- - 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 and unfair competition claims)
- - Wilcox v. Anchor Wate, Co. 164 P3d 353 (Utah 2007)(reinsurance coverage dispute)
- - Mardanlou v. Ghaffarian 135 P3d 904 (Utah App. 2006)((partnership dispute)
- - American Ad Management v. GTE Corp., 92 F.3d 781 (9th Cir. 1996)(antitrust standing)
- - Zions First Nat’l Bank v. Fox & Company, 931 P.2d 142 (Utah 1997)(trust administration dispute)
- - American Ad Management v. General Te. Co. of Cal., 190 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 1999)(rejecting application of per-se rule in anti-trust conspiracy action)
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