Admitted
1984, Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School
University of Utah, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Nevada, B.A., 1976; University of Nevada, M.A., 1980
Memberships
Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Model Utah Jury Instruction Committee, 1989-1993); Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel.
Biographical
Leary Scholar, 1982-1983. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Contemporary Law, 1983-1984. Author: Note, Defining Governmental Function Under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, 9 Journal of Contemporary Law 193, 1983; Comment, Procedures Costs and Rate Structures for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, 5 Journal of Energy Law and Policy 245, 1984; It Is Time To Revise JIFU, 2 Utah Bar Journal 10, Feb. 1989; Reflections on the Constitutionality of the Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Act, 6 Utah Bar Journal 20, May 1993; Day v. State: An Open Courts Clause Cacophony, 1 Voir Dire No. 1, p. 24, 1995; Enforceability of Exculpatory Clauses in Hazardous Recreational Activities, 11 Utah Bar Journal 8, February 1998; Role, Ritual and Civility in Litigation, 12 Utah Bar Journal 12, April 1999. Vice Chair, Young Lawyer Development Committee, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1987-1988.