Christensen & Jensen has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil suits in the Utah region for over sixty years. Its litigation and trial attorneys are experienced in a broad and diverse range of civil practice areas, and look forward to meeting your legal services needs.

Attorneys at Christensen & Jensen have received prestigious honors from numerous organizations, including The Best Lawyers in America, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Super Lawyers, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the American Bar Association, the Utah State Bar, the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Utah Association for Justice, among others. Christensen & Jensen is home to several AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated attorneys, the highest rating for competence and ethics given by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings service, the legal service industry's premier ratings organization. Christensen & Jensen is also a member of the American Law Firm Association (ALFA International), a select group of American and international law firms that network and collaborate to benefit clients.

Christensen & Jensen offers legal services under a variety of payment options, including traditional hourly rates and contingency agreements, as well as alternative fee arrangements.

Successful Opposition in the Citizens for Two Voices Case

Christensen & Jensen attorneys Karra Porter and David Richards, lead counsel for Citizens For Two Voices, successfully opposed a motion in the Salt Lake Tribune-Deseret News ant... [Read More]

Christensen & Jensen Mourns the Passing of Craig V. Wentz

Christensen & Jensen is sad to announce the death of Craig V. Wentz, who practiced with the firm from 1987 until his retirement in 2010. Craig was truly a gentleman, compassionate, good hu... [Read More]

Heather L. Thuet to Serve Third Term as a Judge Pro Tempore

Christensen & Jensen Attorney Heather L. Thuet has been appointed by Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant to serve a third term as a Judge Pro Tempore.

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Karra Porter Argues at Special Utah Supreme Court Session

Christensen & Jensen attorney Karra Porter argued on November 6, 2014, before the Utah Supreme Court at a special session held at Brigham Young University. The case involves important issu... [Read More]

Stephen Kelson made President of Kiwanis Club

Christensen & Jensen shareholder Stephen Kelson was, recently made President of the Salt Lake City Kiwanis Club for 2014-2015.

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Steve Kelson Becomes Chair of the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution

Christensen & Jensen’s Stephen D. Kelson was voted in as Chair of the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution (UCCR) last week. The UCCR is a statewide umbrella organization for all persons interes... [Read More]

Christensen & Jensen's Appellate Group racks up more wins

In August, Christensen & Jensen's appellate practice group chair Karra Porter won two cases at the Utah Court of Appeals. Assisted by appellate lawyer Kristen Kiburtz, Karra obtained a rev... [Read More]

Christensen & Jensen Attorney Karra Porter speaks at American Association of Justice conference

Christensen & Jensen President Karra Porter was recently an invited speaker for the Civil Rights division of the American Association of Justice convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Karra spoke... [Read More]

Christensen & Jensen attorney and past Utah Bar President Nate Alder has been named Alumnus of the Year by Utah State University.

Nate and his wife Laurel Alder will be honored by the Utah State Aggies during next month’s homecoming ceremonies. Utah State Homecoming 2014

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Christensen & Jensen’s Dave Richards and Sarah Spencer Prevail On Summary Judgment In Civil Rights Case

Christensen & Jensen shareholder attorneys David C. Richards and Sarah E. Spencer recently prevailed in total on a motion for summary judgment in a civil rights case filed against a Utah munici... [Read More]

C&J’s Tyler Snow and Scott Evans Prevail On Summary Judgment Regarding Indemnity Claim

Tyler Snow and Scott Evans obtained summary judgment for their client/property owner on the property owner’s cross claim for defense and indemnification against a co-defendant/tenant in a slip... [Read More]

C&J's Timothy J. Curtis and Heidi G. Goebel Win Summary Judgment on Behalf of a National Truck Rental Agency in a Wrongful Death Case

Tim Curtis and Heidi Goebel recently obtained Summary Judgment in favor of a national truck rental agency where Plaintiffs claimed negligent entrustment upon the agency for renting a vehicle to... [Read More]

C&J Shareholder Will Once Again Head The Litigation Section Of the Utah State Bar

Shareholder Heather L. Thuet Was Recently Elected By The Executive Committee Of The Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar To Be Its Chair Elect for the 2014-2015 year and its Chair for the 2... [Read More]

Karra J. Porter and Eric K. Jenkins Succeed In Getting Class Action Certification In Civil Rights Case

C&J's Karra Porter and Eric Jenkins, partnered with the ACLU, prevail on obtaining class action certification of a civil rights case to challenge the tear gassing of more than 100 prisoners in... [Read More]

C&J Files Antitrust Trust Suit To Save The Salt Lake Tribune

C&J's Karra Porter, Dave Richards and Phil Lowry filed suit in federal district court on behalf of its client, Citizens For Two Voices, asserting that the recently renegotiated business pac... [Read More]

Over Half Of C&J's Attorneys Selected To The 2014 List Of Mountain States Super Lawyers And Rising Stars

C&J has the rare distinction of having over half of its attorneys selected for the 2014 list of the Mountain States Super Lawyers And Rising Stars. C&J's attorneys listed as Super Lawye... [Read More]

Stephen D. Kelson Chaired The Recent 2014 UCCR Symposium

C&J's Stephen D. Kelson chaired the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution's 2014 Symposium entitled: "Homecoming: Practice in the Art of Conflict Resolution," held May 16, 2014.

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C&J's Nathan D. Alder Honored By Utah State University

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Heather L. Thuet Will Present At Upcoming National and State Continuing Legal Education Event

C&J shareholder Heather L. Thuet is slated to present July 29, 2014 at the American Association of Justice 2014 Convention at a session entitled: "Medical Aesthetic Malpractice: The Good, The B... [Read More]

C&J's Gabriel K. White Presented At Two April Continuing Legal Education Events

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C&J's Ruth A Shapiro and Heather L. Thuet Present At the Annual CLE Meeting of the Utah Defense Lawyer's Association

Ruth A. Shapiro and Heather L. Thuet participated in two panels at the recent annual CLE meeting of the Utah Defense Lawyer's Association. Ruth presented during the session discussing Expert Wi... [Read More]

C&J's Heidi G. Goebel Moderates Panel At ALFA International Client Seminar

C&J's Heidi Goebel recently returned moderated a panel at the ALFA International Client Seminar in Miami Florida regarding joint defense agreements and strategies for working as a group of co-d... [Read More]

C&J’s Bart Kunz and Tyler Snow Win Summary Judgment Defending Tooele County in Land Use Appeal

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C&J’s Bart Kunz and Kristen Kiburtz Win Summary Judgment Defending Wasatch County from Bank’s Suit

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C&J’s Bart Kunz Presents at Land Use Workshop

Bart Kunz gave a case law update to county planners and other government leaders at the 2014 UCIP Planning and Zoning Workshop. The presentation focused on recent opinions from federal and stat... [Read More]

C&J's Sarah E. Spencer Argues Before The Utah Supreme Court

C&J's shareholder Sarah Elizabeth Spencer argued a pro bono appeal at the Utah Supreme Court on April 2, 2014 involving issues of substantive versus procedural rights and statutory retroactivit... [Read More]

C & J Attorney Karra Porter in the News Again

C & J attorney Karra Porter was recently quoted in two Salt Lake Tribune articles: In "Recovering money lost to fraud can be costly, frustrating" (March 17), Karra addressed pr... [Read More]

C & J Attorneys Win Hearing in Nevada

C & J attorneys Karra Porter and Scott Evans won an all-day evidentiary hearing in Las Vegas on March 18, in a commercial dispute involving international action sports contests.

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C&J's Nathan R. White Authors Article Concerning When Unauthorized Disclosure Is Reportable Under HIPAA

C&J's Nathan R. White authored an article entitled Determining When an Unauthorized Disclosure Must Be Reported Under HIPAA which appears in the Utah State Bar Health Law Sectio... [Read More]

C&J's Karra Porter Argues FTC Case Before 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals

Attorney Karra J. Porter recently argued at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California. The case involves the scope of notice that must be given in order for a non-party's asset... [Read More]

C&J's FTC Law Team Are Interviewed Regarding Recent Filing In High Profile FTC Case

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C&J's Appellate Team Prevails In Appeal Rejecting an Organization's Liability In Creating Help Lines

L. Rich Humpherys, Karra J. Porter and Sarah E. Spencer win appeal before the Utah Court of Appeals in the recent case of MacGregor v. Walker [Download PDF] in which the court ruled that it wou... [Read More]

C&J's Appellate Team of Porter and Kiburtz Win Appeal Before the Utah Court of Appeals

C&J's Karra J. Porter and Kristen C. Kiburtz win before the Utah Court of Appeals in the recent case of Velasquez v. Harman-Mont & Theda, Inc., [Download PDF], in which the court upheld... [Read More]

C & J's FTC Law Team Filed an Extensive Brief Challenging FTC's Claims

C & J's FTC Law team (Karra Porter, Kelly Macfarlane, Phillip Lowry, and Sarah Spencer) has filed an extensive brief challenging the Federal Trade Commission's claims in FTC v. IWorks, Jere... [Read More]

C&J's Phillip Lowry Authors Article Regarding Recently Filed Government Contract Criminal Case

Phillip Lowry, shareholder at C&J, gives background to a large government contract criminal case filed here in Utah. The case, alleging bribery and kickbacks in the federal contracting process... [Read More]

C&J's Sarah E. Spencer Leads Panel Discussion At Recent Utah Young Lawyers Division Leadership Conference

On November 8, 2013, Sarah E. Spencer moderated a panel presentation at the Utah Young Lawyers Division Leadership Conference. The panel was composed of three distinguished judges and Sarah led... [Read More]

Mr. Ricke Hamilton, Principal Civilian Deputy of the Staff Judge Advocate's Office at Hill Air Force Base, presents to Phillip Lowry the 2012 Air Force General Counsel's Procurement Fraud Remedies Award

C & J attorney Phil Lowry was recently honored with the 2012 Air Force General Counsel's Procurement Fraud Remedies Award. The award arose out of Mr. Lowry's former employment with the United S... [Read More]

Ruth Shapiro Presents to the Utah Defense Lawyers Association

On November 8 2013, Ruth Shapiro presented to the Utah Defense Lawyers Association on premises liability, focusing on legal analysis and practical application in defending premises claims and l... [Read More]

Associated Press Interviews C&J's Karra Porter About Impact Government Shutdown Is Having On Judiciary

Karra Porter, Chair of the Firm's FTC Practice Group, was interviewed by the Associated Press regarding the impact of the federal government shutdown on the federal court system, including the... [Read More]

Firm's FTC Practice Group Prevails Over Commission's Efforts To Stay Fraud Suit

C&J's FTC Practice Group successfully prevented the Federal Trade Commission from staying a complex lawsuit in Nevada based on the government shutdown. In emergency briefing, the C & J attorne... [Read More]

L. Rich Humpherys Wins Award

L. Rich Humpherys recently received the "Top Attorney In Utah" recognition award from Showmark Media.

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C&J's Appellate Group Gets Win For Water Conservancy District Client

C & J's appellate group won an important ruling at the Utah Supreme Court on October 1. In Jenkins v. Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, the court held that C & J's client was e... [Read More]

C&J's Karra Porter Explains To The Press Recent Development In FTC's Fraud Case Against Jeremy Johnson

C & J attorney Karra Porter was quoted by KSL News regarding the FTC's attempt to postpone deadlines of its case against Jeremy Johnson based on the federal government shutdown in Shutdown... [Read More]

C&J's Bart Kunz Makes Presentation At the Risk Management Conference For the Utah Counties Indemnity Pool

In September 2013, Bart Kunz presented an update on recent case law and legislation at the Risk Management Conference for the Utah Counties Indemnity Pool. Bart reported on a few cases and a lo... [Read More]