EDUCATION, AWARDS & RECOGNITION
• Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Arts, 1967
• University of Washington, Master of Arts, 1969
• University of Utah, College of Law, 1973
• Traynor Legal Writing Award, Utah College of Law, 1973
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, Washington,
1984
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, Utah, 1999
• Utah “Legal Elite” Recognition by Utah Business
Magazine (Government Law, 2005, 2006)
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Land Development and Litigation. Representation of commercial and residential developers with respect to the resolution and litigation of environmental, site acquisition, zoning, subdivision, conditional use, development permit, administrative appeal, easement and adverse possession issues, including the litigation of state and federal constitutional claims.
• Counsel to Utah developers with respect to annexation, environmental due diligence,
zoning, subdivision and development permit issues for large residential and commercial
projects.
• Counsel to numerous Utah towns, cities, and counties with respect to land use
issues, including the successful defense of scores of cases against municipalities
involving allegations of inverse condemnation, unjust compensation, due process,
equal protection, and arbitrary and capricious claims in Utah’s State and Federal
courts.
• Counsel to national shopping center developer in the Seattle area with respect to land
acquisition, zoning, land development permits, formation of special improvement
districts, and lien claims, culminating in the opening of the Alderwood Mall Regional
Shopping Center.
• Counsel to national shopping center developer with respect to zoning, traffic and
environmental issues, culminating in a major expansion of the Tacoma Mall
Shopping Center in Tacoma, Washington.
• Counsel to regional residential developer located in the Seattle area with
respect to land acquisition, rezoning, subdivision, development and contract
disputes, culminating in a multi-phase residential development east of Lake
Washington.
Commercial Litigation: Defend broker-dealers against misrepresentation, unsuitability and failure to supervise claims; defend individuals and business entities against breach of contract, negligence and/or fraud or misrepresentation claims.
LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS
• The Expanding Scope of Equal Protection review: The Case for Reform of Educational
Financing – Utah, 1972, Utah Law Review
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma,
Washington
• Instructor in Administrative Law, Evergreen Bar Review Course, Seattle,
Washington
• Lecturer:
- “Recent Zoning Law Developments – Case Studies”, 2005
- “Current Land Use Issues”, 2004
- “Zoning and Land Use in Utah”, 2004
- “Current Land Use Issues”, 2003
- “Zoning and Land Use in Utah”, 2002
- “Zoning and Lane Use in Utah”, 2001
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Washington State Bar Association, 1973
• Utah State Bar Association, 1982
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998
• United States Supreme Court, 1999
REPORTED CASES
• Evans v. Board of County Commissioners of Ut. County, 2004 UT App 256
• Hatch v. Boulder Town Council, No. 2:01-CV-0007 IPGC 2004 WL 724375 (D. Utah
2004)
• Alderwood Assocs. V. Washington Environmental Council, 635 P.2d 108 (Wash.
1981) |