Legal Services & Lawyers

Lawyers who listen carefully to your personal injury case. Attorneys willing to stand up for your social security disability or worker's compensation claims. A law firm that protects your rights during bankruptcy. Call us...we are ready to listen.

Born: Escondido, California, January 30, 1966.

Admitted to bar: 1994, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah.

Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., in Economics, 1989; M.B.A., 1993; J.D., cum laude, 1993).

Author and Editor : Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law.

Co-Author: Books: How to Form a Corporation in any State, Advocate Publishers, 1990; The Complete Asset Protection Plan, Advocate Publishers, 1990. Co-Author, "Developing an Employee-Centered Electronic Monitoring System," Journal of Systems Management, August 1993. Author, "United States v. Halper: Making Double Jeopardy Available in Civil Actions," 6 Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law 551, 1992.

Activities: Part Time Faculty -- Brigham Young University; Utah State Bar (Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1999-2001; Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee, 2001—2009); Utah Trial Lawyers Association; The American Association for Justice; Board of Directors -- BYU Management Society.

Reported Cases: N.M. v. Safeco 2008 UT 1; McKeon v. Crump, 2002 UT App. 258; McKeon v. Crump, 2001 UT App. 175; State v. Villalobos, 2000 UT App. 354; State v. Kohl, 999 P.2d 7 (Utah 2000); Russ v. Woodside Homes, Inc., 905 P.2d 901 (Utah App. 1995).

Languages: French.

Diversified business lawyer with over 25 years of experience, including international, corporate, law firm, federal judicial clerkship and teaching background. Admitted in New York, Pennsylvania and Utah. Qualified with the U.S. Supreme Court and 10th Circuit. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Over 30 years experience in Estate Planning, Business Law and Company Formation, Asset Protection, Elder Law, Real Estate and Tax Planning.

Former Managing Partner at large Salt Lake City law firm.
Rated AV, the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell the pre-eminent lawyer ratings service.
Featured in Top 100 Utah Lawyers, Utah Business Magazine.
Law Practice with significant management experience in law, business and real estate.
Complex and simple estate planning, company formation, large and small business ventures and transactions, real estate transactions,1031 exchange transactions, business advising, and asset protection.
Frequent speaker at conferences on business, trust, estate planning and tax planning workshops and seminars.
Managed the largest private brownfield redevelopment and environmental remediation site in the country (former Geneva Steel near Provo, Utah) for nearly 5 years until returned to law practice.