Jeffrey Hunt

Jeffrey Hunt practices in the area of commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on First Amendment, media, and intellectual property law. Mr. Hunt has more than 25 years experience litigating complex commercial cases involving a wide variety of industries and legal issues, including copyright, trademark, and patent enforcement actions; injunctions; securities litigation; enforcement of non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure covenants for employers, foreign litigation and arbitration; and real property litigation. He has served as lead counsel on several high-stakes litigation matters for national and local companies. Mr. Hunt also has extensive experience representing direct sales and network marketing companies on a wide variety of legal issues, including complex litigation, state and federal regulatory compliance, and intellectual property enforcement actions.

In addition to his general commercial litigation practice, Mr. Hunt also is a nationally recognized First Amendment and media lawyer, having represented every major news organization in the state of Utah, as well as several national news organizations, including the Associated Press, CNN, Viacom, CBS, and Fox Television Stations, Inc. Mr. Hunt regularly represents media companies and individuals in state and federal courts, and counsels clients on defamation, privacy, intellectual property, freedom-of-information, First Amendment, anti-SLAPP, and related legal issues.

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

J.D. (1990)

1990

Honors: Order of the Coif

Activities: Editor-in-Chief, Utah Law Review

Iowa State University

B.A. | Journalism and Mass Communication

1983

Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Current

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

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Fellow, American Bar Foundation

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Past President, American Inns of Court, Sutherland Inn II

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Past President, Salt Lake County Bar Association

Current

Past President, Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

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Past Co-chair, Utah State Bar Mentor Training & Resource Committee

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Past Chair, Utah Advisory Board of the Trust for Public Lands

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Media Law Resource Center, Defense Counsel Section

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Judicial Council Study Committee on Communications Technology in the Courtroom

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Utah State Bar Examiner Review Committee, Constitutional Law

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American Bar Association, First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee

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Society of Professional Journalists

Current

Roy B. Gibson Freedom of Information Award

Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Honorary Publisher

Utah Press Association

Service to Journalism Award

University of Utah Department of Communications

AV Award

Martindale Hubbell

Utah State Bar  # 05855

Member

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Utah

• Commercial Litigation Services
• Class Actions
• Contract Dispute Attorneys
• Federal and State Courts
• Insurance and Bad Faith