Litigation Associate
Current● Extensive litigation experience: authoring briefs and memoranda on jurisdictional, procedural, and evidentiary issues across practice areas; preparing and responding to discovery requests and defending depositions; arguing at numerous court hearings in Utah and Federal court and sitting second chair at five trials; and negotiating and preparing documents for settlement.● Advising clients ranging from single-member entities to international corporations regarding risk exposure, contractual and regulatory compliance, claim viability, liability, damages, negotiation opportunities and strategies, and determining cost effective resolutions. ● Client matters include resolving RCRA and CWA claims brought by the EPA against an international corporation for allegedly wrongful stormwater discharges and waste disposal from Missouri facilities and advising a client with extensive intrastate mining facilities on permitting obligations and liability risks.● Dedicated over 150 hours of non-compensatory time to the Disability Law Center to prosecute pro bono class action Christensen v. Miner et. al, to improve supervised care for disabled individuals in Utah, including drafting motions for class certification and settlement approval and opposing intervention by care facilities.
