University of Utah College of Law,
J.D., 1973

University of Utah
B.S. History, Magna Cum Laude, 1971

• Utah, 1973
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1977

Memberships

• Utah Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Arbitration Association
• American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry
• American Bar Association, Fidelity and SuretyCommittee of Torts and Insurance Practice Section
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
• Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
• Utah Bar Association, Construction Law Section
• Utah Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Utah Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
• American Inn of Court, Aldon Anderson

Service

• Past Chair of Utah Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Founding Member and Past Chair of Dispute Resolution Section
• Founding Member and First Section Chair of Utah Bar Association, Construction Law Section
• Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Model Jury Instructions
• Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professionalism
• Utah’s Juidical Council’s Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution
• “And Justice for All” Leadership Committee

• AV Preeminant™ rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory
• Utah’s Legal Elite, Construction Law, 2006-2016
• Super Lawyers, Construction Law, 2007-2016
• Utah Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, 2002
• Utah Bar Association Section of the Year, Dispute Resolution Section, July 12, 2005
• Named in Top 10 Lawyers in Utah
• Super Lawyers, Top 100 attorneys in Intermountain Area

Published Works

• Mediation 101 – “Help Me Help You” Musings of a Mediator and an Attorney, Utah Bar Journal, Vol. 28 No. 1  pp. 18-22
• Utah’s Best Practices Guide Draft 8, Utah Judicial Council, 2016
• Creating an Economical and Efficient Arbitration Process is Everyone’s Business, Dispute Resolution Journal, August/October 2012
• Questions Clients Have about Whether (and How) to Mediate and How Counsel Should Answer Them, Dispute Resolution Journal, May/July 2008
• Arbitration – In Trouble Again, Utah Bar Journal, July/August Vol 20 No. 4, 2007
• Maneuvering Through Mediation, Utah Bar Journal, September/October Vol. 18 No. 5, 2005
• Preparing the Client For Mediation, Utah Council on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 17, 2006
• The Construction Attorneys Tool Box, Utah Bar Journal, November/ December Vol. 17 No. 9, 2004
• Utah’s Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, Utah Bar Journal, November/December Vol 16 No., 9, 2003

Presentations

• Frequent Speaker on Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Topics for the Utah Bar Association, Utah Land Title Association, Association of General Contractors, Lorman Education, The Seminar Group, and NBI.
• Titles of presentations and materials available upon request

• Tried 72 cases (12 by jury)
• Mediated over 350 disputes
• Arbitrated over 175 disputes (25 Large Complex Case matters, 14 as Panel Chair ranging from $1,000,000 – $54,000,000).
• Representative cases for the above furnished upon request

• Anything new and challenging: Family, law, church and community service.