Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Named by Best Lawyers^® as Administrative / Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Salt Lake City, 2014, 2016 and 2019; Litigation – Securities Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Salt Lake City, 2015; and Litigation-Antitrust Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Salt Lake City, 2013
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America^© (currently: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Securities), 2005–2007, 2009–2021
• Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers^®, 2007–2012, 2016–2020
• Selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Utah) by Chambers USA (currently: Litigation: General Commercial), 2004–2012, 2017–2020
• Included in Utah Business Legal Elite (Civil Litigation), listed since 2011
• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated with Martindale-Hubbell^®
• Chair, Utah State Bar Litigation Section, 1996–1997
• Administrative Law Judge, Utah Procurement Appeals Board, 1986–1991
• Sutherland Inn of Court II, Master of the Bench, 1986–2010

Civic Activities

• Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, 2015–present
• Chair, Board of Regents, Utah System of Higher Education, 2010–2012
• Member, Utah State Board of Regents, 1997–2010
• Board of Directors, Utah Museum of Natural History, 1999–2002
• Board of Ethics, Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee, 1998–2002
• Legislative Juvenile Justice Task Force, 1996–2000
• Chair, Board of Trustees, Southern Utah University, 1989–1991, 1993–1997
• Chair, Utah Substance Abuse and Anti-Violence Coordinating Council,
  1994–1996
• U.S. Attorney General Advisory Committee, 1992–1993
• Governor’s Task Force on Foreign Direct Investment, 1991
• Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, 1982–1989