Admitted
1980, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Utah, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Newcomb College; Tulane University; University of Utah, B.A., magna cum laude, 1969; University of U
Memberships
Salt Lake County and American (Member, Section on Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law) Bar Associations; Utah State Bar (Treasurer, 1991-1992; Secretary, 1992-1993; Vice President, 1993-1994; Chairman, 1994-1995; Section on Energy, Natural Resources and Environment; Co-Chairman, Mining Committee, 1985-1987; Chairman, Title Standards Subcommittee, 1985-1988; Chairman, Oil and Gas Committee, 1988-1990); Utah Mining Association (Director; Chairman, Public Lands Committee, 1992-1997; Member, Environmental, Legislative and Taxation Committees); Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (Member, Environmental and Mining Law Subcommittees); Faculty, Utah Water Law Conference (1993-1999); Faculty, Utah Water Users Association Conference (1995); Faculty, Conference on Avoiding Environmental Liability in Utah (1995, 1996 and 1999).
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1978-1979 and Senior Editor, 1979-1980, Utah Law Review. William H. Leary Scholar. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, presented by Utah State Bar, Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section, 2000; Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year for Utah, 1989-1990. Author: Standing to Sue and Constitutional Challenges, Utah Law Review 749, 1978; Actual Possession of Pooled Mineral Interests, Utah Law Review 391, 1979; Oil and Gas Law Comes of Age in Utah, Utah Bar Journal, Nov. 1992 at 10; How to Obtain an Environmental Site Assessment, Utah Bar Journal, July 1996 at 28; Superfund's 'Innocent Landowner' Defense: Guilty Until Proven Innocent, 17 Journal of Land, Resources & Environmental Law 189 (July 1997). Guest Lecturer, Real Estate Finance Law, University of Utah College of Business, 2001. Contributor, American Law of Mining, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1984. Director and Trustee, Utah Wildlife Federation, 1988-1992.