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Spencer Fane attorney John Allen

Spencer Fane attorney John Allen

John B. Allen
Associate

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Melinda Bowen

Spencer Fane attorney Melinda Bowen

Melinda Bowen
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Keith Call

Spencer Fane attorney Keith Call

Keith Call
Partner

Salt Lake City

John Allen is a vigorous litigator who focuses on clients’ intellectual property rights, creating and strengthening meticulous plans to protect patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. With a diverse background in biology, general litigation, and concentrated IP matters, John’s practical and technological insight lends itself to markedly thorough defense strategies.

Melinda Bowen loves collaborating with clients to address complex issues at the most difficult times of life. Her experience ranges from guiding families through difficult personal matters, to defending those facing criminal charges and related civil liability, to leading organizational clients through high-stakes disputes.

Keith Call is a full-service litigator who helps corporate and individual clients with all of their litigation needs so they can stay focused on their core business and personal interests. His expertise lies in handling complex commercial litigation and the defense of professional liability matters.

Spencer Fane attorney Mike Carlston

Spencer Fane attorney Mike Carlston

Michael R. Carlston
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Dani Cepernich
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Benjamin Cilwick

Spencer Fane attorney Benjamin Cilwick

Benjamin J. (Ben) Cilwick
Associate

Salt Lake City

Michael Carlston likes helping clients solve or avoid problems and does so in a number of different settings by utilizing his significant litigation experience and is presently somewhat focused on assisting developers, lenders, investors, businesses, and governmental entities in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including negotiating and implementing terms of commercial real estate and other complex transactions, preparing loan documents, and with commercial litigation where necessary.

Dani assists clients throughout Utah in navigating various water and land use matters, as well as handling state and federal appeals.

Ben Cilwick serves as a litigator in cases involving land use, governmental entity defense, water law, and general civil litigation. He works to achieve favorable outcomes for his clients.

Spencer Fane attorney Colby Clark

Spencer Fane attorney Colby Clark

Colby Clark
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew Cox

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew Cox

Matthew Cox
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Crane

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Crane

Nathan Crane
Partner

Salt Lake City

Colby Clark advises clients on a variety of legal strategies including venture and structure financings, corporate formation, reorganization, business plan optimization, and mergers and acquisitions. Drawing on his personal experience as an executive and business owner, Colby customizes his legal counsel to challenges from emerging growth companies to large public companies with independent directors.

Matthew Cox represents financial institutions and other lenders in efforts to protect their collateral and loan rights in federal and state courts, including bankruptcy courts. Matt focuses on defending these lenders and other clients against avoidance, preference, and fraudulent transfer claims made by trustees and receivers. He also assists creditors in obtaining relief from the bankruptcy automatic stay and in prosecuting objections to confirmation.

Nathan Crane is a criminal defense attorney who represents individuals and companies accused of criminal activity anywhere in the country. He has successfully defended individuals charged in both state and federal court for many offenses, including serious and complex white-collar felonies.

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Cummings

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings
Partner

Salt Lake City, Santa Monica (Los Angeles), San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Shawn Draney
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Droubay

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Droubay

Chris Droubay
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Robert Cummings develops innovative, conscientious, and sound solutions for his clients with a primary focus on advising small and medium sized businesses primarily in litigation and dispute resolution. Backed by over a decade of expansive legal experience, he has a distinctly varied litigation practice through a variety of courts, including federal and state courts across as well as arbitrations throughout the nation. Robert prefers that his clients avoid litigation if possible, so he also assists clients with risk analysis, internal investigations, and other proactive measures as well.

Shawn Draney assists cities, special districts, irrigation companies, and landowners with advice, planning, transactions, negotiations, and litigation involving water resources.

Christopher Droubay’s practice assists clients with a variety of civil litigation matters including cybersecurity issues, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, employment issues, and regulatory compliance, with a primary focus on health law. He represents and counsels clients on a number of complex statutory and regulatory issues, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Medicaid and Medicare issues, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws, and credentialing issues.

Spencer Fane attorney John Gates

Spencer Fane attorney John Gates

John Gates
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Shyla Giri

Spencer Fane attorney Shyla Giri

Shyla Giri
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Hawkins

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Hawkins

Jason Hawkins
Partner

Salt Lake City

John Gates represents many of Utah’s most successful and long-standing businesses and individuals as a trusted and highly sought-after Utah business and estate planning lawyer.

Shyla Giri advises clients on a variety of legal strategies, including venture and structure financings, corporate formations and reorganizations, business plans optimization, and mergers and acquisitions.

Jason Hawkins helps clients achieve favorable outcomes by handling complex business and commercial litigation cases involving a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, real property, commercial torts, and professional liability claims.

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Hill

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Hill

Daniel D. Hill
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Anjana Kanth

Spencer Fane attorney Anjana Kanth

Anjana Kanth
Associate

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Keller

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Keller

Robert C. Keller
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Daniel Hill helps businesses with investment and securities disputes as well as finance, business, and corporate law matters. As a successful litigator and mergers and acquisitions attorney, he brings a wealth of real-world business experience to his practice.

Anjana Kanth assists clients with matters related to family law and general civil litigation, including divorces, property division, employment-related litigation, and personal injury cases. She strives to help clients navigate difficult and sometimes contentious situations with compassion and efficiency to achieve favorable outcomes.

Robert Keller works closely with a wide range of municipal government clients throughout Utah in land use litigation, including land use consulting, vested rights, zoning issues, impact and other fees, and condemnation. An experienced litigator, he has over 30 reported appellate decisions.

Spencer Fane attorney Erich Linder

Spencer Fane attorney Erich Linder

Erich Linder
Associate

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Martin

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Martin

Scott Martin
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Miller

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Miller

Brian Miller
Partner

Salt Lake City

Scott Martin’s diverse practice ranges from water law to real property and development matters to representing insurance carriers, sureties, and third-party insureds.

Brian Miller has defended health care providers for over 25 years against the full range of medical malpractice claims, including high-damage claims involving catastrophic injuries, life care plans, and childbirth injury claims, which are considered the most difficult and potentially the most expensive claims.

Spencer Fane attorney Rodney Parker

Spencer Fane attorney Rodney Parker

Rodney Parker
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney David Pinkston

Spencer Fane attorney David Pinkston

David Pinkston
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Poll

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Poll

Richard W. Poll
Associate

Salt Lake City

Rodney Parker focuses his practice on civil and criminal appeals, family law, and general litigation. He has handled more than 100 appeals in federal and state courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, the Utah Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Court of Appeals. Rodney has also served on the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

David uses creativity and decades of experience with the tools under state and bankruptcy law to bring resolution to legal problems and burdens, realize on assets, and help clients get back to growing their business and experiencing greater peace in their lives. Contract disputes and defaults are an unfortunate reality of doing business. For every client, such defaults by the other party are an obstacle to growth, at a minimum. With others, particularly small businesses, such defaults can be disastrous, creating constant stress and anxiety for the business owners.

Richard Poll provides clients with counsel and assistance in corporate and intellectual property transactions and civil litigation in the areas of business, professional liability, intellectual property, insurance defense, and appeals in both state and federal courts. From individuals and small business to large and growing corporations, Richard maximizes value for his clients through an individualized approach to meet his clients’ goals.

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Powers

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Powers

Scott Powers
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Korey Rasmussen

Spencer Fane attorney Korey Rasmussen

Korey Rasmussen
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Roth

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Roth

Andrew L. Roth
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Scott Powers represents clients in a wide variety of legal matters including contract negotiations, contract disputes, defect claims, surety bond claims, mechanics lien claims, insurance coverage litigation, general liability claims, catastrophic injury claims, workers’ compensation claims, and class action lawsuits. His practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on construction, surety, and insurance-related issues.

Korey Rasmussen is a trial lawyer who represents clients through every phase of the litigation process. His practice focuses predominately on litigation involving contract disputes, real estate, construction, and issues within the insurance industry.

Andrew Roth helps clients in matters pertaining to his primary focus areas of medical malpractice defense, defense of governmental entities, commercial litigation, and appellate litigation.

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Skeen

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Skeen

Nathan Skeen
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney David Slaughter

Spencer Fane attorney David Slaughter

David Slaughter
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Smith Stubbs

Spencer Fane attorney Smith Stubbs

Smith Stubbs
Associate

Salt Lake City

Nathan Skeen is a trial attorney who represents and advises employers, transportation companies, and governmental entities with complex problems, including regulatory compliance, covenants not to compete, contract formation and enforcement, and risk management issues.

David Slaughter has developed a broad practice for over 40 years, enjoying close business relationships with a variety of long-standing clients.

Smith Stubbs assists businesses and individuals with a wide range of litigation matters, advancing client interests by increasing leverage and limiting liability no matter the scale or scope of the dispute. He boasts specific experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions and has helped several clients navigate the Corporate Transparency Act.

Spencer Fane attorney Tyler Talgo

Spencer Fane attorney Tyler Talgo

Tyler Talgo
Associate

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Joel Taylor

Spencer Fane attorney Joel Taylor

Joel Taylor
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Thompson

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Thompson

Robert W. (Bob) Thompson
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Tyler Talgo represents clients in various stages of litigation, helping proactively resolve disputes with heavy consideration for sensitive interests and multifaceted objectives. He boasts diverse experience in several areas of law, including construction disputes, mergers and acquisitions disputes, securities, trusts and estates, torts, land boundary issues, and contract disputes.

Joel Taylor provides his clients exceptional legal counsel within his practice, focusing on complex commercial disputes, transportation and trucking cases, catastrophic injury cases, extra-contractual bad-faith litigation, and all aspects of insurance law and litigation. He is dedicated to his clients and committed to obtaining favorable results.

Robert Thompson defends insureds in slip-and-fall, product liability, automobile, trucking, construction injury, construction defect, and other litigation matters. He also defends insurance companies in first-party actions regarding coverage.

Spencer Topham
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Van Wagoner

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Van Wagoner

Richard (Rick) Van Wagoner
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Vasquez

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Vasquez

Richard A. (Rick) Vazquez
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Topham is a results-focused M&A attorney who advises private equity sponsors, individuals, and businesses on a broad spectrum of complex, high-stakes business transactions to drive client growth and mitigate risk, including strategic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity restructurings, and leveraged buyouts.

Richard Van Wagoner’s practice focuses on criminal defense – primarily white collar, First Amendment and civil liberties law, and commercial litigation.

Richard Vazquez represents clients in matters related to insurance and employment law with an emphasis on representing insurance carriers in coverage, subrogation, recovery, and bad faith litigation.

Spencer Fane attorney Heather White

Spencer Fane attorney Heather White

Heather White
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Young

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Young

Scott Young
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Heather believes that clients’ problems are her problems, and she solves those problems. Seeing the personal toll that these disputes take on real people, she tries to resolve those problems in the most efficient and effective way through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation.

Scott Young is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried cases in federal and state courts as well as arguing appeals before federal and state appellate courts. His practice focuses on commercial and civil rights disputes.