EXPERIENCE:
Attorney, Sole Practitioner, November 1991 to present; Admitted to Utah Bar Association in 1989.
Associate: DOUGLAS MARK LEGAL CENTER, 6/91-10/91;
Associate: LYON, HELGESEN, WATERFALL & JONES, 1989-1991;
Weber County Public Defender-Juvenile Court 1989-1990;
Law Clerk: Weber County Attorney, 1988;
Law Clerk: Skousen, McLaws, Skousen, Gulbrandsen & Patience 1987.
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury: Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Semi-truck Accidents, Wrongful Death, Police Brutality, Dog Bites, Slip and Fall, Medical Malpractice, Bicycle Accidents, Catastrophic Injuries, etc.
Family Law: Divorce, Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Alimony, etc.
Immigration Law: Juvenile Deferment, Deportation, Citizenship and Residency, etc.
Collections: Creditor Collections, Consumer Rights, etc.
Criminal Law: DUI, Misdemeanors, Felonies, Assault and Battery, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Offenses, Drug Offenses, Sexual Offenses, etc.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:
We represent individuals and companies, both national and international, with all their legal needs.
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctorate, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University, 1989;
Bachelors Degree, Spanish, Brigham Young University, 1986;
Editor, Journal of Public Law;
President, International and Comparative Law Society;
Licensed to practice in all Utah courts and the United States Supreme Court.
Master, Rex E. Lee Inns of Court.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
President, Weber County Bar Association, 2003;
Judge Pro Tempore, Second Judicial District Court; 2002-2008;
Member, Utah State Bar;
Member, Utah Trial Lawyers Association/Utah Association for Justice;
President, Bungee Jumpers International Incorporated 1992-93;
Agent, Attorney’s Title Guaranty Fund Incorporated 1993-1998;
Owner/Manager, Snowy Hawaiian Shaved Ice 1988-present;
Trustee: Missing Children of Utah 1993-95;
Trustee: Association of Small Business Employees Trust 1991;
Trustee: Gunn McKay Integrity in Government Foundation- scholarships 2002-2008;
Owner/Manager, McKay’s Roof and Gutter Service, Maryland 1986;
Spanish language instructor, Missionary Training Center 1982-86;
Owner/Manager, Warner & McKay, Wood & Tree specialists 1978-79.
LANGUAGES:
Fluent in Spanish, some limited Portuguese, Italian, and Guarani.