Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION: Appellate Staff Attorney
LOCATION: Court of Appeals, Salt Lake City
HIRING RANGE: $24.26 - $32.69 per hour
TYPE OF POSITION: Full-time with benefits, career service exempt
CLOSING DATE: October 15, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO:
Human Resources
Administrative Office of the Courts
450 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-0241
Phone: (801) 578-3890
Fax: (801) 238-7814

TYPICAL DUTIES: The Utah Appellate Courts are seeking an attorney to join their staff. Responsibilities include drafting proposed per curiam dispositions and providing assistance to the court regarding docketing statements, motions, applications for certificates of probable cause, petitions for interlocutory appeal, and petitions for extraordinary writ.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from an ABA accredited law school with a juris doctorate degree plus three years experience in the practice of law. Must be a member in good standing of the Utah State Bar. Thorough knowledge of principles of the appellate process, Utah statutes, procedural and evidentiary rules, general legal principles and common law procedure. Must possess the ability to identify and analyze legal problems within the context of the appellate process and propose sound dispositional recommendations. Excellent writing skills required.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application forms may be obtained from the Administrative Office of the Courts, 450 S. State Street, 3rd Floor, the Department of Workforce Services, or from our website at www.utcourts.gov. Completed application form, resume, law school transcripts, and writing samples should be submitted along with the application.

Tuesday Night Bar CLE luncheon
October 24, Noon
Landlord/Tenant Law
Presented by Martis S. Blaustein, Utah Legal Services
(1 Hr. CLE) at
Kirton & McConkie,
60 E. South Temple, Ste. 1800

NLCLE/CLE
October 17, 2007 - noon (1Hr CLE)
“Trouble on the Horizon – Loan Workouts from a Borrower’s and Lender’s Perspective.”
Law & Justice Center
Sponsored by YLD, Banking & Finance Section, Collection Law Section

As an update to this post, Sean Reyes has been chosen by the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association to receive the 2006-2007 National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. The award will be presented to Sean at the February 2008 Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association in Los Angeles, California.

Sean was selected after the American Bar Association reviewed nominations received from all over the country. The award is presented to a young lawyer who exhibits professional excellence, service to the profession and the bar, service to the community, and/or a reputation for the advancement of legal ethics and professional responsibility.

This is the first year the ABA has presented this award, so it is a special honor to have the first award go to an attorney from Utah.

Congratulations to Sean for receiving this very prestigious award!

Volunteers are needed this Friday and Saturday (October 12th & 13th) for the Special Olympics Fall Classic. All activities are held at the University of Utah campus.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Dane Morley at dmspecialolympics@gmail.com.

Evening with the Third District Court, presented by the Litigation Section
Law & Justice Center
5:30 Reception
6:00-8:00 Panel Discussion with Hon. Constandinos G. Himonas, Hon. Mark S. Kouris, Hon. Denise P. Lundberg, Hon. Robert K. Hilder

$15.00 YLD; $25 Litigation Section; $60 Others (2 Hrs. CLE/NLCLE)

To register call 297-7036 or online at www.utahbar.org/cle. Cancellation policy applies.

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
2007 William H. Leary Lecture

Preliminary Thoughts on Copyright Reform
Pamela Samuelson
Chancellor's Professor of Information management and Law
University of California at Berkeley
Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Reception 5:30 p.m., Lecture 6:00 p.m.
Sutherland Moot Courtroom, University of Utah Law School

1.5 hours of free CLE credit
Live webcast available at www.law.utah.edu/media

Medical Malpractice Pre-litigation Panel Review Chairpersons Needed

The Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing is seeking attorneys who are licensed and in good standing in Utah to serve as chairpersons of medical malpractice prelitigation review panels. Prelitigation review is a condition precedent to commencing litigation under the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act. Panels are composed of an attorney, who serves as the chairperson; a lay panelist; and a health care provider who is practicing and knowledgeable in the same speciality as each proposed defendant.

Chairperson must be available to serve on 3-5 panel hearings per month, each of which are normally restricted to two hours in length. Chairpersons responsibilities include conduction the panel hearing and drafting a supplemental panel opinion following the hearing. Training will be provided.

This is a perfect opportunity for attorneys interested in medical malpractice to learn the profession. This is not a paid employment position; however, chairpersons receive a standard State of Utah per diem and are reimbursed for travel and parking expenses. Interested attorneys should send a letter and resume to the Prelitigation Secretary at P.O. Box 146741, 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City UT 84114-6741. Letters and resumes must be received no later than December 31, 2007.

Save the date for a Mentoring Social on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 5 pm co-sponsored by the Women Lawyers of Utah (WLU) and the Utah Minority Bar Association (UMBA). They have tentatively planned to use the back room the Atlantic Café located at 325 S. Main Street in Salt Lake City.

Join them to network with colleagues and to mentor law students from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Hope to see you there!

November is National Adoption Month. The Utah Adoption Council, along with help from the Needs of Children Committee of the Utah Young Lawyers Division, is hosting two events on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Both events will be held at Boondocks in Draper.

The first will be held from 9:30 a.m - 11:00. and is exclusively for families who are interested in adopting an older child. Families must be licensed through the state or close to it. Profiles and photos of waiting children in Utah will be available. Staff from both Utah's Division of Child and Family Services, as well as the Adoption Exchange, will be available to answer questions. More information is available here.

The second event will be held from 11:00 - 1:00 on that same day, also at Boondocks. This event is for everyone to celebrate adoption in general. Further information is available here.

The Needs of Children Committee needs two volunteers for this activity to help set up from 9:00 -11:00 and two volunteers to come at 12:45 to help with the take down. If you are interested in helping, contact David Johnson at davidlj@email.utcourts.gov.

The YLD is proud to sponsor the Young Lawyers High School Debate Tournament, Oct. 26-27 at West High School in SLC (note that this is a new location from years past), now in its third year, bringing together hundreds of Utah high school students for two days of team debate and speech events.

For generations, debate has served as a launching pad for students interested in becoming lawyers. YLD’s involvement with high school debate provides a positive first contact point between students and the Bar. Lawyers, former high school and college debaters, will judge team debate finals. YLD is recruiting sitting judges from Utah’s state and federal courts to judge public forum debate finals. For more information, or to help judge, please contact Chad Derum at cderum@mc2b.com or 363-5678.

Russell Wood, a communications doctoral candidate student at the University of Utah is conducting a research project and is looking for attorney volunteers to assist in the research. As part of his research he is looking for attorneys that would be willing to participate in a research study to better understand what occurs during negotiation. Much of the available information on negotiation is based on subjective statements of opinion or reports of practice. Academic research attempts to develop a more objective understanding of negotiation. This study proposes to consider negotiation from a relational communication perspective with the intent of offering new insights into negotiation practices.

Participation would include about an hour of time (including travel) where you would negotiate a mock case with another lawyer for about 20 minutes. The communication between the two lawyers (not the outcome of the negotiation) would be studied and analyzed by the researcher after you are gone. The researchers anticipate that the information developed in the study (and subsequent academic publications) will help professionals, and people in general, to have a better understanding of negotiation. Hopefully, for many people that will lead to an improved negotiating experience, better skills, and more productive outcomes from negotiation.

If you are interested please contact Russ Wood directly at: (801) 943-3316 (home) or 913-8544 (cell) or Russ.Wood@utah.edu

The Salt Lake City law firm of Silvester & Conroy is seeking a litigation associate with one to three years experience. Prefer attorneys with personal injury and/or products liability background.

Candidates should send a resume’ to admin@silconlaw.com.

We are a small but growing Family Law, Estate Planning, and Real Estate Law Firm located in Holladay, Utah. We are looking for an Associate Attorney with 2-3 years of experience in at least one of the following practice areas:

Estate Planning
Real Estate
Taxation

Preference will be given to someone with an already existing clientele. Benefits include bonuses, future profit sharing or partnership, health insurance, and an IRA, with 3% matching contribution from the firm. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please fax your resume, a sample of your work, a summary of your experience, the names of three references, and a cover letter to 1-866-221-4511, or provide all documents by email to tonya@longokura.com

The Young Lawyers Division presents: "Been There, Done That: Succeeding as a Woman Attorney"
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough
170 S. Main Street, St. 1500, SLC
CLE: 1 Hr./no cost
Register: sections@utahbar.org or fax 531-0660.

Panelists:
Judge Michele Christiansen, Third District Court
Annette Jarvis, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker
Susan Peterson, Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough
Stephanie Pugsley, Pres. Young Lawyers Division

We will be discussing the challenges and rewards of being a female attorney in
Utah. Our panelists will provide guidance and strategies on how to succeed in
today’s legal market. We invite attendees to submit questions to the panel. Please
submit questions to Cheylynn Hayman (ch@pwlaw.com) or Wendy Petersen
(wpetersen@joneswaldo.com).

Validated parking and light refreshments provided.

Kennecott is looking for an attorney with 8 to 12 years experience in the areas of environmental and commercial litigation for an in-house position. If anyone is interested, please contact Kristine Larsen at klarsen@rqn.com or 801-323-3311.

Self-Help Center Attorney

POSITION TITLE: Self-Help Center Attorney
LOCATION: State Law Library - Salt Lake City, Matheson Courthouse
HIRING RANGE: Step 55 ($22.36/hr)
TYPE OF POSITION: Full-time, contingent with benefits (*initially funded through June 30, 2008)
CLOSING DATE: November 2, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
Human Resources
450 S. State Street
PO Box 140241
Salt Lake City, UT, 84114
(801) 578-3890 (phone)
(801) 238-7814 (fax)

Denver based firm seeks litigation associate licensed in Utah. Mid-sized (10 attorneys) firm focusing on Insurance Defense and Workers' Compensation has increasing workload in Utah. Associate must be willing to relocate to Denver as both the firm and clients reside here. Competitive salary and benefits. Email resume to bwade@tpm-law.com.

Medium-sized growing law firm seeks attorneys with strong litigation or transactional experience to join St. George and Provo offices. Prefer attorneys with 3+ years of experience but will consider all well-qualified applicants. Compensation commensurate with experience. All inquiries kept confidential. Send resume to Wendy Poulsen, Ascione Heideman & McKay, LLC, 2496 N. University Avenue, Suite 180, Provo, Utah 84604, fax (801) 374-1724 or email wpoulsen@ahm-law.com

Hill, Johnson & Schmutz (Provo) is seeking a tax, business organizations and transaction associate with at least four years experience. Preference will be given to someone with longer experience, experience with personal and business tax returns, and an already existing clientele. Benefits include bonuses, health insurance, and participation in a 401K plan with a 3% of compensation contribution from the firm. Compensation based on experience and qualifications. Please email your resume, a sample of your work, a summary of your experience, the names of three references, and a cover letter to tami@hjslaw.com.