Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division

The Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division in partnership with the Wills for Heroes Foundation unveils Wills for Heroes, a new statewide program to help police officers, firefighters, and other first responders. Through the program, volunteer attorneys provide wills and other estate planning documents for emergency first responders and their spouses or partners. Our first event will take place on Friday, March 14, 2008, as part of the St. George Bar Convention. For more information, go to www.willsforheroes.org and www.abanet.org/yld/wills/home.html or contact Rachel Terry or Emily Smith.

More information is available here.

Boise, ID
Start Date: ASAP

Description: The Boise, ID office of Holland & Hart LLP is looking for associate attorneys to join our thriving litigation practice.

Requirements: Must have 3-5 years experience and possess excellent research and writing skills and an excellent academic record. Please send resume, cover letter and law school transcript to Catherine L. Salaz, Attorney Recruitment Coordinator, P.O. Box 8749, Denver, CO 80201-8749, e-mail clsalaz@hollandhart.com, or fax to (303) 975-5461.

On February 9, 2008, the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division awarded the first ever ABA YLD National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award to Sean D. Reyes of Salt Lake City, Utah. “We are thrilled to honor Mr. Reyes,” explains Jay E. Ray, Immediate Past Chair of the ABA YLD. According to Mr. Ray, “Sean is exactly the type of young lawyer the award was created to recognize—one who exhibits professional excellence, service to the profession and the bar, service to the community, and has a reputation for legal ethics and professional responsibility.”

See more regarding the award and Sean's accomplishments on this link from the ABA website.

Sean was also recently featured in an article written by the Salt Lake Weekly. Among other things (several of which are rather interesting), the article highlights Sean's recent award from the ABA.

Congratulations to Sean.

Justin Goldstein, the ABA YLD President, recently visited Salt Lake City and with some of the Utah YLD leadership. Of his visit, he commented:

"The next day, it was on to an early flight to meet the Utah young lawyers for lunch and an opportunity to congratulate the first ABA YLD National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award winner, Sean Reyes. Congratulations to Sean (we’ll present the award formally to Sean at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Los Angeles in February) and to all of the Award applicants. It was great to see our friends from Utah, and I really appreciate their hospitality for my trip out west. Thank you Stephanie Pugsley, Michelle Allred, Julie Ladle, Karthik Nadesan, Craig Hall, Sean Reyes, and Deb Griffiths-Handley."

http://www.abanet.org/yld/affiliate/janfeb08/goldstein.html

Thanks for dropping by Justin. You're welcome back anytime!