FIRM MANAGEMENT

• Chair, Aviation & Transportation Law Practice Group

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Utah
• All State and Federal Courts in Utah

INDUSTRIES

• Transportation
• Construction

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

• French

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Adjunct professor, Aviation Law, Westminster College, Salt Lake City (2004-present)
• Editorial Board Member, ABA Air and Space Forum (2003-2005)
• Governing Committee Member, ABA Air and Space Forum (2002-2003)
• Chair, Airports Council International - North America: Legal Committee (2001)
• Steering Committee Member, Airports Council International - North America: Legal Committee (1998-2007)

PUBLICATIONS

• Currently preparing a study on Airport Proprietary Rights for the Airport Cooperative Research Program administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
• "Wireless Technologies Raise Challenges for Airports," The ABA Air and Space Lawyer, Spring 2001
• "Taking Stock of Your Corporation," Business Journal, July 1991

PRESENTATIONS

• "Structuring Agreements with Users at Commercial Service Airports" (prepared presentation), 23rd Annual Airport Law Workshop, AAAE and Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell, Falls Church, Virginia, September 24, 2007
• "Trends in Airport Use and Lease Agreements" and "Legal Issues in Airport Ground Transportation," ACI-NA Legal Committee Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 19, 2006
• "The Nitty-Gritty: Core Grant Assurances," ACI-NA Spring Legal Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, May 17, 2006
• "Preparing Airports for Airline Bankruptcies," ACI-NA Spring Legal Committee Meeting, Hamilton, Bermuda, March 30, 2005
• "Space Utilization Issues in Airport Use Agreements," ACI-NA Spring Legal Seminar, San Diego, California, April 14, 2004
• “Airport Laws and Money in a Recovering, Evolving World,” ABA Forum on Air and Space Law Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 6, 2003
• “Car Rental Concessions: General Provisions, Revenues and Off-Airport Providers,” ACI-NA Spring Legal Committee Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, April 10, 2003
• “Upheaval in Airport Rental Cars, an Airport Perspective,” ACI-NA 11th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 13, 2002
• “Wireless Communications Contracting at Airports,” ACI-NA Fall Legal Committee Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 11, 2002
• “Wireless Communications Issues: Quest v. Salt Lake City,” ACI-NA Spring Legal Committee Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April 19, 2002
• “Cellular Telephone Issues and Current Developments in Telecommunications Law,” ACI-NA Fall Legal Committee Meeting, New York, New York, October 1, 2000
• “Government Construction Contracting and Procurement,” Utah Bar Association Government Law Section Seminar, Snowbird, Utah, September 8, 2000
• “Practices and Developments in Utah Municipal Construction Contracting,” Utah Municipal Attorneys Association, Springdale, Utah, May 5, 2000
• “Airport Revenue Diversion Regulations,” ABA Forum on Air and Space Law Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 13, 1997 

REPRESENTATIVE CASES/DEALS

• Kern River Gas Transmission Co. v. 8.47 Acres of Land, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32719 (D. Utah 2006)
• Lopez v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26185 (D. Utah 2005)

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