Clayton Simms

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Criminal Defense Attorney, Clayton Simms
| 341 South Main, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Visit: www.claytonsimms.com
Phone: 801-359-0404
Fax: 801-534-1948
Email: Clayton Simms
Selected To Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2019
Licensed Since: 1998
Practice Areas:
- Criminal Defense
About Clayton Simms
Admitted: 1998, Utah
Professional Webpage: http://www.claytonsimms.com/about-utah-criminal-defense-atto...
Honors/Awards:
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2018
- Legal Elite in Criminal Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2017
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2016
- Legal Elite in Criminal Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2016
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2015
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2015
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2014
- Top 10 Criminal Attorneys in Utah, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 2014
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2013
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2013
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2011
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2008
- Lawyer of the Year, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2008
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2007
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2006
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2005
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2004
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2012
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2011
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2010
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2009
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Utah Trial Lawyers
- Utah Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism, 2004-2008
- David K. Watkiss, Inn of Courts, 2003-Present
- Member, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999-Present
- Member, New Lawyer CLE Committee, 1999-2003
- President, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2001-2002
- Litigation Exec. Committee, Utah State Bar Association, 2002-2004
- Ex-Officio Member, Utah State Bar Commission, 2002-2004
- Voting Member, Utah Bail Bond Board, 2007-Present
- Co-vice chair, Utah State Bar Criminal Law Section, 2004-2006
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Attorney Volunteer, Court Alternative Treatment Program, 1999 - 2003
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- State and Federal Criminal Law Sentencing, University of Utah, College of Law, Judicial Process, 2013
- A Frank Discussion of Criminal Defense. A Lifestyle. A Calling. A Vocation., University of Utah, College of Law, 2013
- State and Federal Criminal Law Sentencing, University of Utah, College of Law, Judicial Process, 2012
- Ethics in Plea Bargaining, Presenter, Utah State Bar- Spring Convention In St. George, 2012
- Utah Fall Forum, Immigration Issues and Criminal Defense., Panel Member, 2009
- What Every Civil Attorney Should Know About Criminal Law. Presented in New Orleans, Louisiana., Presenter, 2009
- Guest Speaker, Law & Government Class/ Workplace Mentor Program, Salt Lake City Mayor's Office, 2005
- Panelist, The Places You'll Go, Utah State Bar, 2005
- Guest Speaker, Reality Town Career Day, Union Middle School, 2005
- Guest Lecturer, Criminal Law and Illegal Searches & Seizures, BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law (Professor Margueritte Driessen), 2004
- Forum Panelist, Freedom From Gun Violence, Salt Lake City Freedom Forum, 2004
- Panelist, Brown v. Board of Education, With All Deliberate Speed, University of Utah, 2004
- Brown v. Board of Education, 50 Years Later, Salt Lake City Library, 2004
- Presenter, Racial Profiling, University of Utah, MECFIA Conference, 2003
- Lecturer, Basics on Criminal Law, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2003
- Presenter, Open House: How to get into Law School, Brigham Young University J. Ruben Clark School of Law, 2003
- Guest Lecturer, Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures, Brigham Young University, 2003
- Presenter, Pledge for Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Utah's Legal Employers, Racial and Ethnic Task Force Committee, 2002
- Presenter, I Fought the Law and I Won, DUI Defense, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2001
- State and Federal Criminal Law Sentencing, University of Utah, College of Law, Judicial Process
Educational Background:
- University of Utah, College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1997
- University of Houston, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1993
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Last Updated: 2/28/2019