Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Salt Lake City, UT

Pro bono/Community Service

• Attorney Volunteer, Court Alternative Treatment Program, 1999 - 2003

Bar/Professional Activity

• Member, New Lawyer CLE Committee, 1999-2003
• Utah Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism, 2004-2008
• Ex-Officio Member, Utah State Bar Commission, 2002-2004
• Litigation Exec. Committee, Utah State Bar Association, 2002-2004
• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Utah Trial Lawyers
• Member, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999-Present
• Co-vice chair, Utah State Bar Criminal Law Section, 2004-2006
• Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
• David K. Watkiss, Inn of Courts, 2003-Present
• President, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2001-2002
• Voting Member, Utah Bail Bond Board, 2007-Present

Educational Background

• University of Utah, College of Law,  Juris Doctor, 1997
• University of Houston, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1993

Scholarly Lectures/Writings

• Panelist, The Places You'll Go, Utah State Bar, 2005
• Guest Speaker, Law & Government Class/ Workplace Mentor Program, Salt Lake City Mayor's Office, 2005
• What Every Civil Attorney Should Know About Criminal Law.  Presented in New Orleans, Louisiana., Presenter, 2009
• 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
• 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
• State and Federal Criminal Law Sentencing, University of Utah, College of Law, Judicial Process
• State and Federal Criminal Law Sentencing, University of Utah, College of Law, Judicial Process, 2013
• Presenter, I Fought the Law and I Won, DUI Defense, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2001
• Presenter, Pledge for Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Utah's Legal Employers, Racial and Ethnic Task Force Committee, 2002
• Guest Lecturer, Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures, Brigham Young University, 2003
• Presenter, Open House: How to get into Law School, Brigham Young University J. Ruben Clark School of Law, 2003
• Lecturer, Basics on Criminal Law, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, 2003
• Presenter, Racial Profiling, University of Utah, MECFIA Conference, 2003
• Brown v. Board of Education, 50 Years Later, Salt Lake City Library, 2004
• Panelist, Brown v. Board of Education, With All Deliberate Speed, University of Utah, 2004
• Forum Panelist, Freedom From Gun Violence, Salt Lake City Freedom Forum, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Criminal Law and Illegal Searches & Seizures, BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law (Professor Margueritte Driessen), 2004
• Guest Speaker, Reality Town Career Day, Union Middle School, 2005

Honors/Awards

• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2013
• Legal Elite In Criminal Law, Legal Elite In Criminal Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2019
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2013
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2006
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2009
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2012
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2015
• Legal Elite in Criminal Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2016
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2018
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2011
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2004
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2007
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2010
• Top 10 Criminal Attorneys in Utah, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 2014
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite in Criminal Law, 2015
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2016
• Legal Elite in Criminal Law, Utah Business Magazine, 2017
• Lawyer of the Year, Utah Minority Bar Association, 2008
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2005
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2008
• Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2011
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Utah, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2014