As an appellate attorney, I enjoy making sense of complicated legal issues and convoluted factual records, distilling that information to a clear and persuasive argument. While I am always interested in learning new things, I also bring to bear a broad range of experience. I have litigated cases spanning a wide range of practice areas, from complex commercial litigation and intellectual property infringement to constitutional civil rights and criminal defense.

Experience

2023-Present
Zimmerman Booher, Appellate Attorney

2021-2023
Snow Christensen & Martineau, Attorney

2019-2021
Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, Civil Litigator

2012-2019
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Shareholder (beginning in 2016)

2011-2012
United States District Court, District of Utah, Law Clerk for the Honorable Clark Waddoups

Recognition

2022 Utah Business Legal Elite
2018 Super Lawyers Rising Star

Memberships and Activities

2023-Present
Membership Chair, David K. Watkiss Sutherland II American Inn of Court

2022-Present
Second Chair, Utah Criminal Justice Act Panel

2017-Present
Editor, Utah Bar Journal Committee

2017-Present
Member, Women Lawyers of Utah Retreat Committee

2015-Present
Member, David K Watkiss Sutherland II American Inn of Court

2021
Chair, Government and Administrative Law Section of the Utah Bar

2019-2021
Co-Chair, Utah Bar Review

2018-2021
Officer and Fiduciary Board Member, Utah Center for Legal Inclusion

2019
Graduate, Women Leadership Institute, Class of 2019

2018-2019
Community Council Co-Chair, FanX

2017-2019
Board Member, Utah Arts Alliance

2018
Co-founder, Entertainment Law Section of the Utah Bar

2017
Fellow, Utah Bar Leadership Academy, Class of 2017

Education

2011
Notre Dame School of Law, J.D.

• Thomas J. White Scholar
• Graduated magna cum laude
• Executive Article Editor, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy
• Dean’s List: Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, and Spring 2011

2009
Utah State University, M.A., History

• Vice Presidential Research Fellow
• Wrote and defended a thesis on power and persuasion in medieval Scandinavia

2004
Eastern Oregon University, B.A., Liberal Studies

• Graduated cum laude

Presentations and Publications

2023
Instructor, Constitutional Law, University of Utah Prison Education Project

2022
Co-Author, Unauthorized Disclosure of Documents, Utah Bar Journal

2022
Speaker, Making a Lateral Move: Ethical and Fiduciary Duties to Your Clients and Your Old Firm, Utah State Bar, July 2022

2022
Co-Author, Living in Utah Working for Out-of-State Clients, Utah Bar Journal

2022
Prosecutor, The Trial of Bruce Wayne, FanX

2021
Speaker, Relevance of the Cost of Equity Determined by Rate Regulators to the Cost of Equity for Valuation of a Public Utility, IAAO Legal Conference

2021
Prosecutor, The Trial of Light Yagami, FanX

2019-2021
Instructor, The Laws of Reasonable Force, Utah POST Academy

2019
Speaker, Morality Clauses in Entertainment Contracts, Utah State Bar

2018
Author, Trademark Fair Use in Artistic Works, Attorney at Law

2018
Speaker, Into the Goblet of Fire: Becoming the Champions We Need and Want in Geek Culture, FanX

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals

• Federal Circuit
• Tenth Circuit

Supreme Court of Utah

United States District Courts

• District of Utah