News & Events

11/8/2008

Attorney William J. Stilling of the firm's Litigation department will be a speaker at, "Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine: Preventive Medicine and Early Interventions for Optimal Health." The conference, sponsored by Age Management Medicine Group, will be held November 6-9 in Las Vegas. For more information or to register, visit http://www.agemed.org/

10/21/2008

Immigration attorney Roger Tsai will give a presentation titled, "E-Verify and Immigration Compliance for Federal Contractors," at the Utah Procurement Symposium. Roger will discuss the E-Verify program and how it fits into the larger picture of immigration prosecutions and raids.

10/16-17/2008

Attorneys Lisa Kirschner and Dallin Jensen of the firm's Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources department will be speakers at CLE International's 16th Annual Utah Water Law conference in Salt Lake City. For more information or to register, visit http://www.cle.com/utahwater.

10/14/2008

Gary E. Doctorman, an attorney in the Real Estate, Banking and Finance department will be honored at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah 30th Anniversary Awards Luncheon on October 14 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Gary will receive the Big Legacy Award for his contributions to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, including serving as its president and on its board of directors. During his decade-long term as president beginning in the early 1980s, Gary led a team of new directors to keep the organization operational during challenging times.

8/11/2008

Parsons Behle & Latimer has been named a Go-To Law Firm® for technology by American Lawyer Media's Corporate Counsel magazine in its annual survey of in-house counsel at the country's biggest technology companies. Three of the firm's technology clients named Parsons Behle & Latimer as the firm they rely on most for technology-related counsel, including the areas of intellectual property, labor & employment and litigation.

7/11/2008

Mountain States Super Lawyers & Rising Stars has named 28 Parsons Behle & Latimer lawyers in its 2008 edition. Super Lawyers identifies the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through independent research:

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights: J. Thomas Beckett

Business Litigation: Raymond J. Etcheverry, Michael L. Larsen, Gordon L. Roberts, Lawrence E. Stevens, Paul D. Veasy, Francis M. Wikstrom, David R. Hall (Rising Star), Michael P. Petrogeorge (Rising Star)

Business/Corporate: Rew R. Goodenow, William D. Holyoak

Employment & Labor: Elisabeth R. Blattner-Thompson, W. Mark Gavre, Jeffrey J. Droubay (Rising Star)

Energy & Natural Resources: Stephen J. Hull, Dallin W. Jensen, Vicki M. Baldwin (Rising Star)

Environmental: Michael J. Malmquist, Hal J. Pos, Michael J. Tomko, David W. Tundermann,

General Litigation: Gordon W. Campbell

Intellectual Property Litigation: David G. Mangum

Mergers & Acquisitions: Geoffrey W. Mangum

Personal Injury Plaintiff-Medical Malpractice: Charles H. Thronson

Real Estate: Shawn C. Ferrin

Tax: Lawrence R. Barusch, Maxwell A. Miller

6/13/2008

Chambers USA ranked the following Parsons Behle & Latimer attorneys in its 2008 Client's Guide:

Elisabeth R. Blattner-Thompson (Labor & Employment)
Kimberly K. Chytraus (Real Estate)
Ross E. de Lipkau (Environment)
Raymond J. Etcheverry (General Commercial Litigation)
Shawn C. Ferrin (Real Estate)
W. Mark Gavre (Labor & Employment; Labor & Employment: ERISA)
Earl M. Hill (Environment)
Geoffrey W. Mangum (Corporate/M&A)
C. Kevin Speirs (Intellectual Property)
Francis M. Wikstrom (General Commercial Litigation)
Michael A. Zody (Labor & Employment)

6/4/2008

Attorney Roger Tsai has been elected as the Secretary of the Utah Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

 5/28/2008

Attorney Sean D. Reyes, a shareholder in the firm's litigation department, was honored with an "Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" award by the Asian American Business Development Center in New York City.

2/26/2008

Parsons Behle & Latimer attorneys Steve Hull, Jim Butler and Hal Pos assisted Barrick Gold with the donation of portions of the former Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota to the state of South Dakota for use as an underground scientific laboratory. Barrick's donation of the property was key to the South Dakota site being selected by the National Science Foundation as the site of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory. PB&L is pleased that Barrick received a Public-Private Partnership Award from the National Governors Association in February .

Barrick was nominated by South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds for its work with the state's Science and Technology Authority. The key aspects of the public-private partnership included a complex donation agreement that addressed future reclamation and closure of the site, changes to South Dakota law to allow ownership and management of the site as a laboratory, and funding for management of the site by South Dakota. The deep underground location of the site will support basic scientific research into questions that include the nature of dark matter and particle physics. The project will provide jobs to local residents who worked for Homestake before the mine closed in 2003 and, if fully funded by the National Science Foundation, will have an impact of more than $1 billion on economy of the Black Hills region.

2/9/2008

Attorney Sean Reyes was awarded the National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award by the American Bar Association Young Leader Division at its Midyear Assembly in Los Angeles, California.  As the first recipient of this award, Reyes was chosen from 24 other nominees nationwide for his legal skills and commitment to public service.

1/10/2008

Raymond J. Etcheverry, president of Parsons Behle & Latimer, announced that attorneys Mark Dykes, Mickey McCarthy, Jason Nichols and Mike Petrogeorge have been elected as shareholders of the firm.

 1/2008

Rew R. Goodenow, a shareholder in the firm's Reno office, has been recognized by Corporate Counsel magazine as a 2008 top lawyer.

12/12/2007

Utah Business magazine lists 50 Parsons Behle & Latimer lawyers as Utah Legal Elite honorees in the January 2008 issue. They are:

Kent B. Alderman - Wills, Trusts and Estates
Spencer E. Austin - Business Litigation
J. Michael Bailey - Business Litigation
Lawrence R. Barusch - Tax
J. Thomas Beckett - Bankruptcy/Workout
David M. Bennion - Business Litigation
David R. Bird - Government
James T. Blanch - Business Litigation
Elisabeth R. Blattner-Thompson - Labor and Employment
Jim B. Butler - Environmental/Land Use
Erik A. Christiansen - Business Litigation
Robert C. Delahunty - Corporate Law
Gary E. Doctorman - Banking/Finance
Randy L. Dryer - Business Litigation
Mark W. Dykes - Civil Trial
Raymond J. Etcheverry - Business Litigation
Shawn C. Ferrin - Real Estate
Randy M. Grimshaw - Tax
Shane D. Hillman - Business Litigation
William D. Holyoak - Corporate Law
Stephen J. Hull - Energy / Natural Resources
Dallin W. Jensen - Energy / Natural Resources
Kristine Edde Johnson - Intellectual Property
Lee E. Kapaloski - Energy / Natural Resources
Lisa A. Kirschner - Environmental/Land Use
Derek Langton - Business Litigation
Michael L. Larsen - Business Litigation
Mark E. Lehman - Corporate Law
Michael J. Malmquist - Environmental/Land Use
David G. Mangum - Intellectual Property
Geoffrey W. Mangum - Corporate Law
Margaret Niver Mcgann - Intellectual Property
Maxwell A. Miller - Tax
Kerry L. Owens - Real Estate
Hal J. Pos - Environmental/Land Use
F. Robert Reeder - Energy / Natural Resources
Ronald L. Rencher - Energy / Natural Resources
Sean D. Reyes - Business Litigation
Laura S. Scott - Business Litigation
C. Kevin Speirs - Intellectual Property
Lawrence E. Stevens - Civil Trial
William J. Stilling - Civil Trial
Charles H. Thronson - Personal Injury
Paul D. Veasy - Business Litigation
Chris P. Wangsgard - Labor and Employment
Elizabeth S. Whitney - Construction
Francis M. Wikstrom - Business Litigation
Patricia J. Winmill - Energy / Natural Resources

8/31/2007

Best Lawyers in America has recognized 35 Parsons Behle & Latimer lawyers in its 2008 edition. They are:

David A. Anderson - Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law (Salt Lake City)
Lawrence R. Barusch - Tax Law (Salt Lake City)
J. Thomas Beckett - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Salt Lake City)
David R. Bird - Government Relations Law (Salt Lake City)
Elisabeth R. Blattner-Thompson - Labor and Employment Law (Salt Lake City)
Lorna Rogers Burgess - Immigration Law (Salt Lake City)
Jim B. Butler - Land Use & Zoning Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law (Reno)
Frank Cassas - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law (Reno)
Ross E. de Lipkau - Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law (Reno)
Randy L. Dryer - First Amendment Law (Salt Lake City)
Raymond J. Etcheverry - Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation (Salt Lake City)
Shawn C. Ferrin - Real Estate Law (Salt Lake City)
W. Mark Gavre - Labor and Employment Law (Salt Lake City)
Rew R. Goodenow - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Reno)
Randy M. Grimshaw - Tax Law (Salt Lake City)
Earl M. Hill - Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law (Reno)
Stephen J. Hull - Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law (Salt Lake City)
Dallin W. Jensen - Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law (Salt Lake City)
Lee E. Kapaloski - Environmental Law, Water Law (Salt Lake City)
Michael R. Kealy - Personal Injury Litigation (Reno)
Lisa A. Kirschner - Environmental Law (Salt Lake City)
Michael L. Larsen - Commercial Litigation (Salt Lake City)
James B. Lee - Corporate Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Water Law (Salt Lake City)
Michael J. Malmquist - Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law (Salt Lake City)
David G. Mangum - Intellectual Property Law (Salt Lake City)
Hal J. Pos - Environmental Law (Salt Lake City)
F. Robert Reeder - Energy Law (Salt Lake City)
C. Kevin Speirs - Intellectual Property Law (Salt Lake City)
Lawrence E. Stevens - Administrative Law, Commercial Litigation (Salt Lake City)
Charles H. Thronson - Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Salt Lake City)
Michael J. Tomko - Environmental Law (Salt Lake City)
David W. Tundermann - Environmental Law (Salt Lake City)
Francis M. Wikstrom - Commercial Litigation (Salt Lake City)
Michael A. Zody - Labor and Employment Law (Salt Lake City)

8/27/2007

Rew R. Goodenow, a shareholder in Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Reno office, has been appointed to the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. Rew, who is the immediate past president of the Nevada State Bar, was appointed at the 2007 annual meeting in San Francisco on August 9-11. He will serve a three-year term.