Kirton McConkie

Managing partner: Robert D. Walker

Number of partners: 110

Number of other lawyers: 93

Kirton McConkie is Utah's premier multi-service law firm, with 200+ attorneys across five offices. We offer practical legal service to clients in all 50 states and in more than 150 countries. Our practice areas span intellectual property law, corporate law, real estate law, and litigation.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Contact: Adam Wahlquist

Kirton McConkie’s Alternative Dispute Resolution section consists of experienced, trained mediators, and arbitrators who assist parties in resolving disputes outside a court setting. Collectively, the members of our Alternative Dispute Resolution group have participated in settling or resolving hundreds of mediation and arbitration proceedings.

Appellate

Contact: Justin Starr

Kirton McConkie’s appellate team combines top-tier national experience with the advantages of a firm rooted in Utah. We represent clients in appeals involving high-stakes commercial disputes, administrative decisions, and regulatory challenges. We regularly handle appeals at all levels of the state and federal judiciary. Our team has argued dozens of cases in courts across the country and has a wide variety of private-sector and government experience, including senior roles at both the U.S. Department of Justice and Utah Attorney General’s Office. Many of our team members served as judicial clerks to appellate judges.

Bankruptcy

Contact: Jeremy Sink

Kirton McConkie’s Commercial Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights section has extensive experience representing parties in all types and stages of bankruptcy matters. We have assisted clients with Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, and Chapter 15 cases.

Construction, Surety, and Design Professionals

Contact: James Ellsworth

Kirton McConkie construction attorneys routinely handle issues for the construction industry, from contracts to complex litigation. We represent project owners, general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, design professionals, suppliers, sureties, governmental entities, and construction lenders.

Corporate

Contact: Rob Yates

Kirton McConkie business attorneys take particular interest in how their corporate and securities advice affects a client’s overall business goals and objectives. Our Corporate section has a collaborative relationship with other practice sections in the firm, allowing us to resolve the critical needs of emerging and established companies in a continually changing marketplace.

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Contact: Clifford Blair

Kirton McConkie has both the U.S. domestic and international expertise to assess your corporate risk and customize a solution that integrates with your corporate structure and operating systems. Our attorneys have extensive experience in assessing the corporate needs and providing an efficient, cost-effective, and streamlined legal compliance framework that is easy for your staff to administer.

Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy

Contact: Chris Bramhall

Kirton McConkie represents clients in several environmental fields, including energy, water, mining, sustainability, impact analysis, and air quality. We have significant knowledge of wetlands and section 404 permitting, evaluation and remediation. Our attorneys represent clients before the Water Rights Division in court and have consulted on water rights issues in all the western states. We have advised clients in several jurisdictions about conducting environmental assessments of lands thought to have suffered releases of hazardous materials.

Family Law

Contact: Sterling Olander

To complement our commercial law practice, Kirton McConkie offers a select range of specialties for individuals and families. Our Family and Elder law practice includes adoption, divorce, elder, and immigration assistance. Please click on the area of interest to learn more about our legal services and the attorneys who specialize in each area.

FDA Regulatory and Compliance

Contact: Seth Olson

Kirton McConkie’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory team guides emerging and established medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, dietary supplement, nutraceutical, and cosmetic companies through every step of the FDA-regulated product lifecycle, including early-stage product development, pre-clinical and clinical trials, strategic interactions with regulators, premarket product approval and clearance pathways, and aftermarket compliance obligations.

First Amendment and Religious Organizations

Contact: Randy Austin

The First Amendment and Religious Organizations section has handled significant issues in courts and administrative hearings across the country at all levels, including the United States Supreme Court. These constitutional and civil rights issues have related to the rights of religious organizations, free speech and free press, protests, defamation defense, civil rights violations, and land use and zoning ordinances for religious organizations.

Immigration

Contact: Elaine Young

Kirton McConkie’s immigration attorneys handle all aspects of workplace immigration matters. We work with employers to supply worker visas and to assist companies to stay in compliance with immigration requirements. Our attorneys also assist with administrative and federal judicial reviews.

Intellectual Property

Contact: David Tingey

As one of the largest IP law firms in the Intermountain West, Kirton McConkie brings a depth of knowledge to your unique business situation—whether domestic or international. We routinely handle matters involving electrical- and computer-related technologies, medical devices, pharmaceutical products, biotechnology, bioengineering, and a wide variety of mechanical and chemical systems and apparatuses.

International

Contact: Joseph Brubaker

Kirton McConkie has one of the most comprehensive and experienced international legal practices in the Intermountain West. We have represented clients in more than 150 nations and every state in the U.S. Collectively, our attorneys are fluent in more than 20 languages, and many have resided outside the U.S. for extended periods of time.

Labor and Employment

Contact: Ryan Frazier

Kirton McConkie’s Labor and Employment section's goal is to work with employers to provide employment law advice, build employee relations and avoid problems through careful planning. The firm represents clients in all areas of the workplace, including discrimination claims, sexual harassment claims, ERISA, unemployment matters, wage and hour issues, avoiding retaliation liability, workers' compensation and occupational disease claims, ADA claims, employee benefits law, wrongful termination cases, misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition/non-solicitation, reduction in force and reorganization, employee handbooks and personnel policies, executive compensation, and civil rights.

Litigation

Contact: James Burton

At Kirton McConkie, involvement with clients facing or initiating litigation begins by developing a strategy in the best interests of our clients. We consider an array of options such as trial, mediation and arbitration and work closely with clients to determine the best plan of action.

Real Estate

Contact: Bryce Dalton

Kirton McConkie's Real Estate section has substantial experience in all aspects of zoning and land use issues, eminent domain, condemnation, and commercial leasing as well as a wealth of experience in real estate financial transactions, including commercial mortgages, other borrowing and lending transactions, workouts, loan modifications, re-financings, and foreclosures.

Tax and Estate Planning

Contact: Michael Durham

Kirton McConkie has a long-standing tradition of excellence advising and representing clients on domestic and international corporate, partnership, non-profit, and individual taxation issues. We also advise and implement financial planning strategies for high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and senior executives on a range of estate planning strategies and issues.

Kirton McConkie Building (Headquarters)

50 E. South Temple, Ste. 400

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

KeyBank Tower

36 S. State St., Ste. 1900

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Utah County Office

2600 W. Executive Pkwy., Ste. 400

Lehi, UT 84048

St. George Office

301 N. 200 E., Ste. 3A

St. George, UT 84770

Boise Office

1100 W. Idaho St., Ste. 930

Boise, ID 83702