Christina Jepson

Practice Areas

Christina served as the chairperson of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department for 10 years and is the past chairperson of the Labor and Employment Section of the Utah State Bar. She is the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) director for the firm and regularly speaks in client and community forums on that topic. With her experience as an employment lawyer and DE&I director, Christina has the expertise to help clients build and implement DE&I plans and address related issues.

Christina is recognized in:

Utah Business Magazine, ranked as a “Legal Elite” in Employment and Labor Law, 2012 - 2023

Intermountain States Super Lawyers: Ranked as one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers,” 2019 - 2022; also ranked as top attorney in Employment & Labor: Employer; and Employment Litigation: Defense, Business Litigation 2013-2014, 2016-2022

Best Lawyers in America, ranked as a “Best Lawyer” in Employment Law - Management, 2014 - 2023

Chambers and Partners USA, “Notable Practitioner” and top rankings, Labor & Employment Law, 2019 – 2023

Christina is also a member of the national and local Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has spoken at multiple SHRM events.

Christina regularly represents employers in lawsuits and counsels employers in a variety of areas including:

Sex discrimination and sexual harassment

Age discrimination

Religious discrimination

ADA, disability and employee medical issues

Wrongful termination

Employment contracts and compensation

Non-compete, confidentiality, and non-solicitation agreements

Handbooks

Social media in the workplace

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), overtime, exemptions, collective actions and wage issues

Independent contractor issues

Drug and alcohol testing

FMLA and other leave issues

Terminations and unemployment

Union issues

Investigations

UALD and EEOC charges and audits

Training for management and employees

Benefits and ERISA

Diversity and inclusion plans

Christina is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. She has taught a litigation skills class for more than 16 years in the Juris Doctor program. She also teaches Labor and Employment Law in the Master of Legal Studies program. She is the past president of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Board of Trustees.

Prior to joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, Christina served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable David K. Winder, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, and the Honorable Stephen H. Anderson at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She graduated first in her class from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of law, where she also served on the Utah Law Review and competed for the National Moot Court Team.

Christina is a member of the American Bar Foundation Fellows.

Work Highlights

Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law Management, 2014 - 2023

Intermountain States Super Lawyers: Ranked as one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers,” 2019 - 2022; also ranked as top attorney in Employment & Labor: Employer; and Employment Litigation: Defense, Business Litigation 2013-2014, 2016-2022

Defense Research Institute (DRI), Utah Contributor to Fifty State Compendium, 2019 - 2023

Chambers and Partners USA, “Notable Practitioner” and top rankings, Labor & Employment Law, 2019 – 2023

Utah Business Magazine, “Legal Elite,” Labor & Employment, 2012 - 2023

Parsons Behle & Latimer

Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Department, 2020 - present

Chairperson, Employment & Labor Practice Group, 2011 - 2020

Served on:

Lateral Hiring Committee

Web Design Committee

Wellness Committee

Opinion Letter Committee

Recruiting Committee

DE&I Committee

Education