ATTORNEYS
GREGORY D. PHILLIPS
Phone: (801) 366-7707Email: gdp@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Trademark Litigation; Patent Litigation; Trade Secrets Litigation; Complex Civil Litigation
Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1985; Brigham Young University, B.A., Latin, summa cum laude, 1982
Admitted: Utah; E.D. Michigan; 4th Circuit; 6th Circuit; 9th Circuit; 10th Circuit
Languages: German
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Eta Sigma Phi. Hinckley Scholar. Recipient, NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship (Soccer). Author: "Necessary Protections for Famous Trademark Holders on the Internet," 21 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Journal 3, 1999. Co-Author: "Challenges to the Efficient Market Hypothesis: Limits to the Applicability of 'Fraud-on-the-Market Theory '," 73 The Nebraska Law Review 4, 1995. Member, District of Utah Local Rules Advisory Committee
Reported Cases: Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 457 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2006); Ford Motor Co. v. Lapertosa, 126 F.Supp.2d 463 (E.D. Mich. 2001), Virtual Works, Inc.; Ford Motor Co. v. Volkswagen, 238 F.3d 264 (4th Cir. 2000); Porsche Cars North America, Inc. v. Spencer, 55 USPQ 2d 1026 (E.D. Cal. 2000); General Motors v. Let's Make A Deal, 223 F.Supp.2d 1183 (D. Nev. 2002)
Adjuct Professor 2008—, Brigham Young University, Trademarks & Copyrights
SCOTT R. RYTHER
Phone: (801) 366-7728Email: sryther@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation
Education: University of Utah, J.D., 1989; University of Utah, B.S., cum laude, 1983
Admitted: Utah, E.D. Michigan, 6th Circuit, 9th Circuit, 10th Circuit
Biography: Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Utah Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk, Honorable Monroe G. McKay, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1989-1990. Author: "Advice and Consent: The Senate's Political Role in the Supreme Court Appointment Process," 1988 Utah Law Review 411. Licensed Certified Public Accountant, Utah, 1983
Reported Cases: Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 457 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2006); Ford Motor Co. v. Catalanotte, 342 F.3d 543 (6th Cir. 2003); General Motors v. Let's Make A Deal, 223 F.Supp.2d 1183 (D. Nev. 2002); Audi A G v. Izumi, 204 F.Supp.2d 1014 (E.D. Mich. 2002); Ford Motor Co. v. Lloyd Design, 184 F.Supp.2d 665 (E.D. Mich. 2002)
CODY W. ZUMWALT
Phone: (801) 366-7774Email: cwz@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation
Education: Yale Law School, J.D., 1995; Brigham Young University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991
Admitted: Utah, E.D. Michigan, 6th Circuit, 10th Circuit
Biography: Book Review Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1994-1995. Law Clerk, Honorable Dale A. Kimball, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1997-1999
Reported Cases: Ford Motor Co. v. Lapertosa, 126 F.Supp.463 (E.D. Mich. 2001); Audi AG v. D'amato, 381 F. Supp.2d 644 (E.D. Mich. 2005); American Honda Motor Co, Inc. V. Protoform, 325 F. Supp.2d 1081 (D.D. Cal. 2004); Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Muller, 314 F.Supp.2d 1037 (D. Nev. 2004)
JASON EVES
Phone: (801) 366-7709Email: jason@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Trademark Enforcement and Litigation
Education: University of Idaho, School of Law, J.D., 2001; Southern Utah University, B.A.
Admitted: 2001, Utah
Biography: Formerly with Salt Lake City Prosecutor’s Office, Whatcott Barrett & Hagen PC, and Shapiro & Meinhold
THOMAS R. LEE, of Counsel
Phone: (801) 422-9024Email: leet@law.byu.edu
Practice Areas: Trademark Litigation; Copyrights; Trade Secrets
Education: University of Chicago, J.D., with high honors, 1991; Brigham Young University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1988
Admitted: Utah, United States Supreme Court, E.D. Michigan, 4th Circuit, 6th Circuit, 9th Circuit, 10th Circuit
Languages: Spanish
Biography: Order of the Coif. Topics and Comments Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1991. Law Clerk to: Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1991-1992; Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-1995. Author: "To Promote the Progress of Science"; "Demystifying Dilution," 84 Boston Univ. L. Rev. 859-944 (2004). Co-Author: with Senator Orrin G. Hatch, "The Copyright Clause and Congress's Power to Extend Copyrights," 16 Harv. J. Law & Techn. 1-23 (2002). Professor of Law, Brigham Young University, 1997—. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2004-2005. Member, Rules of Civil Procedure Advisory Committee, Utah Supreme Court
Reported Cases: Porsche Cars v. Porsh.com, 51 F.Supp. 2d 707 (E.D. Va. 1999); Utah v. Evans, 526 U.S. 452 (2002); In Rem Jurisdiction in Cyberspace, 75 Wash. Law Rev. 97 (2000)
KEVIN A. HOWARD
Phone: (801) 366-7426Email: kah@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Pension Plans; Insurance; Real Estate
Education: Brigham Young University, J.D., 1983; University of Utah, B.A., 1980
Admitted: 1984, Utah
Memberships: Utah State Bar
Biography: Clerk, Constitutional Revision Community, 1982-1984. Member, Rules Drafter, Legal Education Committee, 1990—. Chairman, Property Tax Task Forces of Utah
DANIEL D. ANDERSEN
Phone: (801) 366-7309Email: dda@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Litigation; Pension Plans; Health Care Law; Commercial Real Estate Law
Education: University of Utah, J.D., 1991; University of Utah, B.A., cum laude, 1987
Admitted: 1991, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah
Memberships: Utah State Bar (Former President, Young Lawyers Section); National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
Born Phoenix, Arizona, October 21, 1963
Biography Recipient, William H. Leary Scholar, 1991.
Reported Cases Epperson v. Utah State Retirement Bd., 949 P.2d 331 (Utah App. 1997); Allred v. Utah State Retirement Bd., 914 P.2d 1172 (Utah App. 1996); State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 869 P.2d 952 (Utah App. 1994).
LIZA EVES
Phone: (801) 366-7489Email: liza@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Public Pension Plans
Education: University of Idaho, J.D., 2001, Brigham Young University, B.A., 1993
Admitted: 2003, Utah
Biography: Formerly with Whatcott Barrett & Hagen PC
DAVID B. HANSEN
Phone: (801) 366-7727Email: dbh@hpalaw.com
Practice Areas: Retirement Benefit Plans; Pension Plans; Health Care; Disability Benefits; Litigation
Education: University of Utah, J.D., 1998, University of Utah, B.S., 1994
Admitted: 1998, Utah
Memberships: Utah State Bar; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
Biography: Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Utah Law Review, 1997-1998
Reported Cases: Murphy v. State Retirement Bd., 2004 Ut. App. 109 (UT. Ct. App. 2004); Thomson v. State Commission, 2004 UT. 107 Utah (2004); Hilton v. State Retirement Bd., 2005 UT. App. 408 (UT. Ct. App. 2005); Montierth v. Utah State Retirement Bd., 2006 UT. App. 389 (UT. Ct. App. 2005)