Stephen Kelson

(Associate)

Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24, 1973

Admitted to bar: 2000, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah.

Education: University of Utah (B.A., History, 1995; M.A., Modern European History, 1997); Brigham Young University (J.D., 1999).

Author:

"Ellis v. Estate of Ellis: The Unequivocal Death of Interspousal Immunity in Utah," 21 Utah Bar J.2, Mar/Apr 2008, available here
"Fighting for the Moral Highground: Civil Misconduct Within the Legal Profession," DRI (The Voice of the Defense): Lawyers' Professionalism and Ethics 2007 Spring Newsletter, available here
"Violence Against the Utah Legal Profession - a Statewide Survey," 19 Utah Bar J. 8. July/Aug 2006;
"Violence in the Legal Profession: Methods of Protection and Prevention," 49-May Advocate (Idaho) 19, May 2006
"Going Judicial: Violence Against the Legal Profession and Preventive Strategies," Mun. Law, July/August 2005;
"Judicial Independence and the Blame Game," 15 Utah Bar J., Jan / Feb 2002;
"Violence Against Lawyers: The Increasingly Attacked Profession," 10 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 260, 2001
"The Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity: Does it Still Exist in Utah," 3 J.L. & Fam. Stud. 2, 2001
"An Increasingly Violent Profession," 14 Utah Bar J. 13, Mar. 2001
"The Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity in Utah: Does it Still Exist?" 13 Utah Bar J. 21, Dec. 2000
"Violence Against Lawyers," 23 J. Legal Pro., 197, 1998 / 1999

Member: Utah Council of Conflict Resolution (UCCR); Utah Dispute Resolution. Member: Utah State Bar.

Languages: Portuguese.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Transportation Law, Civil Litigation, Mediation.

Email: Stephen Kelson