Michael F. Skolnick

Member
mfskolnick@kippandchristian.com
801-521-3773
801-359-9004

Born: Ithaca, New York, December 26, 1960

Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1982, University of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1985

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation

Membership: Salt Lake County and American Bar Associations; Utah State Bar; American Inn of Court II (President, 2004-2005).

Admissions: 1985, Utah

Miscellaneous Information: Author: Understanding Legal Malpractice, Utah Bar Journal, Feb., 1998; Considerations in Purchasing and Using Malpractice Insurance, Utah Bar Journal, Sep, Oct, 2005. and Lessons from Recent Utah Legal Malpractice Cases, Utah Bar Journal, Jan, Feb 2008

Biography:

Mr. Skolnick is an AV peer review rated attorney. His practice emphasizes professional malpractice defense, commercial litigation, product liability law, personal injury law and general civil litigation. Mr. Skolnick was recently named by his peers as one of the top business litigation attorneys in the State of Utah, in a survey published in the January 2008 issue of Utah Business magazine. He is also listed in “The Best Lawyers in America ® 2008”. Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC., and 2008 Mountain States Super Lawyers ®. Representative clients generally include: attorneys, accountants, real estate agents and brokers, insurance agents, physicians, hospitals, medical device manufacturers, plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and product liability actions and a variety of other litigation and business clients. From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Skolnick served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah. He joined Kipp and Christian in 1988 and became a shareholder in 1992.