- Sep 24, 2017
- 1 min
Shumway Van | Salt Lake City
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- Sep 18, 2017
- 1 min
Travis J. Robertson, Esq.
Licensed in: Utah and Nevada Primary Office: Salt Lake City Phone: (801) 478-8080 Travis J. Robertson is one of our law firm’s attorneys licensed to practice law in Utah and Nevada. He practices primarily in the areas of family law, personal injury, and civil litigation. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He then attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where he obtained his Juris Doctorate
- Sep 6, 2017
- 2 min
Robert Tee Spjute, Esq.
Licensed in: Utah Primary Office: Salt Lake City Phone: (801) 478-8080 Robert T. Spjute is a partner at our law firm. Mr. Spjute primarily focuses his efforts on the firm’s civil litigation practice group, though his experience allows him to excel in a variety of legal matters. Mr. Spjute earned his two Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Speech Communication from the University of Utah, graduating Magna Cum Laude. During his experience as an undergraduate Mr. Spjute
- Jul 26, 2017
- 3 min
Clay A. Alger, Esq.
Licensed in: Utah and Arizona Primary Office: Salt Lake City Phone: (801) 478-8080 Clay A. Alger is a partner at Shumway Van’s Salt Lake City office. Mr. Alger graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. After graduation he attended the University of Utah’s, S.J Quinney College of Law where he graduated with high honors and received his Juris Doctorate. While attending law school, Mr. Alger served on the Utah Law Review as a sen
- Jul 18, 2017
- 1 min
Cassie Richardson
Primary Office: Salt Lake City Phone: (801) 478-8080 Ms. Cassie Richardson is our law firm’s Director of Relationships. She is primarily responsible to ensure that internal and external relationships are positive and allow for synergy between our attorneys, staff and third parties to be as optimal as possible. Cassie participates in our firm’s human resources committee and attends many of the community involvement projects and events that we are involved in. Cassie is also ex
- Jul 8, 2017
- 1 min
Abigail Allred
Primary Office: Salt Lake City Phone: (801) 478-8080 Abigail is the Administrative Assistant at our Salt Lake City office. She has been with our firm since 2017 and handles various clerical and administrative work for the attorneys. Prior to joining our law firm Abigail worked at Carrington Court, and assisted at the Living and Memory Care facility, caring and providing for patients there. During her personal time Ms. Allred enjoys going to the theatre, reading, spending time
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min
Polygamy Still Outside Scope of Law and Family Attorney Practice, But is it Gaining Traction?
The general population’s approval rating for same-sex marriage in the U.S. has morphed from a marginal amount to a majority over the last few decades, and now the law reflects that reality. But what about the practice of polygamy, or having more than one spouse? It is now as hotly debated and nearly as disapproved of as same-sex marriage was in the 1950s, but why is that, exactly? If you apply for a polygamous marriage license, as this Montana trio did, you’ll need more than
- Jun 18, 2017
- 2 min
Every Patent Litigation Attorney in the Technology Field Knows this Case is a Big Deal, and Now the
It’s a “hot button intellectual property dispute” and called the “biggest IP case awaiting high court direction.” Indeed, the disagreement between Google and Oracle over whether application programming interfaces (APIs) are able to be copyrighted is not only making headlines, but may have intense implications for the future of technology development, as any technology patent litigation attorney following the case would know. When it comes down to it, though, we wonder just ho
- Jun 2, 2017
- 2 min
Attorneys in Utah Know Citizens Might Not be Happy About it, but With the Judges Siding With the NSA
A mere 25 miles away from Salt Lake City, a National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering facility combs through more data than was probably imagined to exist in the tech world only a few years ago. Bluffdale, Utah, is the closest to Salt Lake that the NSA gets as an imposing physical presence, but since a U.S. Judge ruled in favor of the NSA earlier this month, the agency can get a lot closer, electronically. Given the ruling issued by Judge Jeffery White in Oakland, Califor
- Feb 24, 2017
- 2 min
San Antonio Trademark Lawyers Watched Texas Grocery Chain Set up For Battle With Iowa City Mexican R
It’s all about the tacos, Iowa City restaurant owner Jose Garcia insists—what’s in a name, after all? In Garcia’s case, it’s a lot of money, opportunity cost and a potential lawsuit unless he changes the name of his La Michoacana restaurant to something else, San Antonio trademark lawyers understand from the legal action filed by the Houston based grocery chain of the same name. The small taqueria and meat market “tucked in a strip mall along Highway 1 in southwest Iowa City”