Murray Lawyers

I got into criminal defense after participating in the criminal litigation section of the University of Nebraska College of Law. I was an assistant to the county attorney who prosecuted criminal defendants. I routinely saw unprepared defense attorneys beg and plead for good deals from the county attorney's office and many were unable to get very good deals because they were not prepared to show the county attorney why they had a weak case if it went to trial. I noticed the most effective defense attorneys were those that were not only prepared by knowing the facts...

Shortly after I graduated from law school, I started with a Salt Lake City firm where I represented persons who had been injured due to the carelessness or recklessness of someone else. I enjoyed what I did and took great satisfaction in helping real people, not insurance companies or corporations. I decided that this was the area of law I wanted to devote my legal career to.

I now own my own law firm, Kramer Law Group. We represent the same sorts of people I represented when I first started practicing. And I still enjoy it!

Our focus here is...

Linda Sun is a Chinese-speaking immigration lawyer located in Salt Lake City, Utah. As an immigrant herself, Linda is committed to providing quality, professional legal services. Please email, text to schedule a free consultation of your legal concern. Contact form requests are generally returned by an attorney within almost always the same business day.

One of Madson & Madson's founding partners, Joshua's practice focuses on all aspects of personal injury law. Joshua believes that negotiation provides the most cost-effective and, often, least disruptive route to reaching settlement, but believes that litigation is often a necessary tool for reaching his clients’ goals.

Will Fontenot is a results-oriented, client-focused attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Utah. His practice focuses on estate and trust drafting and litigation. Mr. Fontenot has over eleven years of experience strongly advocating for the client’s desired outcome, including document preparation and courtroom advocacy that has required innumerable hearings and trials. Mr. Fontenot has argued before the Utah Supreme Court. He has an extremely impressive track record of winning and being respected in the community by both lawyers and judges.
Mr. Fontenot’s academic and professional accomplishments include graduating in the top twenty percent of his law school class...

Mr. Geoff N. Germane earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University's nationally ranked School of Accountancy. During school and after graduation, Geoff gained valuable experience as a financial analyst and representative for Northwestern Mutual. While there, he ranked in the Top 10 of all College Agents in the USA for volume production, and was the top College Agent in the Western Region. Geoff then pursued a legal education at Brigham Young University's well respected J. Reuben Clark Law School. While in school he worked as a legal extern for the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie in...

Brett Anderson is a founding partner of the Utah law firm of Anderson & Rogers where he has represented clients throughout the State of Utah for well over a decade. Mr. Anderson was raised in Utah County and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in business and then from law school in Oregon. As an attorney he has successfully represented clients in countless personal injury, criminal, divorce, business, insurance and real estate matters. Many injured persons, insurance companies, businesses, doctors and even other attorneys have sought Mr. Anderson and trusted him with their legal...

Ephraim Olson is a Harvard Law School graduate and an admitted NYU LL.M candidate. Ephraim has been practicing tax law since graduating.

Mr. Johnstun is the personal founder of Johnstun Law. His legal practice focuses on business transactions, corporate law, and startup businesses. He has a depth of experience in guiding complex transactions and litigation to a successful resolution. Representative legal matters involve business transactions and litigation opposite of Utah’s best law firms. Read more about Johnstun Law’s story.

Outside the office, Aaron enjoys biking, golf, Kansas basketball, hunting in the Rocky Mountains, catching a good baetis hatch, reading books on startups and marketing, and mauling his kids, and Pudelpointers.

Core Practice Areas:
Business Formations and Startups
Business Transactions
Commercial Contracts
Corporate Governance
Trademarks/Copyrights
Complex Business Litigation
Securities Fraud
Finance/Banking
Employment Matters
Healthcare Compliance
Administrative...

Ben’s focus is on developing quality relationships with clients and providing them with dedicated and personalized service. Ben graduated cum laude from the S. J. Quinney College of Law, where he was a Leary Scholar. He received the top grade in his Lawyering Skills and Law & Literature courses and placed second in a regional ABA Negotiation Competition. He completed an internship with the Third District Office of the Guardian ad Litem, where he worked to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in juvenile court. Prior to law school, Ben earned a dual Bachelor’s in...

Mark Andrus received his BA in English with a minor in Business Management from Brigham Young University and his Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University. Mr. Andrus has served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Arthur Weissbrodt of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California and as a technical editor for the Santa Clara Law Review. He currently serves on the Utah State Bar Association's Pro Bono Committee for the Third District. His areas of practice include consumer, privacy, debtor-creditor, and marketing law.

Douglas D. Adair, Attorney at Law, has the distinction of being a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is actively involved in the Family Law Executive Committee of the Utah State Bar. He earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1993. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah in 1989. He founded Adair Law Firm in 2006 after many years of practicing law in prominent law firms. His Family Law...

Nate Quist, Associate at Valiente Mott, began his career working alongside Partners Mike and Tim at Nevada’s preeminent insurance defense trial law firm. At the insurance defense firm, Nate represented large corporations and dealt with extremely complicated legal issues. Nate left the world of insurance defense to join the Clark County Public Defender’s Office in Las Vegas.

While at the Public Defender’s Office, the majority of Nate’s time was spent in the courtroom, there he gained invaluable experience as a trial lawyer. Nate left the Public Defender’s Office to reunite with Mike and Tim and to add his unique blend of...

Bruce Nelson
Principal Attorney

Bruce Nelson is the founder and principal attorney of The Nelson Law Firm, PLLC. Bruce focuses his practice on business & civil litigation, family law, alternative dispute resolution, business and corporate matters, personal injury and many others.

Bruce works closely with clients to achieve their desired legal solutions. Such results are frequently obtained through negotiation as opposed to litigation although each matter has its own unique characteristics.

Before founding Nelson Law in 2004, Bruce utilized his extensive business and corporate experience in new product and new business development, training, along with conducting needful discovery for mergers and...

Cynthia grew up in Pakistan, Kuwait, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Jordan, traveling frequently as a result of her father's career in construction management. She attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and earned a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a minor in Arabic and graduated summa cum laude.

After graduating from college, she worked in Abu Dhabi as a paralegal for two years. Cynthia then returned to Virginia to attend law school at George Mason University School of Law, where she served as Senior Articles Editor of the George Mason Law Review and...

Melanie Cook is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and Utah. She volunteers as an advocate for the Domestic Violence Pro Bono Initiative (Davis County) each Wednesday morning. Melanie is an adjunct professor at Broadview University and teaches law to paralegals. Also, Melanie mentors paralegal students with career goals and academic advice, providing volunteer opportunities at law firms and pro bono clinics throughout Salt Lake, Davis and Weber County. In 2012, Melanie received her Certificate in Advocacy and Problem Solving from Hamline University School of Law. In 2011, Melanie published an article entitled “Third Party Rights and Child Custody” in...

Utah bankruptcy lawyer Vanner L. Johnson, Jr. is an experienced bueinss professional and Utah bankruptcy attorney. Mr. Johnson provides superior legal representation of individuals and businesses concerning debtor Utah chapter 7 bankruptcy and Utah chapter 13 bankruptcy. Mr. Johnson's Utah debt relief practice spans the state of Utah.

With years of experience, I'm a personal injury attorney that believes in finding a just resolution for quality cases. If a fair resolution is not offered by the insurance company, I'm willing and able to litigate cases to the end.

I'm the owner and managing partner of Young Law Corp (utahinjury.com) and have been in practice since 2006 in Provo, and Park City, Utah. I focus on personal injury and insurance litigation which includes cases involving auto accidents, truck wrecks, wrongful death incidents, falls, dog bites, and other bodily injury cases. I'm fortunate to have been able to...

Bryan has been helping clients avoid the probate court system through affordable and convenient estate planning since 2012. He loves wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and most of all, helping good people avoid the probate court system.