Education
University of Michigan, J.D., 1951 Assistant Editor, Michigan Law Review
University of Utah, B.A., 1949
Practice Areas
Admissions & Memberships
Utah State Bar, 1952
United States District Court,
District of Utah, 1952
United States Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit, 1962
United States Supreme Court, 1976
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow and Past State Chairman
Utah State Bar,
Member and Past President
Salt Lake County Bar Association, Member and Past President
American and Utah Bar Foundations, Member
American Inn of Court I,
Charter President and currently an Honorary Trustee
Of Note
Teaching Experience:
Practitioner in Residence, University of Utah College of Law, 1989-90
Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1990-91
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Bond University, Queensland, Australia, 1991
One in a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in The Best Lawyers in AmericaŽ for ten years or longer. The Best Lawyers in AmericaŽ 2007. Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC.
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| Harold G. Christensen |
Of Counsel |
 Mr. Christensen served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States in both the Reagan and Bush administrations and as head of the Litigation Division of the Utah Attorney General's Office. He has practiced government law since 1963, when the Utah Governmental Immunity Act was adopted, defending the state, counties, and municipalities in a wide spectrum of cases. He is currently defending the State of Utah in claims for attorneys' fees in the tobacco litigation.
Mr. Christensen currently is engaged in a wide range of commercial, business, antitrust, and intellectual property litigation and represents major medical device manufacturers as corporate counsel, as well. He does personal injury litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Recently, he won a $1.5 million verdict for an automobile accident victim. He defends legal malpractice claims and has served as an expert witness for both plaintiffs and defendants in conflict of interest cases and is also frequently engaged in high-profile divorce cases.
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