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Bruce Wycoff's practice has primarily involved contract, statutory and real estate litigation in its various forms. He has developed a special concentration in commercial landlord/tenant litigation matters for both national and local clients. In addition to these areas of negotiation and trial practice, Bruce has written briefs that have resulted in decisions establishing for the first time various principles of Utah law including:
a court cannot add pre-judgment interest to an award of reasonable attorney fees
an appellant has no need to marshal evidence (a peculiar requirement of Utah appellate law) when appealing only conclusions of law.
an alleged promise to loan money is unenforceable under the Utah statute of frauds
under certain circumstances, an oral promise of continued employment can rebut the presumption of at-will employment and the express words of an employee manual
purchasers under a land-sale contract are entitled even after default to the release of property for which they paid before default.
In addition to persuading Utah appellate courts to adopt these legal principles for the first time, Bruce has successfully litigated on appeal numerous issues requiring courts to apply existing law to the facts of a particular dispute.
Bruce has lived in Utah his entire life, except for the five years between 1963 and 1968, when he attended Wesleyan University and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. In the sixteen years between 1968 and his graduation from law school in 1984 (on his 39th birthday), Bruce managed a regional trucking company operating in the Intermountain West.
Bruce has served on numerous commercial and charitable boards since leaving school. He currently serves on the board of the Kostopulos Dream Foundation, an organization serving people with all disabilities, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Salt Lake City corps of the Salvation Army, where he serves as chair of its Community Services Committee. | 