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Mr. Durham founded Durham Jones & Pinegar in 1991. He served as President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the firm from 1991 to 2007. His practice focuses primarily on real estate matters and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He also has substantial experience in civil litigation.
FIRM MANAGEMENT
Member, Board of Directors (1991-present)
President/CEO (1991-2007)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Board of Trustees, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah (2002-2004); Vice President (2005-2006); President-Elect (2006-2007); President (2007-2008)
Chair of the Salt Lake City Managing Attorneys Association (2005-2006)
Listed as a "Super Lawyer" in Real Estate in Mountain States Super Lawyers (2007)
Utah Business Magazine's "Legal Elite" (2005-present)
Listed in Chambers USA under Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions (2005-present)
Member, Congress of Fellows, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria (2004-present)
Board of Trustees, Pioneer Theatre Company (2003-present); Budget Committee (2004-present)
Featured in Forbes Magazine (June, 2004)
"Leading Attorney-Business Law," KSL-TV Legal Resource Center (2003)
Lecturer on Real Estate and Law Firm Management topics
Member, Rotary, Salt Lake Club (2002-present)
Disciplinary Panel Judge for the Utah State Bar (1989-1991)
Utah Bar Governance Committee (1988-1990)
President, Young Lawyers Section of the Utah State Bar (1986-1987) (at that time, comprising 50% of the bar membership)
Award of Achievement from the ABA Young Lawyers Division for Outstanding Activities (1986-1987)
Ex officio member of Utah State Bar Commission (1986-1987)
Barrister, American Inns of Court II, VII (1981-1985)
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
Law Clerk, Honorable Aldon J. Anderson, Chief Judge U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (1980-1981)
REPORTED CASES
Morgan v. Quailbrook Condominium Co., 704 P.2d 573 (Utah 1985) (Nuisance claim arising from real estate development)
Salt Lake City v. Cahoon and Maxfield Irrigation Co., 879 P.2d 248 (Utah 1994) (Stock in a mutual irrigation company as real property)
Jane L. et al., v. Norman H. Bangerter as Governor of the State of Utah, 828 F. Supp. 1544 (D. Utah 1993); 61 F.3d 1505 (10th Cir. 1995) (Defense of Governor regarding Utah Abortion Statute)
Republic Group, Inc. v. Won-Door Corp., 883 P.2d 285 (Utah App. 1994) (Contract claim for broker's fee in private placement of corporate stock)
C & Y Corp. v. General Biometrics, Inc., 896 P.d2 47 (Utah App. 1995) (Contract formation; breach of fiduciary duty)
In Re General Determination of Rights to Use of All Water Within Drainage Area of Utah Lake and Jordan River in Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, Summit, Wasatch, San Pete and Juab Counties in Utah, 982 P.2d 65 (Utah 1999) (Water rights determination)
Save Our Schools, et al, v. Board of Education of Salt Lake City, 122 P.3rd 611 (Utah 2005) (School closure case) case).
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