Young Lawyers Division

Kate Conyers
President

Katherine Judd
Secretary

Scott Powers
Treasurer

Gabe White
President Elect

Jenifer Tomchak
Immediate Past President

Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
15 W. South Temple, Ste 800
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 524-9391
gabriel.white@chrisjen.com

The Activities Committee hosts almost monthly social and networking events including the Mentoring Marathon, Inter-Professional Networking Events, and New Lawyer Training Program Mentoring Social. Mentoring Marathon: In collaboration with the Utah Minority Bar Association, each January, YLD hosts an event for law students where students learn what it’s like to practice law and valuable interviewing skills. The students also receive personalized feedback about their resumes. Inter-Professional Networking Events: Each year, YLD organizes events for young lawyers to network with other young professional groups in the community, like the young accounting professionals and young finance professionals. New Lawyer Training Program Mentoring Social: Participants in the NLTP Mentoring Program will attend a reception where mentees will have an opportunity to socialize with their mentors, to meet other mentors in different practice areas, and to learn about the various divisions of the Utah State Bar.

Charles L. Perschon

And Justice For All committee hosts events that raise money for And Justice For All. One event is the And Justice For All Phone-a-thon, a program where YLD volunteers approach members of the Utah State Bar to raise $5000 for And Justice for All. Each member of the YLD who donates is recognized as a member of the Justice League in the Utah Bar Journal. Another program is the Bar Sharks for Justice: A pool tournament held at Lumpys each October. All proceeds benefit And Justice For All.

Eisenberg & Gilchrist & Cutt
215 S. State Street, Ste 900
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Phone: (801) 366-9100
jkendell@braytonlaw.com

Kuendig Law Offices, PLLC
1800 Prospector Ave.
Park City UT 84068
Phone: (435) 200-4961
patricia@kuendiglaw.com

Practice in a Flash CLE Training Series: A series of CLEs focused on the nuts and bolts of developing a practice and teaching the basic principles of different areas of the law. The CLE Committee hopes to provide participants with a flash drive containing standard forms gathered from other practitioners.

The Community Service Committee plans three service projects a year. This year, the committee has hosted the Walk Against Violence, an annual, community-wide, 5k run and 1k high-heel challenge to raise awareness about domestic violence. All proceeds benefit the YWCA. Each Spring, the committee also organizes a Professional Clothing Drive, an annual clothing drive, where YLD collects professional clothing for the Junior League Community Closet and the Road Home to use in their job-training programs.

Fabian & Clendenin
215 South State St., Ste 1200
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 531-8900
avamianakis@fabianlaw.com

Ray Quinney & Nebeker
36 S. State St., Suite 1400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 532-1500
apatel@rqn.com

Utah YLD members participate on the Utah State Bar Governmental Relations Committee to analyze proposed legislation during each Legislative Session and determine whether it would affect YLD members. The Governmental Relations Committee is developing a handbook for high school students, which will explain basic civics concepts and how to participate in the political process.

YLD will encourage firms and practitioners to adopt environmentally friendly practices. Those who agree to meet the requirements to participate in the American Bar Association-Environmental Protection Agency Law Office Climate Challenge will become signatories of the Green Utah Pledge and receive recognition and other membership benefits. The Utah State Bar has already started to lead the way by agreeing to replace 10% of its electricity usage with renewable wind power!

Richards Brandt Miller & Nelson
299 S. Main Street, Ste 1500
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 531-2000
Kallie-Smith@rbmn.com

YLD sponsors the Young Lawyers High School Debate Tournament at Highland High School. The tournament brings together hundreds of Utah high school students for two days of team debate and speech events.

Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar LLC
170 South Main St, Ste 900
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Phone: (801) 363-5678
agarrett@mc2b.com

On May 1 of each year, the Utah State Bar and the American Bar Association celebrate Law Day. As part of Utah’s annual recognition of Law Day, the YLD organizes a Law Day Luncheon, which highlights law-related activities taking place in our schools and community, and a 5k race to benefit And Justice for All.

Through partnerships with several local high schools, volunteer attorneys educate high school students from at-risk backgrounds about the legal profession and the importance of law in society.

Snell & Wilmer
15 W. South Temple, Ste 1200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 257-1524
bhaws@swlaw.com

YLD, working with Henries Dry Cleaners and Women Lawyers of Utah, collects gently worn formals and accessories to offer at boutiques to help underprivileged high school students attend their proms and homecoming dances.

The Recession Response is working towards helping young lawyer members through the difficult economic times by proving training and opportunities to provide legal services through pro bono and other programs. One such program is Help R.I.S.E, a program a program through which volunteer attorneys will provide pro bono legal representation to participants in R.I.S.E. (Reentry Independent through Sustainable Efforts), the federal re-entry drug and mental health court. Through the implementation of this program, under-employed attorneys will gain valuable legal experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. The YLD, in collaboration with the Utah Federal Bar Association, will recruit mentors and provide a free CLE-training to the volunteers.

Quarterly clinics where volunteer attorneys and paralegals provide estate planning services to low-income seniors. Serving Our Seniors is also exploring the possibility of recruiting volunteers to act as payees for social security recipients who need help budgeting and controlling their money.

Tanner Strickland Lenart

Snell & Wilmer
15 W. South Temple, Ste1200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 257-1530
tdance@swlaw.com

Since October 1988, the YLD has provided pro bono in-person legal consultation to members of the underserved populations in the Salt Lake City area. During the first four Tuesdays of each month, rotating groups of attorneys from the Attorney General’s Office, Durham Jones & Pinegar, Fabian & Clendenin, Holland & Hart, Kirton & McConkie, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Snell & Wilmer, Stoel Rives, and the YLD Executive Council - in addition to other attorneys who generously donate their time - provide pro bono legal consultation to low-income Utahns. This program was recently recognized by the American Bar Association.

Holland & Hart
222 South Main Street, Ste 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 799-5867
jlmull@hollandhart.com

Similar to Tuesday Night Bar, Wednesday Night Bar provides pro bono legal consultation to Spanish-speaking low-income Utahns.

Gabriel White
President Elect

Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
15 W. South Temple, Ste 800
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 524-9391
gabriel.white@chrisjen.com

One of YLD’s premiere events, the Wills For Heroes Committee recruits volunteer attorneys and paralegals to hold semi-monthly clinics providing estate planning services to first responders throughout Utah.

Allyson Barker
Bar Journal

Nathan Archibald
BYU

Angelina Tsu
Utah Bar

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