Christine T. Greenwood
CHRISTINE GREENWOOD'S law practice is in all areas of business litigation, at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Greenwood's litigation experience includes trade secret, trademark and unfair competition litigation, securities, real property and construction litigation, and commercial landlord-tenant disputes. Ms. Greenwood also assists her clients in drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts and similar transactional documents.
Ms. Greenwood obtained her J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1998, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law and Family Studies and a teaching assistant in legal writing and contract law. Ms. Greenwood received several awards for academic achievement, including awards for outstanding performance in antitrust, insurance law, legal writing and commercial document drafting. Ms. Greenwood served as a law clerk for the Honorable Monroe G. MacKay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from August 1998 through August of 1999.
Ms. Greenwood has been included on the list of Mountain States Super Lawyers (TM) for 2008 through the present, in the area of business litigation, an honor given to only the top 5% of attorneys practicing in the Mountain States, which include Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. In 2009, 2010, and 2011, Ms. Greenwood was also selected for inclusion in the list of the "Top 40 Women" practicing in the Mountain States.
Ms. Greenwood has also been voted by her peers as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" in the category of Civil Litigation for every year since 2006, as published in Utah Business Magazine.
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Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Construction and Real Estate Litigation
- Copyright Litigation
- General Civil Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Internet Law
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Dress
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Unfair Competition
Bar Admissions
- Utah, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of Utah, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2003
Education
- University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
- J.D. - 1998
- Honors: William H. Leary Scholar, Top 13%
- Law Journal: Journal of Law & Family Studies, Editor-in-Chief, 1997 - 1998
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon
- B.A. - 1989
- Major: English
Published Works
- Survey of State Class Action Law (Utah Chapter), Co-Author, A.B.A. Sec. Litig. (2001 & 2002 eds.).
Representative Cases
- Aurora Credit Servs., Inc. v. Liberty West Dev., Inc., 129 P.3d 287 (Utah Ct. App. 2006)
- Uintah Basin Med. Ctr. v. Hardy, 110 P.3d 168 (Utah Ct. App. 2005)
- Uintah Basin Med. Ctr. v. Hardy, 54 P.3d 1165 (Utah 2002)
- Parkside Salt Lake Corp. v. Insure-Rite, Inc., 37 P.3d 1202 (Utah Ct. App. 2001)
- Beaver County v. Qwest, Inc., 31 P.3d 1147 (Utah 2001)
- Ultradent Prods., Inc. v. Dentsply Int'l, Inc., 344 F. Supp. 2d 1306 (D. Utah 2004)
- Young & Assocs. Public Relations, LLC v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 521 (D. Utah 2003)
- United States v. Dunne, 134 F. Supp. 2d 1231 (D. Utah 2001)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Ethics and Discipline Committee, Utah Supreme Court, Screening Panel Chair, 2005 - 2011
- YMCA of Greater Salt Lake, Member, Board of Directors, 2000 - 2002
- No More Homeless Pets in Utah, Member, Board of Directors, 2004 - 2006
- David K. Watkiss-Sutherland II Inn of Court, Member
- Utah Supreme Court New Layer Training Program, Mentor
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, 2000 - 2001
- Volunteer, Utah Legal Services Pro Bono Program
