Practice Area Overview

Utah Trial and Appellate Law Firm

Magleby & Greenwood, P.C., provides clients with powerful legal representation and responsive service. The attorneys handle civil litigation and appeals in state and federal courts throughout Utah from their Salt Lake City office, and they have been exceptionally successful in representing clients in complex and difficult cases. Brief summaries of the firm's primary practice areas are below. Please contact the firm for more information or to make arrangements for one of our lawyers to review your case.

Intellectual Property Litigation, involving trademark disputes, trade dress, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets. Experience includes disputes over the theft of client lists, computer algorithms and source code, computer code, and marketing and business information.

Trademarks and False Advertising (Lanham Act), including trademark infringement and dilution, unfair competition, false advertising, trade dress, and other claims under the Lanham Act and similar state statutes

Trade Secrets and Breach of Contract, including cases involving theft of trade secrets and confidential information; breach of non-competition, non-disclosure and invention assignment agreements; and computer codes and other technology

Complex Civil Litigation, including cases involving extensive and complex issues and evidence, multiple witnesses, and/or multiple jurisdictions

Business and Civil Litigation, representing individuals and businesses involved in contract and other business law disputes

Business Dissolution, including partnership disputes, expulsion or freeze out of partners or shareholders, business dissolution, business litigation, disputes over family-run businesses or closely held corporations, limited liability companies, or other small businesses

Business Torts, handling claims of intentional interference with economic or contractual relations, fraud, trade libel, theft of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, product disparagement, and other business law torts

Securities Litigation and Corporate Responsibility, representing shareholders, brokers, officers, and directors in all aspects of securities law disputes, including investigations by state and federal authorities, including the SEC, and cases relating to officer, director, shareholder, and employee fiduciary and other duties, including securities class actions and derivative actions

Appeals, handling civil appeals and related matters in state and federal appellate courts

Pre-Litigation Negotiation of Complex Disputes, assisting clients in quickly and effectively negotiating practical and reasonable solutions to disputes, when possible

Real Estate Litigation, representing buyers, sellers, brokers, contractors, suppliers, lenders, financial institutions, and other parties in disputes involving real estate transactions and construction matters

Construction Litigation, handling disputes in matters such as mechanics' liens, materialmen claims, breach of contract, bond litigation, work delays, liquidated damages

Creditors' rights, representing corporate creditors in assertively pursuing their rights against debtor companies or individuals who have declared Chapter 7, 11, or 13 bankruptcy

Magleby & Greenwood attorneys are respected throughout the Utah legal community as effective and assertive litigators. They also represent businesses and individuals in mediation and arbitration proceedings.