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Edward B. Havas
Personal Injury Lawyer / Attorney – Salt Lake City, Utah
Well respected among other personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice attorneys, Edward Havas (“Ed”) is the President and a founding member of Dewsnup, King & Olsen. Born in Ogden, Utah, Ed graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Weber State University in 1979. He earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1981 from the University of Utah College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif legal honor society. He was admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Utah and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1981.
Since 1983, he has focused his practice on representing victims in negligence, product liability, medical malpractice, mining accident and other catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Ed is a member of the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake County Bar Association (and its Litigation Section), The American Association for Justice, The American Trial Lawyers Association, Public Justice, and the Utah Association for Justice, of which he is a past president and current Board of Governors member. He is also a member of the American Inns of Court, where he serves as President of his Inn. For several years, Ed has held an AV rating (the highest possible) from Martindale-Hubbell, a respected national lawyer and law firm directory. Ed has been named one of Utah’s Legal Elite and listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past several years, which honored him as Salt Lake City's Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
Since 1988 Ed has served as volunteer judge pro tem in the Salt Lake County, sitting monthly to hear small claims court cases. Ed is also an arbitrator in medical malpractice cases and sits on the United States District Court's approved panel of mediators, where he volunteers his time to mediate federal cases. He currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. He has published articles and presented at seminars and presentations on legal matters, and has been actively involved in legislative affairs to preserve the civil justice system and access to the courts.
Ed enjoys flying for both recreation and business. An instrument-rated pilot, he has put his aeronautical knowledge to use in several aviation cases. He is the past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Festival and enjoys the arts in their many forms. He also enjoys motorcycling, scuba diving, and traveling.
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- Alan Mortensen made life member of the Utah Association for Justice
- Dustin Lance and Charles Conrad selected into The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40
- Alan Mortensen invited into the Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Colin King obtains important verdict in "pain pump" litigation
- Edward Havas named as the "Salt Lake City Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer of the Year" for 2010
- Successful Settlement Reached in Guatemalan Aircraft Crash Case
- Colin King Wins Settlement
- Dustin Lance and Alan W. Mortensen Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Colin King Successfully Settles Logan Landslide Case
- Alan W. Mortensen, Edward B. Havas Named to The Best Lawyers in America Directory
- Alan W. Mortensen Defeats Summary Judgment Motion in Assault Case
- Ralph L. Dewnsup Returns from Puerto Rico
- Colin King Inducted to The Inner Circle of Advocates
- Colin King Renamed to The Best Lawyers in America
- Colin King Named in 2010 Super Lawyers Magazine
Location
36 South State St, Ste. 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0024
800.404.8520 Toll Free