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Paul M. Simmons
Personal Injury Lawyer / Attorney – Salt Lake City, Utah
A native of California, Paul graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a minor in Spanish. After working as an editor for several years, he returned to school and received his juris doctorate from the University of Utah College of Law in 1985, where he was a member of the Utah Law Review and the Order of the Coif legal honor society.
Paul was admitted to practice in Utah state courts and the United States District Court for the District of Utah in 1985 and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court in 1989.
From August 1985 through October 1988 and from December 1994 through January 1996, Paul clerked for the Honorable Bruce S. Jenkins, Chief Judge and later Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Paul served on the district court's Advisory Committee on the Local Rules of Practice from 1989 to 2003. He currently serves on the Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Model Utah Jury Instructions.
Paul is a member of the Utah State Bar and its Appellate Practice Section. From 1995 to 1996, he was a member of the editorial board of Voir Dire, a publication of the Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and its Litigation and Torts and Insurance Practice sections.
Paul is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Utah Association for Justice (UAJ) and has edited and contributed articles to the Utah Trial Journal, published by UAJ.
Paul's areas of expertise are complex brief writing and appeals. He has briefed or argued some 40 appeals in Utah and federal courts. Reported decisions in which he has appeared as counsel include Parks v. Utah Transit Auth., 2002 UT 55, 53 P.3d 473; McCoy v. BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, 2001 UT 31, 20 P.3d 901; Nuñez v. Albo, 2002 UT App 247, 53 P.3d 2; House v. Armour of Am., Inc., 886 P.2d 542 ( Utah Ct. App. 1994), aff'd, 929 P.2d 340 ( Utah 1996); and Kleinert v. Kimball Elevator Co., 854 P.2d 1025 ( Utah Ct. App. 1993).
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Location
36 South State St, Ste. 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0024
800.404.8520 Toll Free