Personal Injury Lawyer / Attorney - Salt Lake City, Utah

One of the leading personal injury attorneys in Utah, Ralph L. Dewsnup is the former President and a founding member of Dewsnup, King & Olsen. Mr. Dewsnup received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of Utah in Finance and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1977.

Mr. Dewsnup has been a senior lecturer and adjunct professor of law, teaching medical malpractice law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He is admitted to practice before all Utah courts, both federal and state, and has also been admitted to practice before the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Utah Association for Justice (UAJ), the Federal Bar Association and the American Inns of Court, having served as President of UAJ and of the Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court (VII). He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court Foundation, a national legal organization that promotes excellence, professionalism, civility and ethics, with a nationwide membership in excess of 25,000 attorneys, judges, and others involved in the legal profession.

Mr. Dewsnup has chaired the Prelitigation Task Force of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing for the state of Utah, which helped to develop medical malpractice prelitigation procedures. He also chaired the subcommittee for drafting the first set of medical malpractice pattern jury instructions for Utah and is currently a member of the Utah Judicial Council's community drafting a second edition of Model Utah Jury Instructions. He also served as a member of the Utah Judicial Council's Committee to Improve Jury Service that made recommendations for changes to Utah's jury selection and service system. He is also a federal court-approved mediator and arbitrator for Utah.

He is the recipient of the Utah Association for Justice's Outstanding Achievement Award and the A. Sherman Christensen Award of the American Inns of Court Foundation (presented in the Supreme Court of the United States), has been selected by his peers for listing in The Best Lawyers in America, and has been given an AV rating, the highest possible, from the Martindale-Hubbell directory.

In addition to his involvement in the negotiation and/or trial of hundreds of personal injury cases involving automobile accidents, medical malpractice, and defective products, Mr. Dewsnup served for more than 39 years as a member of the Utah Air National Guard, from which he retired with the rank of Brigadier General (USAF). He has received numerous military awards and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal.

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36 South State St, Ste. 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0024

800.404.8520 Toll Free

Personal Injury Lawyer / Attorney - Salt Lake City, Utah

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