- Chairman: Raymond J Etcheverry
- Senior Partner: James B Lee
- Number of shareholders: 85
- Number of other lawyers: 44
FIRM OVERVIEW: Parsons Behle & Latimer was founded in 1882 and is one of the oldest and best known law firms offering litigation and business law services in the intermountain region. The firm’s first clients were in the business of mining—one of the major industries that helped fuel the growth of the area. Over time, its reputation and client base have grown with the dynamic intermountain region. The firm offers the resources and capabilities of a large and diverse firm, coupled with the highest levels of accessibility and responsiveness. With more than100 attorneys, it brings a depth and range of experience to six major practice areas: litigation; environmental, energy and natural resources; corporate and tax; intellectual property litigation; real estate, banking and finance; and employment.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Litigation: The firm has one of the largest litigation departments in the Intermountain West. Its trial lawyers take an interdisciplinary approach. They assemble appropriate teams based on years of business acumen.They practice before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitration panels. Representative areas of trial practice are: commercial litigation, natural resources and environmental, intellectual property and antitrust, banking, insolvency, personal injury, products liability, mass media and whitecollar criminal law.
Employment: The firm’s Employment Law Practice is one of the broadest and most extensive in the intermountain region. Many of its attorneys practice exclusively in the labor and employment area. Areas of representation include wrongful discharge and discrimination, sexual harassment, employee benefits and ERISA, workers’ compensation, OSHA and MSHA, immigration and National Labor Relations Act.
Corporate & Tax: Members of the firm’s Corporate and Tax Department regularly participate in the negotiation and documentation of complex business transactions furnishing timely advice about securities, tax, environmental, employment law and other issues. The firmr egularly advises clients concerning business, corporate and securities, tax, international business, regulatory and administrative, energy and government relations.
Real Estate & Finance: These department members represent commercial banks, mortgage companies and other financial institutions. They also handle all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisition, finance, development, condominium and PUD documentation, and zoning and land use regulations.
Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources: Parsons Behle & Latimer has one of the largest environmental, energy and natural resources practices in the western United States. More than 20 attorneys, many with state and federal regulatory agency backgrounds, including employment with the US Environmental Protection Agency; US Department of Justice; the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, and the Utah Department of Natural Resources advise corporate and individual clients on all aspects of environmental, energy and natural resources law. The practice is national and international in scope with particular emphasis on the western United States and Latin America.Areas of practice include mining, oil and gas, water rights, public lands, energy and electrical power, air and water quality, hazardous waste, Superfund and Brownfields, and occupational issues. In these and other areas the firm advises and assists clients with transactions and finance, project development and closure, property acquisition and title, permitting, compliance, enforcement, cost recovery, rate cases, litigation, rulemakings and legislation.
Governmental Relations, Lobbying & Political Law: Members advise about federal, state and local government issues and lobby before the Utah legislature, administrative and related agencies.
INTERNATIONAL WORK: Parsons Behle & Latimer maintains an active and varied practice internationally, in particular in Latin America.
CLIENTS: Representative clients include: ATK; Baker Hughes; BankFirst; Barrick Gold; Bear River Water Conservancy; Chase; Chubb; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Danaher; Davis & Weber Canal; Dyno Nobel; Eaton; First Wind; Home Depot; Life Technologies; IPA; Johnson Matthey; Kennecott; LS Power; Merrill Lynch; Questar; Regence Blue Cross; RioTinto; Smith Barney; Stericycle; Suburban Land Reserve; US Magnesium.
Areas of PracticeLitigation: 50%
Environmental - Natural Resources: 30%
Corporate & Tax: 20%