R. Stephen Marshall

Stephen is an experienced trial lawyer who joined Marshall Olson & Hull in 2013 following a lengthy legal career at Van Cott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy and Durham Jones & Pinegar, two leading Utah law firms.  Stephen is the former chair of Durham Jones & Pinegar’s Litigation Section (1996 to 2009). Stephen has substantial experience in commercial litigation matters involving banking, real estate, estates and trusts, business torts, intellectual property and contracts. He maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale/Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics, and he is recognized as a Mountain States Super Lawyer.

*** Together with his wife and youngest son, Stephen is presently serving in Hawaii as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While serving, he is an inactive member of the Utah State Bar.

• University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law – J.D. (1980)
  • Board of Editors, Utah Law Review

• University of Utah – B.A., History, magna cum laude (1977)
  • Elected Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi

• Law Clerk, Honorable Aldon J. Anderson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of the District of Utah (1980 to 1981)

• • • All Utah State and Federal Courts
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    • United States Supreme Court

• Shareholder, Durham Jones & Pinegar (1996-2013)
• Shareholder, Van Cott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy (1981-1996)

• Named in Best Lawyers in America® for Commecial Litigation
• Named in Utah Business magazine’s “Legal Elite”
• Named in Mountain States Super Lawyers
• Chair, Litigation Section, Durham Jones & Pinegar, (1996-2008)

• Hills v. Nelson, 506 P. 3d 552, 2022 UT 6
• Arlington Mgmt. Assocs. v. Urology Clinic, 496 P. 3d 719, 2021 UT App 72
• Martin v. Kristensen, 489 P. 3d 198, 2021 UT 17
• Jenco LC v. Ledges Partners LLC, 463 P. 3d 64, 2020 UT App 42
• Martin v. Kristensen, 450 P. 3d 66, 2019 UT App 127
• Camco Const. v. Utah Baseball Academy, 424 P. 3d 1154, 2018 UT App 78
• Matter of Estate of Willey, 391 P. 3d 171, 2016 UT 53
• McBroom v. Child, 392 P. 3d 835, 2016 UT 38
• Simons v. Park City RV Resort, 2015 UT App 168, 2015 WL 4129757
• Camco Const. v. Utah Baseball Academy, Inc., 2010 UT 63, 243 P.3d 1269
• Ellsworth Paulsen Const. Co. v. 51-SPR-L.L.C., 2009 UT 291, 221 P.3d 280; 2006 UT App 353, 144 P.3d 261
• Aris Vision Institute, Inc. v. Wasatch Property Mgmt., Inc., 2006 UT 45, 143 P.3d 278; 2005 UT App 326, 121 P.3d 24
• Phone Directories Co. v. Clark, 209 Fed. Appx. 808, 2006 WL 373550 (10th Cir. 2006)
• Fonix v. Clarke, 44 Fed. Appx. 438, 2002 WL 1980484 (10th Cir. 2002)
• Clawson v. Silver, 2001 UT 42, 26 P.3d 209
• Phone Directories Co., Inc. v. Henderson, 2000 UT 64, 8 P.3d 256
• Brinton v. IHC Hospitals, Inc., 973 P.2d 956 (Utah 1998)
• McKean v. McBride, 884 P.2d 1314 (Utah App. 1994)
• Gillmor v. Wright, 850 P.2d 431 (Utah 1993)
• Jones v. New York Life & Annuity Corp., 61 F.3d 799, 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 20407 (10th Cir. 1995)
• Jones v. New York Life & Annuity Corp., 985 F.2d 503 (10th Cir. 1993)
• Zions First Nat. Bank v. Overthrust Oil & Gas Corp., 826 P.2d 139 (Utah 1992)
• Bennion v. ANR Production Co., 819 P.2d 343 (Utah 1991)
• Huston v. Lewis, 818 P.2d 531 (Utah 1991)
• Dixon v. Stoddard, 765 P.2d 879 (Utah 1988)
• Estate of Jones v. Jones, 759 P.2d 345 (Utah App. 1988)
• Masonry Equipment & Supply v. Willco Associates, Inc., 755 P.2d 756 (Utah App. 1988)