Professional Biography

Bryan is an associate at Smith|Hartvigsen where he has an active practice in both Environmental Law and Intellectual Property law.

With the benefit of his legal and chemical engineering background, Bryan has represented clients in a wide range of environmental and natural resources matters, before courts and administrative agencies, and in private transactions and counseling.  Bryan’s environmental practice includes representing clients with respect to brownfields development, property contamination and cleanup, wetlands regulations, water quality management, stormwater and wastewater regulations, and hydropower licensing. Bryan has also represented public utilities before the Utah Public Service Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as well as public and private water suppliers in a wide range of matters before state agencies and in litigation.  

Bryan’s natural resources and energy practice includes representing clients with respect to water rights matters, oil & gas development, mining law, hydropower licensing, and land use and land development issues for both private and government clients. Bryan has lectured on wetlands laws and regulations, brownfields laws, and chemical regulations.

Bryan's intellectual property and business practice involved assisting clients in obtaining and protecting patent, copyright, and trademark rights. As a registered patent attorney, he represents clients before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in a wide range of technical disciplines, including chemistry and chemical engineering, mechanics, horticulture, electrical, and business methods.

Bryan also assists clients in all forms of business and transactional work, including contract drafting and negotiation, intellectual property licensing, computer and Internet law, import/export regulations, due diligence, and related matters. He has worked for independent inventors and start-up companies as well as growing and established businesses. Prior to joining Smith|Hartvigsen, Bryan served as in-house counsel for a Utah-based technology firm.
 
Practice Areas

Environmental Law
Intellectual Property
Business & Transactional
Natural Resources
 
Published Cases
Bingham v. Roosevelt City, 2010 UT 37 235 P.3d 730 Taylor-West Weber Water Improvement District v. Olds, 2009 UT 86, 224 P.3d 709
 
Bar Memberships

Utah Supreme Court and District Courts, 2004
United States District Court for District of Utah, 2004
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2003

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association
    Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
    Intellectual Property Law Section

Utah Bar Association
    Intellectual Property Law section
    Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy Law section (ENREL)
 
Education

J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, 2004 (cum laude)
Senior Editor for the BYU Law Review
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2001
A.S. College of Eastern Utah (Price), 1999
 

Languages

Portuguese

Personal

Bryan is an avid baseball fan, and enjoys fishing, tennis, playing the piano, and reading and studying history. Bryan is a native of Price, Utah.