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James R. Morgan
James R. Morgan
Smith | Hartvigsen, PLLC
215 South State Street
Suite 600
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Tel.  801.413.1600
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jmorgan@smithlawonline.com
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Professional Biography

Following graduation from Law School in 1973, Mr. Morgan served a clerkship with the Honorable Frank Q. Nebeker, Associate Judge of the DC Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C. Thereafter, he entered private law practice in the litigation section of a law firm in Washington, D.C.  He became an associate in a general litigation firm in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in personal injury cases.
 
In 1979, he became in house legal counsel for a real estate syndication company.  In 1982, he was a founder and legal counsel of a local real estate syndication company.  In these positions, Mr. Morgan supervised the acquisition and disposition of over $100 M of commercial real estate investments nationally. 
 
For several years, Mr. Morgan served on the Board of Directors and then as Chief Legal Officer of a multi-national translation company with offices in 16 Countries.  During this time, he supervised a private funding through a New York based investment firm and the company's acquisition by another international company.
 
In 1987, Mr. Morgan became a director and administrator of a private multimillion dollar venture firm.  During this association, he supervised and counseled a number of start-up technology (software/hardware) companies.  In addition, he served in a number of capacities for several of the portfolio companies including Founder, Board Chairman, Board member, President and legal counsel.  Because of his extensive practical business experience, Mr. Morgan has been a lecturer at two universities and has conducted a CLE Real Estate course.      
                          
Practice Areas

General Business and Business development
Intellectual Property law
Real Property
Wills, Trusts & Estates
 
Professional Memberships

Admitted to the following:
1973 Utah State Courts and Federal Courts

Education

Juris Doctorate, and recipient of the Bernard J. Stewart Memorial
                       Scholarship, 1972-1973  
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University,1971


 
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