Lori W. Nelson

lnelson@joneswaldo.com
Phone: 801-534-7354
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FIRM:

Shareholder

PRACTICE FOCUS:

Complex financial family law cases

EXPERTISE:

Represents individuals in every aspect of a case, including trials, evidentiary hearings, mediation, and collaborative cases.

Advises clients in every aspect of family law, and handles cases involving contract interpretation; the intersection of family law with: corporate law, probate law, intellectual property, real property law, water law, and, partnership law.

CAREER:

Lori is a trained mediator with extensive mediation experience.

Organized the first Women’s Law Caucus scholarship lecture with a panel who presented the Gender and Justice Task Force Report.

EDUCATION:

University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, J.D., 1992

University of Utah, B.S., Philosophy, 1989

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Utah State Bar:

President, Utah State Bar, 2012-2013
Past Chair, Family Law Section Executive Committee
Needs of Children Committee
Bar Commissioner, Third Division, 2005-2011
Co-Chair, Governmental Relations Committee and Legislative Liaison
Member, Judicial Council Standing Committee on Children and Family Law, 2000-2009
Utah State Bar representative on Utah State Judicial Council
Member, Salt Lake County and American Bar Association
Member, Family Law Section Council, representing Region 5 (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas)
Member, CLE Committee;Chair, Trial Practice and Techniques Committee

Member, Collaborative Family Lawyers of Utah

Member, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake

PERSONAL:

Born, Provo, Utah, 1959

Lori loves cooking, photography, fishing, hiking, cooking, reading, and Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, and more cooking, among other things.

PUBLICATIONS:

Departments

Areas of Practice

Industry Awards