Richard M. Hymas

Shareholder
Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1220
rhymas@djplaw.com

Mr. Hymas is the Chair of the firm's Employment Section. His practice focuses on employment law and business litigation. Mr. Hymas maintains an "AV" rating with Martindale/Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

PRACTICE AREAS

Employment

  • Employment & Labor Law

Litigation

  • Commercial Litigation

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D., cum laude (1979)

  • Member, BYU National Moot Court Team (1978-1979)

Brigham Young University - B.S., Business Management, cum laude (1976)

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FIRM MANAGEMENT

  • Chair, Litigation Section

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth, Tenth, D.C. and Federal Circuits

INDUSTRIES

  • Construction

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

  • German

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Member, Employment Law and Litigation Sections, Utah State Bar
  • Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers and Utah Business magazine's "Legal Elite"
  • Named as a "Super Lawyer" in Super Lawyers: Corporate Counsel Edition under the section Employment Litigation: Defense
  • President, A. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court I (2002-2003)
  • Master of the Bench, A. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court I (1998-present)

REPRESENTATIVE CASES/DEALS

  • TWN, Inc. v. Michel, 2006 UT App. 70
  • Manheim Automotive Financial Services, Inc. v. Forshee Auto Sales, Inc., 2004 WL2810222 (10th Cir. 2004)
  • Wilson v. Glenwood Intermountain Properties, Inc., 98 F.3d 590 (10th Cir. 1996)
  • Retherford v. AT&T Communications of the Mountain West, Inc., 844 P.2d 949 (Utah 1992)
  • J&K Computer Systems, Inc. v. Parrish, 642 P.2d 732 (Utah 1982)

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