Parsons Behle & Latimer was founded in 1882 and is one of the oldest and best known law firms in the intermountain region. Our first clients were in the business of mining -- one of the major industries that helped fuel the growth of the area. Over time, our reputation and client base have grown with the dynamic intermountain region.

We offer you the resources and capabilities of a large and diverse firm, coupled with the highest levels of accessibility and responsiveness. With over 100 attorneys, we bring a depth and range of experience to six major practice areas: Litigation; Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources; Corporate &?Tax; Intellectual Property?& Technology; Real Estate, Banking & Finance; and Employment. Within those practice areas, attorneys focus on selected industries, legislative or regulatory issues or specific transactional processes.

We have one of the largest litigation departments in the Intermountain West. Our trial lawyers take an interdisciplinary approach. They assemble appropriate teams for each client need, allowing them to address a client's concerns in the most efficient manner possible. And, it gives our clients the benefits of multiple, informed viewpoints based on years of business acumen. They practice before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels. Representative areas of trial practice are: commercial litigation, natural resources and environmental, intellectual property and antitrust, banking, insolvency, personal injury, products liability, mass media, and white collar criminal law.

Employment Law Department

Our labor and employment law practice is the broadest and most extensive in Utah. Many of our attorneys practice exclusively in the labor and employment law area and a number of others devote a portion of their practice to individual matters. Areas of representation include wrongful discharge and discrimination, sexual harassment, employee benefits and ERISA, workers' compensation, OSHA and MSHA, immigration and National Labor Relations Act.

This team of attorneys, patent agents and paralegals represent clients in all aspects of intellectual property, technology and computer law, including representation before the Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Office, litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country, contract and other transactional matters and international intellectual property protection and licensing.

Members of Parsons Behle & Latimer's Corporate, Securities and Tax Group regularly participate in the negotiation and documentation of complex business transactions, furnishing timely advice about securities, tax, natural resources, employment law and other issues. A significant percentage of the department's work involves international transactions. We regularly advise clients concerning business, corporate and securities, tax, international business, regulatory and administrative, energy, and government relations.

These department members represent commercial banks, savings and loans, mortgage companies, and other financial institutions. They also handle all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisition, finance, development, condominium and PUD documentation, and zoning and land use regulations.

Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources

Parsons Behle & Latimer has one of the largest natural resources practices in the United States, with extensive expertise in natural resources, energy, mining, environmental, and administrative law. Our natural resources practice is national and international in scope with particular emphasis on the western United States and Latin America. The areas of practice include: mining, oil and gas, water and public lands, energy and occupational issues.

Over 20 attorneys, many with state and federal regulatory agency backgrounds, including employment with the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Department of Justice; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, advise corporate and individual clients on all aspects of environmental law. They routinely handle environmental liability reviews, environmental impact assessments, permitting, representation before state and federal agencies, rulemakings, and negotiating consent decrees.

We are dedicated to offering a complete range of litigation and business services to all types of industries. Responsiveness to clients' needs has been the long-standing commitment of Parsons Behle & Latimer. Our approach is creative and preventive; we strive to anticipate and resolve clients' legal problems as promptly and efficiently as possible.