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Rodney G. Snow
President, Shareholder and Director, White Collar Independent Investigation Practice Group Chair, ADR Practice Group Chair
Mr. Snow currently serves as the president of the Utah State Bar. In his practice, Mr. Snow represents clients in a variety of commercial cases including legal and accounting malpractice actions. As part of his white collar crime practice, he represents corporate clients and officers in grand jury investigations and before federal and state administrative agencies. These agencies include the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Homeland Security (ICE), and the Department of Labor. He also conducts corporate investigations for management. Recently, he has been serving as a mediator and arbitrator for select cases.
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Utah College of Law (1971)
- Bachelor of Science: Early American History, University of Utah (1969)
Honors and Awards
- President, Utah State Bar (2012)
- President-Elect, Utah State Bar (2010–11)
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Co-Chair, 2009 Utah State Bar Committee of the Year, New Lawyer Training Committee
- Distinguished Service Award, 2009 Federal Bar, Utah Chapter
- Distinguished Lawyer of the Year, Utah State Bar (2003)
- Twice-Elected State Bar Commissioner, Third Division (2005–10); Co-Chair, New Lawyer Training Committee (co-author of New Lawyer Training Manual, adopted by Utah Supreme Court on Dec. 19, 2008)
- Governor Appointee, Utah Crime Victim Reparations Board (2005–present)
- Master of the Bench, A. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court I, (1987–present); President (1994–95)
- Utah Father of the Year (2005)
- Mountain States Super Lawyers, Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Utah Business Magazine Legal Elite, Criminal Law
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (since 1983)
- State Bar appointee to Governor’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (1985–93)
- University of Utah Law School Fellow,(1973–75) (conducted environmental law seminars for law and undergraduate students)
Court Admissions
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U.S. Supreme Court (1994)U.S. District Courts: Northern District of Texas (1993); District of Colorado (1998); District of Maryland (1999); Eastern District of Wisconsin (2003); District of Arizona (2006)
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U.S. Court of Appeals; Fifth Circuit (1996); Tenth Circuit (1974); Eleventh Circuit (1994)
Experience
- Attorney/Advisor, Office of General Counsel: Air Quality and Radiation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency (1971–73)
- Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah (1973–77)
- Special Prosecutor, Utah Supreme Court (1986–87)
- Special Prosecutor, Utah State Bar (1999–2001)
Presentations and Seminars
- Panel Chair, We Want You!! Mentoring Made Easy, Utah State Bar Spring Convention (Mar. 13, 2009)
- Speaker, New Lawyer Training Program, Southern Utah Bar Association 2008 Annual Meeting (Dec. 5, 2008)
- Panel Chair, Introduction to the New Lawyer Training Program, Utah State Bar Fall Forum (Nov. 21, 2008)
- Defending Mortgage Fraud Cases in Today’s Real Estate Market, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Mar. 26, 2008)
- Panel Chair, Mandatory Mentoring for New Attorneys—Recent Trends. Is Utah Next, Utah State Bar Fall Forum (Nov. 16, 2007)
- Panel Chair, Training Young Lawyers Through Mentoring, Utah State Bar Annual Convention (July 20, 2007)
- How to Avoid Being a Witness in Your Criminal Cases, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Seminar (Mar. 31, 2007)
- Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Utah, Lorman Education Series (Apr. 3, 2003)
- Panel Chair, What Lawyers and Judges Expect from Each Other, Utah State Bar Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho (2001)
- Panel Member, Investigating White-Collar Crime, Utah State Prosecutors’ Association (Spring 2000))
- Art of Cross-Examination, Evidence Class—J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, (Mar. 1998)
- Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings: Traps and Pitfalls, Utah State Bar Litigation Section and Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter, Civil Practice Seminar (Nov. 1983)
- Puzzles and Problems in Federal Parallel Proceedings: Blind Sides and Pile-ons and What Every Corporate Lawyer and Civil Practitioner Should Know About Federal Criminal Law (panel member), Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter, Criminal Practice Seminar (Nov. 1982)
- The JD–MD Encounter and the Presentation of Expert Testimony, American Lung Association National Convention, Detroit, Michigan (May 1981)
Publications
- Education on the Fundamentals of Democracy is on Life Support, Deseret News, April 29, 2012
- 50 State Survey of Legal Malpractice Law, Utah, available at http://www.abanet.org/litigation/committees/ professional/malpractice_survey.html (2009)
- Is Mandating Disclosure in Your Fee Letter That You do not Carry Malpractice Insurance a Sound Idea?, Utah Bar Journal (Sept./Oct. 2005)
- What Lawyers Ought to Know About Legal Malpractice: Recent Trends and Suggestions for Preventing Malpractice Claims,
Utah Bar Journal (Fall/Winter 1985)
Professional Associations
- Board of Directors, The JudgesRun Foundation (supports cancer research) (2008)
- Utah State Crime Victims Reparation Board (appointed by Governor Jon Huntsman) (2005–11)
- Executive Committee, Utah State Bar: Litigation Section (2000–03)
- Federal Bar Association (President, 1986–87)
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Criminal Law sections
- American Association for Justice
- National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Utah Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
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