Mountain States Super Lawyers recently named 48 Kirton McConkie attorneys on its 2025 list, including 30 as Rising Stars. Super Lawyers rates outstanding U.S. attorneys in more than 70 practice areas and bases the acknowledgments on peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

 

The Super Lawyers selection process evaluates each candidate on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. The outcome is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse attorney list for other legal professionals and consumers to use as a resource and when searching for legal counsel. Only 5% of attorneys are honored as Super Lawyers and just 2.5% are named as Rising Stars each year.

 

2025 Mountain States Super Lawyers 

 

  • Rod Andreason – Business Litigation 
  • James Burton – IP Litigation 
  • Daniel Dansie – Real Estate 
  • James Ellsworth** – Business Litigation 
  • Ryan Frazier – Business Litigation 
  • Cameron Hancock – Business Litigation 
  • Ben Hathaway – Business Litigation 
  • Christopher Hill – Business Litigation 
  • Loyal Hulme*** – Real Estate 
  • Haley Krug – Insurance Coverage 
  • John Mann – Construction Litigation 
  • Christine Nicholas* – Real Estate 
  • Jennifer Reinhardt-Tessmer – Business Litigation 
  • Joshua Rupp** – IP Litigation 
  • Peter Schofield – Business Litigation 
  • Jon Simmons – Business Litigation 
  • Wade Woodard – Business Litigation 
  • Robbie Yates** – Business/Corporate 

 

2025 Mountain States Rising Stars 

 

  • Bryant Brown – International 
  • Jon Burt – Employment & Labor  
  • Qiwei Chen – Business Litigation  
  • Alyssa Depew – Tax 
  • Lucas Deppermann – Tax 
  • Spencer Eastwood – Real Estate 
  • Michael Eixenberger – IP Litigation 
  • Russell Griggs – IP 
  • Erik Hamblin – Construction Litigation  
  • Jarom Harrison – Constitutional Law 
  • Nathan Jackson – Business/Corporate 
  • David Jaffa – Constitutional Law 
  • Parker Jenkins – Real Estate 
  • Andrew Lajoie – Business Litigation  
  • Zachary Lindley – General Litigation 
  • Lauren Malner **– Real Estate 
  • Colton Matheson** – Constitutional Law 
  • Amy McDonald – Health Care 
  • Kaitlyn Montague – Real Estate 
  • Alyssa Nielsen** – General Litigation 
  • Seth Olson – Food & Drugs
  • Thomas Palmer – Immigration 
  • Justin Pitcher** – Mergers & Acquisitions 
  • Erin Reid – Real Estate 
  • Chris Sanders – Business Litigation 
  • Theo Smith – Mergers & Acquisitions  
  • Taylor Smith – Real Estate 
  • David Stoddard – Constitutional Law 
  • Carla Swensen-Haslam – Business Litigation 
  • Austin Westerberg – PI Medical Malpractice: Defense
     

*Included on a 2025 top list 

**New to the list this year 

***Fifteenth year on the list