Cameron M. Hancock

Cameron Hancock is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Real Estate, and Intellectual Property sections. He joined Kirton McConkie in 2012 after 20 years practicing at one of Salt Lake City’s largest local law firms and three years at a national firm. Mr. Hancock is a former member of the firm’s board of directors and former vice president of the firm’s Executive Committee, which oversees and manages all aspects of firm business.

His educational training, work experience, and legal practice have culminated into significant expertise prosecuting and defending commercial litigation matters in areas such as anti-trust, bankruptcy, real estate transactions, construction disputes, contract disputes, commercial torts, fraud claims, patent, trademark, copyright, and false advertising litigation.

Mr. Hancock has represented financial institutions and banks in lender liability actions, creditors’ rights litigation, civil RICO claims and other related bank litigation, and has successfully defended clients in disputes with financial institutions. Mr. Hancock has litigated and taken cases to trial or arbitration in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Wyoming, Illinois, Texas, and Colorado.

Other areas of emphasis include representing motor vehicle dealers in litigation with manufacturers—such as against General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Lamborghini, Audi, and Volkswagen—and all matters related to the operation of their dealerships. In addition, he has represented clients in real estate matters involving purchase and sale agreements, construction agreements, defective construction claims, liens, easements, zoning, and use of real property. He also has significant experience representing clients in shareholder disputes.

Mr. Hancock was recognized as one of Utah’s Legal Elite for business litigation and as one of the Best Lawyers in America for construction litigation and mergers and acquisition litigation.

Education

• Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, JD, cum laude, 1988
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Honors Scholarship
  • National Moot Court Team, 1987-1988
  • Best Oralist Award, 1987
• Brigham Young University, MAcc Taxation, 1988 (Master’s Degree in Tax Accounting)
• Brigham Young University, BS Accounting, 1986

Experience

• Client obtained an injunction freezing over $60 million in federal court asserting claims of fraud against the defendant.
• Client awarded a Civil RICO jury verdict in excess of $18 million.
• Client obtained a no cause verdict in an arbitration hearing where the plaintiff was asserting claims for damages in excess of $5 million.
• Summary judgment granted in favor of an auto dealer against a manufacturer refusing to approve the sale and transfer of the dealership.
• Successfully represented an auto dealer and negotiated a seven figure settlement from a construction company based on defective construction claims.
• Litigated and obtained favorable results concerning trademark, patent and copyright infringement claims.
• Represented minority shareholders and majority shareholders in different actions involving ownership and operating disputes between parties.
• Summary judgment granted dismissing lender liability claims seeking damages in excess of $5 million.

• United States District Court for the District of Utah
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Utah
• Utah State Court of Appeals
• Utah Supreme Court

• Former Vice President, Kirton McConkie Executive Committee
• Former Member, Kirton McConkie Board of Directors

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2024)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers: Business Litigation (2022-2025)
• Utah Legal Elite: Civil Litigation (2014, 2018, 2021), Business litigation, 2005 to present
• Best Lawyers^®: Litigation – Construction (2013-2017, 2021-2022, 2024-2026), Litigation – Intellectual Property (2019-2022, 2024-2026), Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions (2013-2017, 2021-2022)