Dykes, Mark W.

Lawyer Overview

Mark Dykes is a shareholder in the firm's Litigation and Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Departments. He participates in business litigation, with an emphasis on Chapter 11 bankruptcy related litigation, and has deep expertise in complex liability insurance coverage issues, including those arising in mass-tort bankruptcy cases. He also advises insurers, TPA's and agents on compliance with insurance regulations, is well-versed in insurance codes and regulations, including those governing the reinsurance relationship, and has represented cedents in the drafting and negotiation of reinsurance/coinsurance treaties.

Mark also advises the electric utility industry and entities with interests in that industry in a wide variety of matters, including the drafting of coal supply, transportation, and coal combustion by-products agreements, power sales contracts, interconnection agreements, and market hub procedures. On the litigation front, Mark has represented utilities in stray-voltage litigation, disputes over power-supply and other contracts, and in Chapter 11 cases involving the rejection or attempted rejection of executory fuel and transportation contracts.

Mark graduated with a J.D. degree in 1987 from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law. In 1983, he received a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the College of Idaho. Mark was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1987 and the Colorado State Bar in 1989. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Utah College of Law, where he has taught insurance law. He has also lectured and published in the fields of bankruptcy and insurance law. His insurance articles have been cited in judicial opinions and by other authors in the field.

Prior to joining Parsons, Mark practiced for 18 years with the former LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene
& MacRae.

• Recipient, Scott M. Matheson Award for Outstanding Service to Law-Related Education (1998)
• Adjunct Professor, University of Utah College of Law (2000-2002, Insurance Law)

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy Law & Litigation
• Electric Utilities
• Insurance Law & Coverage
• Litigation & Appeals

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy, Insurance, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Utah, 1987
• Colorado, 1989

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, 1983
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Settle Down Now: Insurer and Policyholder Roles in Resolving Liability Claims, Utah Bar Journal (March/April 2011)
• Do Insurance Companies Buy Insurance?, Utah Bar Journal (May/June 2009)
• Well, What Did You Expect? The Utah Supreme Court Discusses "Accidents", Utah Bar Journal (May 2008)
• Fuller Up: The California Court of Appeal Addresses 11 U.S.C.524(g)and Insurance Law, Coverage (January/February 2007)
• Parduhn Me: the Utah Supreme Court and the Insurable Interest Requirement, Utah Bar Journal (July/August 2006)
• Occurrences, Accidents and Expectations: A Primer of These (and Some Other) Insurance Law Concepts, 2003 Utah L. Rev. 831
• Co-author, with Kenneth L. Cannon II, Germain v. Connecticut National Bank: Granfinanciera and Langenkemp Correctly Understood, Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor (May 1994)
• Injunctions Under Revised Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 65A, Utah Bar Journal (Aug./Sept. 1991)

Address

201 South Main Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2218

Phones

801-532-1234

Faxes

801-536-6111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.parsonsbehlelaw.com (http://www.parsonsbehle.com)