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Lawyer Overview

Marlon Bates has practiced real estate and business law, including both transactional work and litigation, since graduating from law school in 1986.  He has been a partner at the firm since 1991 and has twice served as the firm's managing partner.  He represents a wide variety of clients including banks, mortgage companies, credit unions, loan servicing companies, title insurance companies, property managers, developers, landlords, real estate brokers and many other businesses.

The largest segment of Marlon's practice concentrates on foreclosures and creditor bankruptcy law.  He has handled thousands of foreclosures and bankruptcies for clients such as Washington Mutual Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Mountain America Federal Credit Union and Heritage West Federal Credit Union.

Marlon has been honored by Fidelity National Foreclosure Solutions as one of its top attorneys for excellence in both foreclosures and bankruptcies.  He is regularly selected by his peers as one of Utah's top creditor's rights attorneys in Utah Business Magazine's listing of Utah's legal elite.  He has a well-trained team of paralegals and associates who assist him in doing this work quickly and inexpensively.

Marlon also has a great deal of experience in litigation.  He has tried cases before state and federal courts, and has handled appeals before the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court.  He served as a Small Claims Court judge for seven years and has taught continuing legal education courses on real estate litigation and foreclosure.

Marlon earned an Associates of Arts Degree (highest honors) from Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho in 1981.  He then received his Bachelors Degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in 1983.  In 1986, he received his Juris Doctor Degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and the Consumer Protection Reporting Service.

Areas of Practice

• Foreclosures
• Creditor Bankruptcy
• Real Estate
• Litigation
• Business Organizations
• Contracts

Representative Clients

• Washington Mutual Bank
• Wells Fargo Bank
• Mountain America Federal Credit Union
• Equimark Properties

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy Law, Foreclosures, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• Utah, 1986
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Salt Lake County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Utah State Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Utahs Top Attorneys, Utah Business Magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Taught, Real Estate Litigation and Evictions
• Insurance Courses
• Taught, Real Estate Liens and Foreclosures

Past Employment Positions

• Third Circuit Court of Salt Lake City, Small Claims Division, Judge Pro Tem, 1989 - 1995

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1986
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Member, Moot Court Board, 1984-1986
  Honors: Commercial Protection Reporting Service, Staff Member, 1985-1986
  Honors: Legal Research and Writing (Top 5%)
  Honors: Moot Court (Top 5%)
• Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1983
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Jacob Spori Scholar
  Honors: Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society
• Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, 1981
  Associate of Arts
  Honors: Highest Honors

Address

15 W. South Temple
Suite 600
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Phones

801-531-7870

Faxes

801-531-7968

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