Barneck, Matthew C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Matt is a shareholder and commercial litigator at Richards Brandt Miller Nelson.  Has experience litigating a wide variety of commercial cases both at the trial and appellate levels, including corporate and partnership issues, business contracts, trust and estate litigation, real property use and ownership, real estate broker/agent liability, receivership estates, and tax issues. Has represented numerous clients in the mediation process.  Maintains an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized by Utah Business Magazine as one of the Utah Legal Elite in business litigation for 2005 through 2010.  Was also selected for inclusion in 2009, 2010 and 2011 Mountain States Super Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

• Business Disputes
• Trust and Estate Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation

Representative Cases

• McNeil Engineering and Land Surveying, LLC v. Bennett, UT App 423,-P.3d- (2011)
• Goettman v. North Fork Valley Restaurant, et al., 176 P.3d 60 (Colo. 2007)
• Hoggan v. Hoggan, et al., 2007 UT 78 (Utah 2007)
• Staffing America, Inc. v. Advanced Management Concepts, Inc., 2005 UT App 437 (Utah Ct. App. 2005)
• Gold Mountain Development, LLC v.Missouri Flat, Ltd., 2005 UT App 276 (Utah Ct. App. 2005)
• United States v. Brown, 348 F.3d 1200 (10th Cir. 2003)
• Estate of Almon J. Flake, 71 P.3d 589 (Utah 2003)
• Sole Source Media, Inc. v. Prologic, 2000 WL 33250558 (Utah Ct. App. 2000)
• Young v. Young, et al., 979 P.2d 338 (Utah 1999)
• Cathco, Inc. v. Valentiner Crane, et al., 944 P.2d 365 (Utah 1997)
• Szatkowski v.Bountiful City, 906 P.2d 902 (Utah Ct. App. 1995)
• Town of Alta v. Ben Hame Corp., 836 P.2d 797 (Utah Ct. App. 1992)
• West Valley City v. Majestic Investment Co., 818 P.2d 1311 (Utah Ct. App. 1991)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial

Bar Admissions

• Utah, 1988
• Colorado, 1996
• Wyoming, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Utah State Bar Association
• Colorado State Bar Association
• Wyoming Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity (Member, Board of Directors)

Education

• University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1988
  J.D.
  Honors: Leary Scholar 1987
  Law Review: Utah Law Review, 1986 - 1988
• University of Utah, 1985
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Finance

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main Street
15th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Phones

801-326-2009
888-595-8404

Faxes

801-532-5506

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rbmn.com