Areas of Practice

• Criminal Fraud
• Drug Violations
• Felonies
• Sex Offenses
• White Collar Crimes

Honors and Awards

• Utah Minority Bar Association, Attorney of the Year, 2008
• Business Magazine Legal Elite In Criminal Law, 2004 - 2008
• Barrister, David K. Watkiss Sutherland II Inn of Court
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaker's Committee, 2004

Classes and Seminars

• I Fought the Law and I Won, DUI Defense, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, August 16, 2001
• Presenter, Pledge for Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Utah's Legal Employers, Racial and Ethnic Task Force Committee, April 24, 2002
• Presenter, Pledge for Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Utah's Legal Employers, Salt Lake Legal Employer's Committee, May 22, 2002
• Guest Lecturer, Fourth Amendment, Searches and Seizures (Professor Melissa Flores), BYU, September 23, 2003
• Open House: How to get into Law School, BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law, September 24, 2003
• Lecturer, Basics on Criminal Law, Utah State Bar New Lawyer CLE, December 3, 2003
• Racial Profiling, MECFIA Conference, University of Utah, November 4, 2003
• Guest Lecturer, Criminal Law and Illegal Searches & Seizures (Professor Margueritte Driessen), BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law, January 29, 2003
• Brown v. Board of Education, 50 Years Later, Salt Lake City Library, February 15, 2004
• Panelist, Brown v. Board of Education, With All Deliberate Speed, University of Utah, February 18, 2004
• Forum Panelist, Freedom From Gun Violence, Salt Lake City Freedom Forum, September 29, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Criminal Law and Illegal Searches & Seizures (Professor Margueritte Driessen), BYU, J. Ruben Clark School of Law, October 19, 2004
• Guest Speaker, Reality Town Career Day, Union Middle School, October 6, 2005
• Panelist, The Places You'll Go, Utah State Bar, October 13, 2005
• Guest Speaker, Law & Government Class/ Workplace Mentor Program, Salt Lake City Mayor's Office/Cannon Room, November 15, 2005

Pro Bono Activities

• Attorney Volunteer, Court Alternative Treatment Program, 1999 - 2003
• Vice Chair, Utah State Hispanic Democratic Caucus, 2004 - Present
• Vice Chair, Salt Lake County Hispanic Democratic Caucus, 2004 - Present
• Utah State Democratic Delegate, 2002 - Present

Representative Clients

• 100 % Criminal Defense, People Family Accused of Community Crimes

Representative Cases

• Salt Lake City v. Kent Leon Mecham, 2000 Utah App. 268 (Utah Court of Appeals 2000)
• State of Utah v. Jimmy Lloyd Cravens, 2000 Utah App. 344 (Utah Court of Appeals 2000)
• Dominic Cordova v. Aaron Kennard, 2000 UT App. 175 (Utah Court of Appeals 2000)
• Salt Lake City v. Rulon Frederick DeYoung, 2001 UT App. 310 (Utah Court of Appeals 2001)
• State of Utah v. Shahab Kazemzadeh (Utah Supreme Court)
• State of Utah v. Blair A. Devey, 2006 UT App. 21 (Utah Court of Appeals 2006)
• State of Utah v. Shahab Kazemzadeh, 44 P. 3d 805 (Utah Supreme Court)

Ancillary Businesses

• Worked in Washington, DC for U.S. Congressman Jose E. Serrano

West Practice Categories

Criminal Fraud, Drug Violations, Felonies, Sex Offenses, White Collar Crimes