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Jenifer L. Tomchak

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Jenifer Tomchak focuses her practice on labor and employment litigation, commercial banking issues and complex commercial litigation. She has achieved extraordinary results for clients and is quickly becoming well recognized and admired by other Utah lawyers for the quality of her work.  She is an excellent writer and an accomplished oral advocate, having handled hearings in both Federal and State Court.  Clients appreciate her dedication to their cases and trust her to provide sound advice on how to resolve their legal issues.

A graduate of Utah State University, Ms. Tomchak received her B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, a minor in Spanish, and a Certificate in International Relations. She interned in Washington, DC for U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, and then earned both her M.B.A. and J.D. in 2004 from the University of Utah, Order of the Coif.  Prior to joining Parr Brown, she clerked for Utah Supreme Court Justice Matthew Durrant. 

Ms. Tomchak makes significant contributions to her profession and community.  For the past four years, she has served as on the Utah Federal Bar Association’s board as the Pro Bono Director for three years and, most recently, as the Treasurer.  She has also served for three years as the Young Lawyers Division’s Community Service Director and as its President-Elect.  She will begin her term as President in July 2011.  She is also a member of the Women Lawyers of Utah’s Committee for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession.  She continues to work on diversity issues, having served a Fellowship with the MultiCultural Legal Center and as a current member of the Utah Minority Bar Association.

In 2008-2012, Ms. Tomchak was recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers as a 'Rising Star.'  In April of 2009, she was recognized by Utah Business magazine as one of "Utah's 30 Women to Watch."  She was also listed in the 2010-2013 editions of Utah Business magazine as one of Utah's Legal Elite in business litigation.

"Jenifer Tomchak Recognized as one of Utah's 30 Women To Watch"

 

Practice Areas

Education

  • 2004, J.D., University of Utah, Order of the Coif, Utah Law Review
  • 2004, M.B.A., University of Utah
  • 2000, B.A., Utah State University, magna cum laude, Political Science and certificate in International Relations

Bar Admissions

  • 2004, Utah

Professional Activities

  • Young Laywers Division, President (2011-2012)
  • Young Lawyers Division, Community Service Director (2010-11)
  • Utah State Bar
  • Salt Lake County Bar
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Utah Minority Bar Association
  • Women Lawyers of Utah
  • American Bar Association

Languages

  • Spanish

Clerkships

  • 2005, Justice Durrant, Utah Supreme Court