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August 16, 2024
Colin King has been named 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in Salt Lake City
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas congratulates Colin King who has been named 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs by his peers in The Best Lawyers in America®. Only one lawyer per field and jurisdiction achieves this recognition annually!
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January 05, 2023
Congratulations Colin King
DKOWHMM congratulates Colin King, our new President of the Firm.
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September 15, 2020
Coronavirus Office Precautions
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen takes the health and safety of its employees and its clients very seriously. We are doing our part to keep everyone safe and to contribute to the community’s efforts to do the same, while remaining available to serve our clients. Our office is open, with enhanced precautions and sanitation measures to prevent contact with, or the spread of, the coronavirus. The following measures have been implemented for the safety of our employees and visitors. We check employee temperatures regularly, require frequent hand-cleansing and sanitization, disinfect high touch surfaces frequently, provide face masks, maintain social distancing, and limit the size of groups gathering in the office. All visitors will be screened for recent illness or exposure, have their temperatures checked, and be asked to sanitize their hands and wear a face mask. Masks are available for any visitor who needs one. Using these measures we…
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Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen is proud to announce that Ralph Dewsnup, former president and founding member of the firm, has been inducted as a Life Fellow in the American Bar Foundation. The Foundation is a longstanding organization, established in 1955, in which membership is by invitation only. This remarkable honor is bestowed on only a few deserving candidates. The Fellows encompass a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, and other legal professionals whose public and private careers have proven outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the well-being of their communities. We congratulate Ralph on this distinct honor.
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September 25, 2018
$2.7 Million Claim Against Southtowne
DKOW Shareholders Michael Worel and Colin King obtained a $2.7 million jury verdict on behalf of their client Lois Smith against Southtowne in June 2018. Ms. Smith was diagnosed with various types of brain injuries after getting carbon monoxide smoke poisoning from her car.
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February 12, 2018
DKOW President Edward B. Havas named 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Dewsnup, King, Olsen, Worel, Havas, Mortensen is proud to announce that DKOW President Edward B. Havas was named the 2018 Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in Salt Lake City, Utah. Only one lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as "Lawyer of the Year".
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September 07, 2017
DKOW Obtains Large Judgment on Behalf of Client
DKOW Shareholders Michael Worel, Alan Mortensen and Lance Milne obtained a $16,000,000 judgment on behalf of their client Elissa Wall against the FLDS Church and its leader Warren Jeffs related to Ms. Wall being forced into a marriage at the age of 14. The judgment was issued on September 5, 2017 by the Utah Third District Court and includes $4,000,000 for damages caused to Ms. Wall and $12,000,000 in punitive damages to deter the FLDS Church and Warren Jeffs from such conduct in the future.
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September 05, 2017
Edward B. Havas nominated into the American Board of Trial Advocates
Edward B. Havas, President of Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen, has been nominated into membership of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Membership is by invitation, only and is open only to any trial lawyer who is of high personal character and honorable reputation. ABOTA members constitute a "who's who" of the trial lawyers, nationwide. Judges, legislators, and community leaders believe that ABOTA encompasses what is "best" in the legal profession. Congratulations to Ed on this great recognition!
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September 05, 2017
DKOW President Edward B. Havas voted into American Board of Trial Advocates
Dewsnup, King, Olsen, Worel, Havas, Mortensen is proud to announce that the American Board of Trial Advocates ("ABOTA") has approved the membership of DKOW President Edward B. Havas. ABOTA has chapters in every state and membership constitutes a "who's who" of the trial lawyers nationwide. Judges, legislators, and community leaders believe that ABOTA encompasses what is "best" in the legal profession, Membership is by invitation, only. Congratulations to Ed, who joins the best group of trial lawyers in America!
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August 29, 2017
Paul Simmons's Remarks on Lawyer of the Year Award
Paul Simmons was honored at the Utah State Bar Annual Conference with the award for Lawyer of the Year. In accepting the award, Paul made the following remarks: I was in San Diego last year when Annette Jarvis received this award, and I remember thinking, “I want to be Annette Jarvis when I grow up.” Not because I wanted an award. The only award I thought I’d ever win was The Lawyer with the Messiest Office. But I wanted to have her character and compassion, her wisdom and fortitude. I have a long way to go to reach the level of past recipients of this award. I realize that many of you are equally qualified if not more so to receive this award, beginning with all of the attorneys I work with. There isn’t a finer group of attorneys anywhere. I’d like to acknowledge a few of the many people who have influenced me along the way. First, I’d…
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July 26, 2017
DKOW Sponsors first Miracles from Elsie
DKOW is a proud sponsor of the first Miracles From Elsie "An Evening With Cougar Legends." Miracles From Elsie is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing financial assistance to families that care for a child with a life-threatening medical issue, grief counseling and organ donation awareness. The Foundation was established in memory of Elsie Mahe, the 3-year-old daughter of Sunny and Reno Mahe, who passed away after a tragic blind cord accident in 2016. Her organs were donated to save the lives of others. As Brigham Young University students, Sunny was an All-American on the volleyball team and Reno played football. He spent five seasons in the NFL playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and now is an assistant coach for BYU.
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September 30, 2016
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas Mortensen brings suit against Polaris for UTV fire which injured two Utah passengers and caused blaze over more than 100 acres
DKOW is representing Utah family members who were seriously burned while riding a Polaris RZR Model Utility Task Vehicle, suffering injuries that required skin grafts. The American Fork Canyon fire became so intense that the U.S. Forest Service made water and fire retardant drops on a blaze that spread to more than 100 acres. The fire was not an isolated occurrence, as there have more than 200 recent incidents of fire and burn hazards involving Polaris vehicles, including three deaths, and at least eight recalls by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in three and a half years, including four in 2016 alone. In July this year, members of a Utah family were enjoying a Pioneer Day weekend recreational outing in American Fork Canyon while riding a Polaris RZR Model Utility Task Vehicle, unaware that the back seat was about to burst into flames. Two passengers – the mother and…
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March 02, 2016
Paul M. Simmons was recognized for his work as a mentor
Paul M. Simmons was recognized for his work as a mentor to new lawyers with a Utah State Bar Outstanding Mentor award on February 24, 2016.
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April 15, 2015
Edward B. Havas selected as a member of the Nation's Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel
Edward B. Havas, of Dewsnup King & Olsen, has been selected to the 2015 list as a member of the Nation's Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.
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February 19, 2014
Mike Worel obtains a $4 million verdict
On January 17, 2014, Mike Worel and Jessica Andrew obtained a $4 million verdict in Mobile County, Alabama against Defendant Kendrick Farms for serious injuries sustained by Gerald Lymon, an employee of the farm who was injured while working with a post-hole digger. While Mr. Lymon was manually handling the post-hole digger as instructed by his employer, an unguarded pin in the spinning auger bit caught Mr. Lymon?۪s clothing and pulled him into the auger, resulting in a severe degloving injury that required multiple surgeries and caused Mr. Lymon chronic pain, ongoing infection, disfigurement and other injuries.
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January 28, 2014
Paul M. Simmons selected for the Mountain States Super Lawyers/Rising Stars list for 2014!
We congratulate our partner, Paul M. Simmons on his recent selection to the Mountain States Super Lawyers/Rising Stars list for 2014!
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