Kamie F. Brown practices in the Firm’s litigation section and has substantial experience representing manufacturers, distributors and insurers in product liability defense and commercial litigation matters. Her product liability practice involves the defense of a variety of products including airplanes and helicopters, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, asbestos, watercraft, ATVs, motorcycles, and automobiles. In commercial litigation, Ms. Brown handles significant insurance coverage and contract disputes, transportation cases, and defends credit card companies in various litigation matters. She has notable experience with matters before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, consolidated proceedings, and defense programs for pattern litigation.

Ms. Brown has been voted by her peers as one of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business Magazine for the past five years, and was included in the Mountain States Super Lawyer’s Rising Star Edition in 2009.

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EDUCATION

• Magna Cum Laude
• Order of the Coif
• BYU Law Review, Lead Note and Comment Editor
• Trial Advocacy Board A.H. Christensen Award for Excellence in Legal Advocacy

• Summa Cum Laude

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Partner, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Salt Lake City Office
• Judicial Extern, Utah Supreme Court, Justice I. Daniel Stewart
• Judicial Extern, United States District Court, District of Utah, Judge J. Thomas Greene
• Law Clerk, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Hearings and Appeals
• Legislative Assistant/Correspondent, Congressman James V. Hansen
• Staff Assistant, Senator Robert F. Bennett, Southern Utah

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Utah Bar, 1999
• Supreme Court of Utah, 1999
• United States District Court, District of Utah, 1999
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2009

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Utah Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Defense Research Institute
• A. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Litigating the Hull Loss Claim, SMU Air Law Symposium (February 2010)
• Understanding the Science Behind Your Case: A Primer on Pharmacology for Litigators, ABA Litigation Section; Current Issues in Pharmaceutical Litigation & Policy (November 2007)
• Utah Wilderness Issues: Secretary Babbitt’s Re-Inventory Initiative and Congressman Hansen’s Bill to Amend the Antiquities Act, American Bar Association Public Lands and Land Use Committee Newsletter (January 2000)
• San Rafael Preservation Bill, American Bar Association Public Lands and Land Use Committee Newsletter (May 2000)
• Parent Corporation Liability for Subsidiary Violations Under § 107 of CERCLA: Responding to United States v. Cordova Chemical Co. , 1998 BYU Law Review 265 (1998)

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

• Executive Board Secretary and Services Committee Member, The Road Home Shelter
• Guardian Ad Litem, Volunteer in Child Custody Disputes
• Volunteer Attorney Instructor, High School Teaching Program
• Volunteer Judge, Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Competitions
• Volunteer, Holy Cross Ministries