She represents companies and individuals in all facets of government investigations, including political investigations, pre-file investigations, grand jury investigations, and other government enforcement actions. Her focus on pre-indictment advocacy, which includes providing vital factual context and legal argument on behalf of clients, has helped numerous individuals – including several formally identified as “targets” – avoid prosecution entirely. Skye has earned a reputation as a tough and aggressive attorney with extensive trial experience, representing clients in over one hundred jury trials throughout her career- including some of the region and country’s most complex and high-profile criminal cases.
Skye’s practice area also includes the representation of athletes working closely with sports agents negotiating NLI agreements and other aspects of athlete representation. She has extensive experience with college athletics, representing athletes and coaches in matters involving the NCAA and Safe Sport.
Skye regularly provides legal analysis and commentary on breaking news stories, trial proceedings, celebrity scandals, and other legal issues on KUTV2, CBS and some of the most popular true crime podcasts and documentaries.
Skye is a member of the Board for the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, and served on the Utah Sentencing Commission from 2022-2024 developing sentencing guidelines and making recommendations to all three branches of government regarding the sentencing and release of individuals committing criminal and juvenile offenses.
Awards and Recognition
- Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers Association
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys
- Attorney to Watch in Attorney at Law Magazine
- Voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite”
- Published in Utah Business Magazine
- Selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the category of Criminal Defense
- Voted by the public Best of Salt Lake-Silver Defense Attorney
Representative Highlights
Ashleigh Banfield News Nation
KUTV
- Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell - defense strategies
- Chad and Lori Vallow Daybell - meaning of 'codefendant'
- Lori Vallow Daybell - sentencing
- Lori Vallow Daybell - next steps
- Ralph Menzies - claim of incompetence
- Franke Police Actions
- Natalie Cline
- Lori Vallow Daybell - family of victims react
- Donald J. Trump - 2nd indictment
- Lori Vallow Daybell - sentencing
Law&Crime Network
Surviving the Survivor Podcast
- Lori Vallow Daybell - next steps
- Ruby Franke, Jodi Hildebrandt Child Abuse Case
- Lori Vallow Daybell - more
Hidden Killers with Tony B
CourtTV
- Kouri Richins’ mother investigated for ‘suspicious overdose death’
- NH v. Timothy Verrill Day 4, Small-Town Secrets Murder Trial
Good Morning America
48 hours
Education
University of Montana, Andrew Blewitt III School of Law, J.D., 2008
Professional and Civic Activity
- VOA Volunteer and Advocate, Homeless Youth Resource Center
- VOA Volunteer and Advocate, Geraldine E. King Women's Resource Center
- National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 2018-2022
- Utah Legal Elite 2018-2022
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys 2023, 2024
Affiliations / Memberships
- Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers Association
- Past Chair, Utah State Bar Criminal Section
- Salt Lake County Bar Association
- Utah Minority Bar Association
- Women Lawyers of Utah
- Member of the Board, Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
- Utah Sentencing Commission 2022-2024
- Admitted to Practice
- Utah State Bar
Montana State Bar
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, District of Montana
United States District Court, District of Utah
Presentations and
Publications
- Presenter, “Whether you Like it or Not: How TikTok, Instagram, Tinder, Facebook/Meta & Social Media Impacts the Legal Profession,” Utah State Bar Summer Convention, July 2022
- Author, Statewide Gun and Defense Statutes, Sept 2021
- Presenter, "Reopening After COVID," CLE May 2021
- Author, "PPP Loan Prosecution Is Here to Stay", Legal Update, February 2021
- Author, "Legal Implications of Entering the World of Cannabis and Your Professional License –What You Need to Know," Utah Physician Magazine, Nov/Dec 2020
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